SAV Biomedical Centre Acknowledges Task of Preparing Report on mRNA Vaccines

Bratislava, April 23 (TASR) - The Biomedical Centre of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAV) acknowledges the government resolution on Wednesday that tasks SAV with preparing a report related to COVID-19 mRNA vaccines used in Slovakia, the Centre's general director Silvia Pastorekova told TASR on the same day. "However, the centre will not comment on the matter until it receives an official mandate from the Health Ministry and the specific wording of the request," added Pastorekova. On Wednesday, the Slovak government gave Health Minister Kamil Sasko (Hlas-SD) the task of immediately requesting SAV's Biomedical Centre to prepare a comprehensive report on a quantitative analysis of the presence of DNA and other substances in selected retention batches of vaccines used against COVID-19 in Slovakia. In addition, the government tasked SAV with preparing an expert and forensic opinion on the impact of the present substances on the human body. The cabinet has instructed the minister to suspend the acquisition of further COVID vaccines until the results of this report are submitted. mf/df