Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, said that due to the war in Ukraine there is much less talk about the pandemic nowadays but “coronavirus is still with...
The foreign minister said Transcarpathia is under triple pressure, receiving tens of thousands of internally displaced persons, caring for the wounded, and facing the constant tension caused by the pandemic.
Péter Szijjártó said that Hungary is grateful for the medical equipment received from Vietnam during the first wave of the pandemic.
Péter Szijjártó said Hungary has so far donated 4.7 million doses of vaccine to 18 countries, in an effort to raise global vaccination rate and thus reduce the chance of...
Péter Szijjártó said that shortage of capacities was a challenge and called for fast action worldwide to build sufficient production facilities.
Sudan is the seventh African country to receive this form of help from Hungary, enabling them to better combat the pandemic.
The move was expected to enable Ecuador to speed up its vaccination campaign so it can better combat the pandemic.
The national hospital central directorate had asked hospitals to make the fourth vaccine dose available as of Jan 15 to people who had received their booster jab more than four months ago.
Last November, Hungary donated 800,000 vaccine doses to Ghana with a view to helping the country speed up its vaccination drive.
80 doses of the Russian Sputnik Light coronavirus vaccine arrived in Hungary for testing, prior to purchase talks with the manufacturer.
The foreign minister said Hungary had “many million doses” in reserve, facilitating that “everybody could receive their first, second, or even third shot”.
Hungary is sending 200,000 doses of the coronavirus vaccine to Egypt to boost its vaccination campaign and strengthen virus protection efforts in the north African country.
The European Medicines Agency has given the go-ahead for the vaccination of children between the ages of 5 and 11 using the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid jab.