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The Financial Times reported Russia's Sputnik is currently being outsourced to private companies in Brazil, China, South Korea, India, and Iran (Photo: Wikimedia)

EU Commission casts doubt on Russian Sputnik vaccine

The European Commission has shed doubt on the Russian vaccine, Sputnik V.

European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday (17 February) posed questions on its use.

"We still wonder why Russia is offering theoretically millions of millions of doses while not sufficiently progressing in vaccinating their own people," she told reporters.

"This is also a question I think that should be answered," she added.

Neither the Russian vaccine nor its Chinese counte...

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

The Financial Times reported Russia's Sputnik is currently being outsourced to private companies in Brazil, China, South Korea, India, and Iran (Photo: Wikimedia)

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

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