The Slovak government will consider halting all purchases of COVID-19 jabs after a report found that samples of the injections used in Slovakia contained “extremely high levels of DNA and substances whose presence was not disclosed by the manufacturer in the relevant documentation,” Prime Minister Robert Fico said.

According to Reuters, Fico rejected the COVID-19 jab himself and criticized the COVID-19 policies of previous governments in Slovakia.

“The government should, by resolution, inform Slovak citizens about the serious findings of the expert report, which found exceptionally high levels of DNA and undisclosed substances in the tested vaccine samples from a specific manufacturer,” Fico said.

Fico said a previous administration signed a contract in 2023 for Slovakia to procure nearly 300,000 doses of COVID-19 jabs in 2025 and 2026 for approximately 5.7 million euros ($6.48 million).

“These are vaccines from the manufacturer subject to the expert report with serious findings. I believe that, until the results of the additional quantitative analysis are delivered, the government should not procure further vaccines from this manufacturer or pay for them,” Fico explained.

He did not specify the manufacturer.

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To ignore the expert findings on the quality of COVID-19 vaccines used in Slovakia would be extremely irresponsible. pic.twitter.com/3xBVHVhLak

— Robert Fico 🇸🇰 (@RobertFicoSVK) April 22, 2025

Per Reuters:

The cabinet’s decision to pause vaccine purchases followed a recommendation by vaccine opponent Peter Kotlar, the government’s envoy in charge of reviewing pandemic policies.

Kotlar has claimed, without evidence, that vaccines based on mRNA technology were not safe and called on the government to stop inoculations.

Producers of mRNA vaccines Moderna and Pfizer did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Slovak drug regulator SUKL last month sharply criticised Kotlar’s views, saying they were unscientific and dangerous, and said it was considering filing a criminal complaint for spreading panic.

The main Slovak opposition party, Progressive Slovakia, said Fico was using Kotlar’s “conspiratory delusions” to distract attention from his government’s policy failures.

Fico has repeatedly doubted the benefits of COVID-19 vaccinations, and organised a protest that went against lockdown rules during the pandemic.

💥Slovakia launches Covid-19 vaccine probe after DNA contamination findings

A scientific analysis has sparked calls for transparency, independent testing, and a freeze on future vaccine deliveries to Slovakia.https://t.co/Ew9hXhqzxP @Jikkyleaks @Kevin_McKernan @MdBreathe pic.twitter.com/dGQP3PSek5

— Maryanne Demasi, PhD (@MaryanneDemasi) April 23, 2025

Slovakia found that COVID-19 vaccines were contaminated with extremely high levels of DNA, which the manufacturer did not disclose in regulatory documents. https://t.co/yCWUWU68L7. Further purchase put on hold, more studies to be done. @brokenmedics, @SecKennedy, @DrJBhattacharya

— Prof. Peter C Gøtzsche (@PGtzsche1) April 23, 2025

From Aktuality (translated):

Slovakia is contractually supposed to purchase thousands of COVID-19 vaccines, but Prime Minister Fico is proposing to suspend the purchase due to serious findings.

The government could ask the Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAV) to prepare a quantitative analysis of the presence of DNA and other substances in selected samples of vaccines against COVID-19. Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) wants to present such a proposal to the cabinet meeting on Wednesday (April 23). He also wants the government to draw Slovaks’ attention to the conclusions of an expert opinion by the government’s plenipotentiary for the review of the process of governance and management of resources during the COVID-19 pandemic, Petr Kotlár, through a resolution. He announced this in a video on social media.