President Zeman says Russia ready to send Sputnik vaccine

President Miloš Zeman said he has been promised a delivery of the Russian vaccine Sputnik, which could be used in the Czech Republic as soon as it acquires the necessary certification by the European Medicines Agency EMA.

The president told CNN Prima News that, after consulting the matter with Prime Minister Andrej Babiš, he had written a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin making the request.

Mr. Zeman said that as far as he was concerned certification by the Czech Institute for Drug Control would be sufficient, but the Czech Health Ministry insists on only using vaccines that have been certified by EMA.