Drucker: Government Heard No New Major Facts from COVID Proxy

Bratislava, 11 February (TASR) - Education Minister Tomas Drucker (Voice-SD) said that no substantial new information was presented by Government Proxy for Investigating COVID-19 Pandemic Management Peter Kotlar at Wednesday's cabinet meeting. According to Drucker, Kotlar provided nothing in writing and in his speech addressed mainly the ongoing criminal prosecution against himself. "We didn't discuss anything in detail, we didn't approve or adopt anything. There was no debate, no discussion," Drucker told reporters after the cabinet session, referring to the proxy's oral report, which the government approved and designated as classified. Drucker said that it's essential for Health Minister Kamil Sasko (Voice-SD) to take action. "The agreement was that Kotlar must go through the information with the health minister ... It's primarily the health minister who has a large amount of information at his disposal and can provide it," said Drucker. He again highlighted a study by the Slovak Academy of Sciences that found that mRNA vaccines don't contain any increased levels of DNA components. "That is important for me, but the health minister must respond to many professional and technical issues, of course," he added. Drucker also said that Kotlar didn't submit any material proposing the withdrawal of mRNA vaccines. "No such material was provided. He said that he was requesting it, but no resolution was adopted on the matter and there was no debate about it," noted the education minister. Agriculture Minister Richard Takac (Smer-SD) said, however, that Kotlar presented information and figures that he found striking. He added that Sasko had told the meeting that he needed to verify the information. "This will continue to be a topic to address," said Takac. mf/df