German health minister says EU will not order Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine

A medical worker administers a jab of Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine in Moscow, Russia (Pavel Golovkin/AP)

Germany’s health minister says the European Union will not order Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine and his country will hold bilateral talks with Russia on whether an order makes sense.

Jens Spahn told WDR public radio that the EU’s executive Commission said it will not place orders for Sputnik V on member countries’ behalf, as it did with other manufacturers.