Brussels Contests Budapest's COVID-19 Vaccine Selection

The country of Hungary may create an issue with the European Commission (EC) should it continue its efforts to launch the Sputnik V vaccine, reported the Financial Times on November 19, 2020. An EC leader is reported to comment: 'The question arises whether a member state would want to administer to its citizens a vaccine that has not been reviewed by the European Medicines Agency.'

According to the Russian Direct Investment Fund press statement on November 13, 2020, more than 50 countries have received applications for the purchase of over 1.2 billion doses of Sputnik V vaccine, with production led by international partners in India, Brazil, China, Korea, and other countries.