Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in an interview with public radio that the 12 million doses of vaccines Hungary had procured against the coronavirus are expected to be sufficient to stem the epidemic.

Another million favipiravir pills will arrive from China next week, bringing the total number imported from China to 2.8 million, the foreign minister said in a statement after speaking by phone with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi.

The comprehensive testing of essential workers for coronavirus has started with the testing of care home employees, while the testing of public education and health-care staff will follow on Monday, a government official has said.

The opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) has called on the government not to conduct “human experiments” on Hungarians with Russia’s coronavirus vaccine.

Hungary is set to begin testing certain essential workers for coronavirus on a regular basis from Friday, Gergely Gulyás, the head of the Prime Minister’s Office has said, adding that the staff of social care homes will be the first to be tested.

A sample of Russia’s coronavirus vaccine has arrived in Budapest, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said on Thursday. Hungarian scientists will now begin examining the vaccine so that they can make an informed decision on its usage and approval, the minister said on Facebook. Today it is clear to everyone that only a vaccine will provide […]

The number of confirmed people infected with the coronavirus in Hungary now stands at 161,461. In compulsory home quarantine: 38,610. Recovered: 36,345. Deceased: 3,472.