The only reason why Hungary has enough coronavirus vaccines “is because an alarm went off in our heads in November, and we entered into talks on [purchasing] other vaccines” in addition to those approved by the European Union, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in an interview to public broadcaster Kossuth Rádió over the weekend.
According to the weather forecast, this week’s weather will not be sunny and warm at all.
Fully 162 patients, generally elderly with an underlying condition, died over the past 24 hours, and 8,863 new coronavirus infections were officially registered, while 1,319,266 people had received their first jab by Sunday, according to koronavirus.gov.hu.
The first few rows are closed for passengers on Budapest buses and trolleybuses to protect drivers from coronavirus.
Fully 163 patients, generally elderly with an underlying condition, died over the past 24 hours, and 9,444 new coronavirus infections were officially registered, while 1,293,414 people had received their first jab by Saturday, according to koronavirus.gov.hu.
The opposition LMP party has called on the government to “make corrections” to the vaccination plan, prioritising the inoculation of teachers and social care workers.
Fully 130 patients, generally elderly with an underlying condition, died over the past 24 hours, and 9,011 new coronavirus infections were officially registered, while 1,229,827 people had received their first jab by Thursday, koronavirus.gov.hu said.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said registering for the coronavirus vaccination was the “only way forward out of the current difficult situation”.
Hungary has the seventh-highest number of victims of the virus since the outbreak of the coronavirus epidemic. On Wednesday, there were 179 more victims of the epidemic in Hungary, thus ahead of Italy.
The 450,000 doses of Sinopharm vaccine which arrived in Hungary on Thursday will keep Hungary in Europe’s top league in terms of the coronavirus inoculation rate, the prime minister has said.
