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A box of Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine arrives at Kosice Airport, in Slovakia, Monday March 1, 2021. Slovakia has become the second European Union country to authorize use of the Russian-made Sputnik V vaccine. The Slovak government has asked Health Minister Vladimir Lengvarsky to make the COVID-19 vaccine available by June 7. Slovakia has 200,000 doses of Sputnik V vaccine in stock but had not allowed its use yet. Hungary is the only other EU nation to use Sputnik V, which has not been authorized by the European Medicines Agency. (Frantisek Ivan/TASR via AP)
Slovakia becomes 2nd EU country to approve Russia's Sputnik

May. 26, 2021 09:00 AM EDT

Vials of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine sit in a table at the local vaccine center in Dunajska Streda, southern Slovakia, March 14, 2021. The AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine should remain part of Slovakia’s vaccination program the country’s Health Minister said on Wednesday, May 12. Slovakia on Tuesday halted use of the two-shot AstraZeneca vaccine after Slovakia’s State Institute for Drug Control concluded last week that the death of a 47-year-old woman who received the AstraZeneca was “likely” linked to the vaccine. (Edmund Orzsik/TASR via AP)
Slovakia plans to keeping using AstraZeneca despite pause

May. 12, 2021 09:01 AM EDT

Slovakia halts use of AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine

May. 11, 2021 12:13 PM EDT
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — Slovakia has halted use of the two-shot AstraZeneca vaccine, the Health Ministry said Tuesday. ...

Family members place a cloth on the body of Rajendra Prasad Mishra, 62, who died due to COVID-19 before cremation by the River Ganges in Prayagraj, India, Saturday, May 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
The Latest: France welcomes EU curb on AstraZeneca vaccine

By The Associated Press May. 09, 2021 07:17 AM EDT

Slovakia Prime Minister Eduard Heger, addresses lawmakers in the parliament in Bratislava, Tuesday May 4, 2021. Eduard Heger's Cabinet obtained a vote of confidence from Parliament on Tuesday. (Jakub Kotian / TASR via AP)
Slovakia's new government wins mandatory confidence vote

May. 04, 2021 06:35 AM EDT

Hungary to assist Slovakia in inspection of Russian vaccine

By Justin Spike Apr. 09, 2021 10:31 AM EDT
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Slovakia’s deputy prime minister traveled to Hungary to ask for assistance in inspecting doses of the Russian-made COVID-19 vaccine, a...

FILE - In this Monday March 1, 2021 file photo, Slovak Prime Minister Igor Matovic, right, and Health Minister Marek Krajci at Kosice Airport, Slovakia, as Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine arrives. Two parties in Slovakia’s ruling coalition called on the conservative prime minister to resign to open the way for a reconstruction of the government amid a political crisis triggered by a secret deal to buy Russia's coronavirus vaccine. (Frantisek Ivan/TASR via AP, File)
Russia wants Slovakia to return its Sputnik V vaccines

By Karel Janicek Apr. 08, 2021 12:48 PM EDT

Holocaust survivor Fanny Amar wearing a face mask amid the coronavirus holds a rose as she and others attend the yearly Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony in Haifa, Israel, Thursday, April 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
The Latest: US 7th Fleet: 14,000 personnel fully vaccinated

By The Associated Press Apr. 08, 2021 01:26 AM EDT

Slovak President Zuzana Caputova, right, appoints members of the new Government to be headed by Prime Minister Eduard Heger, left, in Bratislava, Slovakia, on Thursday April 1, 2021. Slovakia’s president Caputova has sworn in a new coalition government to end a political crisis triggered by a secret deal to buy Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine. (Martin Baumann/TASR via AP)
New Slovak govt sworn in to end crisis over Russian vaccine

Apr. 01, 2021 04:55 AM EDT

Slovakia's President Zuzana Caputova, right, tasks Vice-premier Eduard Heger with forming a new government at the Presidential Palace in Bratislava, Slovakia, on Tuesday, March 30, 2021. Slovakia’s prime minister and his government resigned to end the political crisis triggered by a secret deal to buy Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine.(Pavel Neubauer/TASR via AP)
Slovak premier, government resign over Russian vaccine deal

By Karel Janicek Mar. 30, 2021 10:22 AM EDT

Slovakia's President Zuzana Caputova, right, stands opposite from left, outgoing Foreign Affairs Minister Ivan Korcok, Defence Minister Jaroslav Nad commissioned to head Slovak diplomacy on a temporary basis, outgoing Education Minister Branislav Groehling and Finance Minister Eduard Heger commissioned to head Education Ministry on a temporary basis, as the two ministers resign, at the Presidential Palace in Bratislava, Slovakia, Thursday, March 25, 2021. A party in Slovakia’s ruling coalition has completed its withdrawal from the government amid a political crisis triggered by a secret deal to buy Russia’s coronavirus vaccine. Two ministers of the Freedom and Solidarity party, the foreign minister and education minister, handed in their resignations to President Zuzana Caputova on Thursday. Their party leader resigned from his post of deputy prime minister on Monday. The Freedom and Solidarity and another coalition party, For People, demanded the resignation of Prime Minister Igor Matovic due to the deal he orchestrated. (Martin Baumann/TASR via AP)
Slovak premier resigns to end crisis over Russian vaccine

By Karel Janicek Mar. 28, 2021 02:02 PM EDT

Prime Minister Igor Matovic, front, announces the resignation of Health Minister Marek Krajci, left, in Bratislava, Thursday March 11, 2021. Two parties in Slovakia’s ruling coalition called Monday March 15, 2021, on populist prime minister Matovic to step down amidst a government crisis triggered two weeks ago by a secret deal to acquire Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, orchestrated by Matovic. (Pavel Neubauer/TASR via AP)
Slovak coalition party completes withdrawal from government

Mar. 25, 2021 08:32 AM EDT

Prime Minister Igor Matovic, front, announces the resignation of Health Minister Marek Krajci, left, in Bratislava, Thursday March 11, 2021. Two parties in Slovakia’s ruling coalition called Monday March 15, 2021, on populist prime minister Matovic to step down amidst a government crisis triggered two weeks ago by a secret deal to acquire Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, orchestrated by Matovic. (Pavel Neubauer/TASR via AP)
Slovak president asks premier to resign as way out of crisis

Mar. 23, 2021 02:33 PM EDT

Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine arrives at Kosice Airport, Slovakia, Monday March 1, 2021. Hard-hit Slovakia signed a deal to acquire 2 million dozes of Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine. The country's prime minister says Slovakia will get one million shots in next two months while another million will arrive in May and June. (Frantisek Ivan/TASR via AP)
Head of Slovakia party resigns over crisis around Sputnik V

Mar. 22, 2021 12:06 PM EDT

Slovakia's Prime Minister Igor Matovic arrives for a government meeting in Bratislava Friday, March 12, 2021. Two parties in Slovakia’s ruling coalition called Monday March 15, 2021, on populist prime minister Matovic to step down amidst a government crisis triggered two weeks ago by a secret deal to acquire Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, orchestrated by Matovic. (Jaroslav Novak/TASR via AP)
Allies call on Slovak leader to resign over Russian vaccine

By Karel Janicek Mar. 15, 2021 06:01 PM EDT

FILE - In this March 1, 2021, file photo, Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine arrives at Kosice Airport, Slovakia. Russia’s boast in August that it was the first country to authorize a coronavirus vaccine led to skepticism because of its insufficient testing on only a few dozen people. Now, with demand growing for the Sputnik V, experts are raising questions again, this time over whether Moscow can keep up with all the orders from countries that want it. (Frantisek Ivan/TASR via AP, File)
Slovakia's health minister resigns to end political crisis

By Karel Janicek Mar. 11, 2021 11:56 AM EST

Slovak Prime Minister Igor Matovic, right, and Health Minister Marek Krajci at Kosice Airport, Slovakia, Monday March 1, 2021, as Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine arrives. Hard-hit Slovakia signed a deal to acquire 2 million dozes of Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine. The country's prime minister says Slovakia will get one million shots in next two months while another million will arrive in May and June. (Frantisek Ivan/TASR via AP)
Slovakia's political crisis, triggered by Sputnik V, deepens

By Karel Janicek Mar. 03, 2021 10:26 AM EST

Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccines arrive at Kosice Airport, Slovakia, Monday March 1, 2021. Hard-hit Slovakia signed a deal to acquire 2 million dozes of Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine. The country's prime minister says Slovakia will get one million shots in next two months while another million will arrive in May and June. (Frantisek Ivan/TASR via AP)
Russian Sputnik V vaccine splits Slovakia ruling coalition

By Karel Janicek Mar. 02, 2021 01:55 PM EST

Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine arrives at Kosice Airport, Slovakia, Monday March 1, 2021. Hard-hit Slovakia signed a deal to acquire 2 million dozes of Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine. The country's prime minister says Slovakia will get one million shots in next two months while another million will arrive in May and June. (Frantisek Ivan/TASR via AP)
Slovakia signs deal to acquire 2 million doses of Sputnik V

By Karel Janicek Mar. 01, 2021 02:37 PM EST

FILE - In this Friday, Feb. 12, 2021, file photo, medical workers move a covid-19 patient at a hospital overrun by the covid pandemic in Cheb, Czech Republic. The Czech government has decided to further tighten restrictive measures amid a surge of a highly contagious coronavirus variant in one of the hardest-hit European Union's nations. At the same time, the worsening situation has forced the Cabinet to abandon for now its plans to reopen all stores as soon as next week. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek/File)
Virus surges anew in central Europe in face of new variants

By Karel Janicek And Vanessa Gera Feb. 19, 2021 08:33 AM EST