Hungary became the first of the EU countries to express its readiness to buy the Russian vaccine against coronavirus, subject to its certification in the alliance. This was announced by the representative of the European Commission Eric Mamer, reports TASS.
“If any of the EU countries buys a foreign vaccine that has not passed certification, the European Commission will be forced to take action,” the union's representative warned. At the same time, Mamer added that vaccines developed by Russia or China will never become part of the EU's vaccination strategy.
To date, two vaccines against COVID-19 have been registered in Russia. The first drug to be registered was Sputnik V, developed by the Gamaleya Center. On October 14, President Vladimir Putin announced the registration of EpiVacCorona from the Vector Center. There is no biological agent in the vaccine – it contains synthetic analogs of viral protein regions.
