Von der Leyen asks Russia why it's selling Sputnik abroad before vaccinating citizens
Russia should explain why it's offering to sell millions of doses of its coronavirus vaccine to other countries while lagging behind the vaccination of its own citizens, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday.
Her comments come as more countries in Central and Eastern Europe are warming up to the Sputnik V vaccine, even though it has yet to get EU regulatory approval and questions are growing about the transparency of its clinical trial data.
Von der Leyen noted that Russia would need to permit inspections of its manufacturing sites and submit all of their data for scrutiny as part of the regulatory approval process.
