Matovič: The aim of the vaccine lottery was not to increase vaccination coverage. The visit of the Pope – Živé.sk – did not prove that either

The vaccine lottery fulfills its role. Its priority was to reward the vaccinated, the mission to promote vaccination is mainly the Ministry of Health (MH) SR. This was announced on Wednesday after the government meeting by the Minister of Finance Igor Matovič (OĽANO), stating that it is an effective minute.

“The lottery has never been announced as a means of increasing vaccination. The lottery was announced as a means of rewarding the vaccinated, “Matovic said. He thinks it is a very effective minute money, because the vaccinated people, according to him, will save the state budget hundreds of millions of euros.

However, according to him, the new share of people who will be vaccinated for this will not be “significant”. At the government meeting, he also expressed the conviction that Slovakia is not doing the right thing in the way it is preparing for the third wave of the pandemic. “I think we are taking a lot of risks and someone seems to have decided that we are going to defeat Slovakia,” says Matovič.

At the same time, he noted that the Ministry of Health was asking for money for the campaign, while the Ministry of Finance wanted a plan and a proposal for a new campaign from him. “In the meantime, we have provided the money to the ministry and the ministry has not launched any new campaign, as far as I know,” he added.

With regard to Ms Zuzana, who lost 400,000 euros in the lottery because of the slower internet, he said that he said she had a moral right to win because she had fulfilled everything that was required. He added that he was waiting for the final opinion of lawyers.

“The legal department of the Ministry of Finance is preparing a final opinion on whether or not we can give it a prize,” he said, adding that they could give an opinion as early as this week.

(TASR)