Hungary has received a draft contract to procure Russia’s Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said.
Szijjártó spoke to MTI after phone talks with Mikhail Murashko, the Russian health minister. “Time is of the essence,” Szijjártó said, adding that Hungary was in need of a swift supply of a large quantity of safe and effective vaccine against coronavirus.
Experts of Hungary’s National Institute of Pharmacy and Nutrition (OGYÉI) are currently in Russia analysing the manufacturing process of the vaccine, he said. On Thursday, they are scheduled to hold talks with representatives of Russia’s health authority, he added. Meanwhile, lawyers of the National Public Health Centre (NNK) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade are also hard at work in connection with the draft purchase agreement for the Russian Covid vaccine which the Russian Direct Investment Fund has sent to Hungary, he said. If after inspecting the vaccine’s manufacturing process and reviewing its documentation OGYÉI grants approval for emergency use of the vaccine in Hungary, the government can sign the contract and agree on the supply of a large quantity of it to the country, Szijjártó said.
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