Premier: Government Could Ask SAV to Analyse COVID-19 Vaccines

Bratislava, April 22 (TASR) - The government could ask the Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAV) to carry out a quantitative analysis of the presence of DNA and other substances in selected samples of COVID-19 vaccines, Premier Robert Fico (Smer-SD) said in a video posted on a social network on Tuesday, adding that he wants to bring such a proposal to Wednesday's (April 23) cabinet meeting. Fico also wants the government to draw attention of Slovaks to the conclusions of the expert opinion presented by Government Proxy for Investigating COVID-19 Pandemic Management Peter Kotlar. Fico met on Tuesday with director of the State Institute for Drug Control (SUKL) Roman Dorcik. He wanted to consult on the further course of action on how to deal with the conclusions of the expert opinion on coronavirus vaccines submitted by Kotlar. "The expert opinion prepared by a registered expert from abroad states that the samples of vaccines used in Slovakia for vaccination against COVID-19 contained extremely high levels of DNA and substances, the presence of which the manufacturer didn't indicate in the relevant documentation," noted the prime minister. In addition to the aforementioned assessment, only the Slovak Academy of Sciences and its expert workplaces can carry out further quantitative analysis of the presence of DNA in vaccines, opines Fico. "Tomorrow, the government could ask the relevant institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences to prepare such a quantitative analysis as soon as possible. Secondly, the government should, by a resolution, draw attention of Slovakia's citizens to the serious conclusions of the expert opinion, according to which the examined samples of vaccines from a particular manufacturer contained extremely high levels of DNA and substances that were not mentioned by the manufacturer in the relevant documentation," said the premier. am