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Hungary Breaks Ranks With EU & Authorizes Use Of AstraZeneca Vaccine

Country Also OKs Russian Sputnik V

 
• By Ian Schofield

Hungary is going its own way when it comes to coronavirus vaccines, but its decision to allow the emergency use of the Oxford University/AstraZeneca vaccine may be only a symbolic expression of the government’s growing impatience with the EU.

Lots of bottles with COVID-19 vaccine. A larger bottle is in the foreground. 3d illustration
Hungary is going its own way on COVID-19 vaccines • Source: Shutterstock

EU efforts to show solidarity in the face of the coronavirus pandemic have suffered a setback after Hungary decided to go ahead and authorize the use of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine outside the ongoing EU centralized approval procedure.

The Hungarian National Institute of Pharmacy and Nutrition (OGYEI) said it had issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the vaccine, even though the European Medicines Agency is expected to make a recommendation on

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