V4 Countries Follow Hungarian Example in Eastern Vaccine Procurement The impact of the pandemic is grave for the countries of the Visegrád Group, who have chosen not to follow the vaccine procurement plan of the European Union. Like Hungary, they have instead begun turning to China and Russia for vaccines. Slovakia has ordered two million doses of Sputnik V, and the Polish government has been discussing vaccine procurement with China. Cases Call for New V4 Vaccine Procurement Plan Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, and Czechia have all faced increasing rates of confirmed Covid cases since January. Czechia far surpasses all three countries, however, its 7 day rolling average climbing close to 1,200 cases per million people.