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Hungary Prepares for Ten-Day Sinopharm Vaccination Campaign Hungary is initiating a ten-day mass vaccination program next week, as one million doses of the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine will be arriving. A letter from the National Health Insurance Fund (NEAK) and another from state secretary and leader of Hungary’s vaccination workforce István György was sent to general practitioners, informing them of the massive undertaking. While the government is trying out a new system for organizing Hungary’s vaccination campaign, many doctors are worried that their patients will not be willing to acc...

DK Calls for Hoisting Black Flag over 25,000th Covid Death The opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) has called on the government to drape a black flag over the facade of Parliament to mark the 25,000th death in Hungary since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic last spring. DK lawmaker Zoltán Varga told a press conference streamed on Facebook that the high number of deaths could have been prevented by “the appropriate use of resources”. “But seeing the rise in the numbers, Viktor Orbán’s government embarked on the National Consultation asking the public about [the country’s] r...

Coronavirus Reproduction Rate Now Below 1, says Chief Medical Officer The reproduction rate of the coronavirus has fallen below one in Hungary, which means that on average an infected person communicates the virus to not more than another person, the chief medical officer said on Friday. Speaking at an online press conference by the central coronavirus board, Cecília Müller said that the indicators of the pandemic showed a slight decrease. She noted that 5,216 new cases were reported on Thursday and said that the number of new infections could stay “at the same level” next week. The thi...

Hungarian Opinions on Vaccination and Handling of Pandemic Influenced by Politics Recent surveys confirm a correlation between the political views of Hungarians and their opinions on pandemic operations and vaccination. What is also interesting is the way in which different research institutes measure and present their findings, possibly in order to prove certain political statements. Leftist daily Népszava stated based on a survey by the left-leaning Publicus Institute that opposition supporters are more in favor of vaccination than supporters of Fidesz, while pro-government Mandiner, based...

PMO Head Says Chinese and Russian Vaccines Better than Western Ones The Chinese and Russian vaccines are more effective than Western vaccines, according to Minister of the Prime Minister’s Office Gergely Gulyás. During Thursday’s government press conference, Gulyás claimed that a third dose of Sinopharm’s vaccine is not necessary, despite the existence of reports that two doses have not provided effective resistance to the virus. It must also be remembered that there is no relevant proof to back up Gulyás’ claims, and a Chinese official has even said that there are problems with ef...