The United States is about to reopen to fully vaccinated foreign travelers
authorized by the Food and Drug Administration or which received an emergency use listing from the World Health Organization.
Mexico received nearly 12 million doses of CanSino and almost 20 million of Sputnik V after shipments began earlier this year. Residents who got the required two shots of those vaccines now are looking to top up with shots of the Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca or Johnson & Johnson vaccines, hoping that will make them eligible to cross the border.
Hungary was one of only two countries in the 27-member European Union to roll out the Russian vaccine. Fewer than 20,000 people received it in Slovakia. "These travelers are saying they really hope the situation will change and that the United States will accept the Sputnik vaccine. There are many people who would like to travel and in Hungary, many people were vaccinated with Sputnik,” she said.
“There are exactly zero reasons for such decisions," Leonid Slutsky, chairman of the foreign relations committee in the Russian Duma, or lower house of parliament."The effectiveness and safety of the Sputnik V vaccine has been proven not only by specialists, but also by its practical application.” Hungary's Ministry of Foreign Affairs told The Associated Press that it is open to a similar agreement with the United States, but “currently there is no ongoing negotiation."