Government Justifies ‘Successfully Negotiated’ Purchase Of Sputnik V Vaccines

Government Justifies ‘Successfully Negotiated’ Purchase Of Sputnik V Vaccines Government says it rather successfully negotiated downwards the price of the Sputnik V vaccine from a higher price to 19$. A statement issued by the Ministry of Health says the $19 price is as result of government’s direct negotiation with a businessman rather than seeking to obtain the vaccines on a government to government basis which is cheaper yet difficult to push through. This comes on the back of an investigation by a Norwegian newspaper, VG demanding answers as the government was accused of buying the vaccines at the $19 price…