The first dose of vaccine will arrive in Hungary in three days, and we reviewed, finalized and approved the vaccination plan once again at the last operative board meeting before Christmas.
Hungary has become the first European country to grant authorisation to the emergency use of US drug maker Eli Lilly’s Covid-19 antibody drug bamlanivimab, the human resources ministry said.
Hungary’s chief epidemiologist has encouraged the public to place trust in vaccines against the coronavirus, arguing that those licenced by the European and Hungarian authorities will definitely be effective.
Hungary will receive 10,000 doses of coronavirus vaccine on December 26 and the vaccination of health-care workers can begin at Budapest’s South Pest Central Hospital on the following day, the chief medical officer said.
Hungary has entered the “decisive phase of the battle” against Covid-19, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said, adding that the country will receive its first shipment of the coronavirus vaccine in three days.
The vaccination of healthcare workers against coronavirus will begin at the South Pest Central Hospital on December 27, the national chief medical officer announced at an online press conference of the operative board responsible for controlling the coronavirus epidemic on Wednesday.
The mass of shoppers has started to go to the stores and, despite the crisis, there is a chance that the pre-holiday spending will reach last year’s level, Magyar Nemzet wrote on Wednesday.
The epidemic will end when the vaccine is available, the minister in charge of the prime minister’s office said in an online press conference on Tuesday.
Several churches in Hungary have cancelled their Christmas Eve midnight mass and Christmas Day worship service, while others are making attendance conditional on pre-registration or limiting the number of people allowed inside the church, due to the coronavirus epidemic.
The head of the Budapest police headquarters has announced a 2 million forint (EUR 5,600) reward for information on oil contamination at a rainwater canal in the Ráckeve branch of the River Danube on Budapest’s outskirts in the south.
