EU warns Hungary against use of Russia’s Sputnik vaccine
EU concerned as the vaccine has not been reviewed by the European Medicines Agency
19 November 2020 - 18:43
Brussels ¯— Hungary's plans to import and possibly use Russia's Sputnik-V Covid-19 vaccine raise safety concerns and could damage trust in potential shots, the European Commission said, opening a new front in the EU's fraught relations with Budapest.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's hard line against migration and what critics say is his increasingly authoritarian grip on power — an accusation he has denied — as well as his pursuit of close relations with Russia have caused repeated clashes with the European Union...
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