BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary has ordered close to 5 million vaccine doses for the novel coronavirus under a European Union scheme to provide potential COVID-19 vaccines, Prime Minister Viktor Orban told state radio on Friday.
The European Commission wants to strike deals with up to six drugmakers to buy promising COVID-19 vaccines in advance.
(Reporting by Krisztina Than and Anita Komuves; Editing by Tom Hogue)