Hungary Leads the EU by Deploying China and Russia Produced COVID-19 Vaccines

According to local media, Hungary became the first EU nation to deploy the Sputnik V vaccine."Today we are beginning to vaccinate with the Sputnik V vaccine, this is taking place in the designated vaccination stations," Cecilia Muller, Hungary's chief medical officer, told a daily press briefing in Budapest.

Hungary issued an emergency approval to the Russian created COVID-19 vaccine, ordering 2 million doses during January 2021.

At present, Sputnik V's owner says the vaccine is also registered in Russia, Belarus, Argentina, Bolivia, Serbia, Algeria, Palestine, Venezuela, Paraguay, Turkmenistan, Hungary, UAE, Iran, Republic of Guinea, Tunisia, Armenia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Republika Srpska ( Entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina), Lebanon, Myanmar, Pakistan, Mongolia, Bahrain, Montenegro, Saint Vincent, and the Grenadines.

Hungary also approved the Sinopharm BBIBP-CorV COVID-19 vaccine in January 2021 and ordered 5 million doses, becoming the initial EU country to do so.