The State Commission for Prevention of Corruption (SCPC) is nearing the end of the case for the procurement of vaccines for covid-19 and has information that is not yet complete. As Goran Trpenoski, a member of the Commission, informed at today's press conference, the whole situation is complex and should be considered with cold heads and given the polarization in the country, they do not want to be used as an institution in favor of any of the political actors.

Answering a journalist question, he informed that Anticorruption received from the National Bank a document for payment of seven million and 800 thousand dollars for import of goods, ie the Ministry of Health has paid on February 15, and the NB has realized it in favor of Stabri International from Hong Kong. Kong.

The Ministry of Health informed that they have not paid an advance to a legal entity for purchasing Chinese vaccines, but at the beginning of this year they made a payment in the name of guarantee in order to book 200 thousand doses of vaccines from the manufacturer Sinofarm from China, based on conclusions from a closed government session held on February 5.

- The government in coordination with the government of China, through the Chinese Embassy in S Macedonia, after the talks decided to stop the activities and demanded a refund, which was realized by returning the funds. In order to operationalize its decision on March 16, the Government instructed the Ministry of Health to suspend all implementation activities after the conclusions of the 8th session, ie the money that was transferred to Stabri was returned and no payment was made. The government then entered into an agreement directly with the manufacturer Sinofarm, explained Trpenoski.

He added that he could not provide any other details because the manufacturers in the documents received by the SCPC, a confidentiality clause was placed, at their request.