Hungary to help Slovakia examine Sputnik V vaccine shipments

Hungary's drug regulator will help Slovakia examine batches of Russian Sputnik V vaccines that Slovakia had received, Slovak Finance Minister Igor Matovic said on Friday after meeting Hungary's foreign minister in Budapest.

Hungary has imported hundreds of thousands of the Russian COVID-19 shots which helped accelerate its vaccination campaign. Russia told Slovakia on Thursday to return hundreds of thousands of doses of the vaccine, citing contract violations.