FILE PHOTO: The Russian Sputnik V coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine is displayed in the Republic of San Marino, March 29, 2021. REUTERS/Jennifer Lorenzini/File Photo
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria is in talks with Russia to buy a million doses of its Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, which has yet to be approved by the European Medicines Agency, Chancellor Sebastian Kurz's office said on Tuesday.
Conservative leader Kurz is under fire from opposition parties because his government did not buy as many coronavirus vaccines as it could have under the European Union's collective purchasing scheme.
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