Hungary Will Start to Import Russia’s COVID-19 Vaccine from December
Hungary Will Start to Import Russia’s COVID-19 Vaccine from December
FILE PHOTO: Bottles with Russia's "Sputnik-V" vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are seen before inoculation at a clinic in Tver, Russia October 12, 2020. REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva/File Photo
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AIHungary will start importing small quantities of a Russian-made COVID-19 vaccine in December for final testing and licensing, Reuters cited Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto as saying in a Facebook video today, on Thursday.
Budapest will ramp up Russian vaccine imports from late January and a Hungarian company may be able to switch from flu shot production to the Russian COVID-19 vaccine and start producing it, the minister added.