Not waiting for the European Union OK, Slovakia has authorized use of Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine.
“The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF, Russia’s sovereign wealth fund), announces the registration of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine against coronavirus in the Republic of Slovakia. Slovakia has become the 39th country in the world and the second state in the European Union to approve the use of the Sputnik V vaccine,” the RDIF said on Monday.
Hungary has meanwhile received the first delivery of a Chinese vaccine, developed by China’s Sinopharm. It has not been approved for use in the EU, but Hungary has decided to disregard that, breaking with an EU consensus that any Covid-19 shot used inside the bloc would be authorized by the European Medicines Agency and procured via its centralized scheme.
