FM: Hungary to receive technology from Russia to produce Sputnik vaccine
Péter Szijjártó said Hungary had “profited greatly” from high-level healthcare cooperation with Russia.
Péter Szijjártó said Hungary had “profited greatly” from high-level healthcare cooperation with Russia.
The foreign minister added that a government freight plane will also return from China in the second half of the week “packed” with the next Sinopharm shipment.
The foreign minister said a continuous supply of vaccines was crucial, adding that today’s shipment would be used as a second shot for people who had already received their first...
“Speed is of the essence … as advancing the inoculation plan by a single day would save the lives of 100-150 people,” the foreign minister said.
The first batch of 2,800 doses of the vaccine are being given to elderly citizens who have registered and meet the vaccination criteria in four hospitals in Budapest.
560 GPs in the city will each be asked to select five of their patients who do not suffer from any chronic underlying illnesses, who would then be referred to vaccination points to receive the jab.
Tests of Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, conducted by public health authority NNK, have yielded good results which means that “it can be used in Hungary from now on”.
Czech PM Babiš will discuss issues concerning the epidemic, including Hungary’s findings about the Russian Sputnik V vaccine, with Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
Cecília Müller said the first shipment of Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, enough to inoculate 20,000 people, has arrived in Hungary.
Minister Szijjártó said on Facebook that this was “fake news in the German social democrat-style”. “Every word is a lie,” he added.
The CMO said the public health center’s laboratories are testing each batch of the two new vaccines before distribution.
Hungary is the first European Union country where vaccination can be started with these two vaccines.