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Romania will not take the Anti-COVID vaccine developed by Russia, Iohannis said
President Klaus Iohannis said in a press conference on Wednesday that “there is no foreign validation for the anti-COVID vaccine announced by Russia. “At this point there is no anti-COVID vaccine approved by the European Union”, the President said, mentioning he had a discussion earlier in the day with the Minister of Health, Nelu Tataru.
“It’s important that the Romanian know at this point we don’t have a vaccine in the EU right now, but the EU does support several research projects and we hope that in a close future we will benefit from a vaccine. Romania is part of this effort and we did register to receive 10 million vaccine doses in a first phase as soon as the vaccine is available in the EU,” the Romanian head of state pointed out.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced on Tuesday that his country had developed the first anti-COVID vaccine, saying that among the already vaccinated citizens is also one of his daughters.
At the same time, Iohannis called on Romanians to wear a mask and keep the physical distance between them.