VMRO-DPMNE once again levelled accusations at the government concerning the latest events with the procurement of COVID-19 vaccines from China. “How did a company with only 3 employees managed to acquire 12.5 million dollars in order to negotiate vaccine procurement with Chinese Sinopharm? Also, why are Zoran Zaev and Venko Filipce ordering the vaccines for a price of 62.5 dollars per piece, when the regular price is 32 dollars? It is obvious, Zaev and Filipce want to buy vaccines twice the normal price so they can put the leftover money in their pockets,” said Mile Lefkov from VMRO-DPMNE at a press conference. This prompted Health Minister Venko Filipce to announce that he will file a slander lawsuit against Lefkov. “VMRO-DPMNE proceeds promoting fake news against me, and intentionally tries to negatively affect the process for procurement of vaccines. The government is doing all in its power to provide vaccines for the citizens, but obviously VMRO-DPMNE does not want that to happen,” Filipce said.