Austria will only use Sputnik V vaccine after EMA approval, Kurz says

FILE PHOTO: A medical worker poses for a picture while holding a vial with Sputnik V (Gam-COVID-Vac) vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a mobile vaccination centre in the Palace of the Republic concert hall in Almaty, Kazakhstan April 2, 2021. REUTERS/Pavel Mikheyev

VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria will only use Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine once the European Medicines Agency has approved it, Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said on Monday, amid growing public frustration with the pace of COVID-19 vaccinations.

Austria has been in talks with Russia to buy a million doses of the vaccine, and Kurz said on March 31 the order would probably be placed the following week. However, that order has yet to be announced.