Yet amid this rush, some countries are not only refusing potential doses produced by rivals but officially banning them. More than 80 million vaccine doses have been given out in more than 50 countries, with some speeding well ahead. With a population of more than 40 million, Ukraine is one of the largest European countries to not begin its formal vaccine rollout. Like the developers of Sputnik V, Chinese developers had not released full Phase 3 data before making their vaccines available. Ten million of the doses come directly from British-Swedish firm AstraZeneca, and 5 million doses through the Covax program.
