EU considers getting vaccine boost from Russia's Sputnik

Publicly, the European Union has dismissed Russia’s global coronavirus vaccine supply campaign.

But behind the scenes, the bloc is turning to Moscow’s Sputnik V shot as it tries to get its stuttering efforts to vaccinate its 450 million people back on track, EU diplomatic and official sources said.

An EU official who negotiates with vaccine makers on behalf of the bloc said that EU governments were considering launching talks with Sputnik V developers and it would take requests from four EU states to start the process, Reuters reported.