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1.2 Million Sinopharm Doses Arrive in Hungary Fully 1.2 million doses of Sinopharm vaccine arrived in Hungary from China at dawn on Saturday, Péter Szijjártó, the foreign minister, said. “This is the biggest shipment of vaccines so far,” he said on Facebook, adding that Hungary has now received 3.3 million doses altogether. Another 1.7 million doses of the Sinopharm jab are under contract to be delivered in the future, too. Despite the World Health Organization’s announcement highlighting certain issues with the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine, rector of Semmelweis University Béla Merkely...

Weekly Pfizer Vaccine Shipments Planned to Be Partly Used for Open Registration Starting next week, doses of Pfizer and Moderna vaccines will begin arriving regularly to Hungary every week, Minister of the Prime Minister’s Office Gergely Gulyás announced. These vaccines may be needed to reach the ambitious milestone of 5 million vaccinations , as Hungary’s inoculation rate has significantly slowed down since the last opportunity for Pfizer vaccinations. In the government’s most recent press conference, Gergely Gulyás said roughly 120 to 180 thousand doses of Pfizer and Moderna vaccine...

More opportunities for Pfizer/BioNTech vaccinations can soon be made available once more of the vaccine arrives to Hungary, according to Minister of the Prime Minister’s Office Gergely Gulyás. The minister addressed Friday’s single-day Pfizer vaccination opportunity, saying that it made it clear that people are willing to vaccinate themselves if their preferred vaccine type is available. The availability of different vaccines appears to have an impact on people’s vaccination willingness, since Hungary’s inoculation rate has noticeably slowed down since Friday’s Pfizer wave. Prime M...

Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine Creator Presents at Academy of Science Katalin Karikó, the famous Hungarian biochemist who was crucial in the creation of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, held a presentation at the 194th conference of the Hungarian Academy of Science (MTA) on Monday. Her speech mostly focused on her scientific works, so for better understanding we’ve complemented that with personal details of her career, with the help of a publication by Wired Magazine. The focus of her presentation was on the creation of messenger RNA therapy, but she also spoke about her experience as a researcher an...

Hungary Announces Vaccination of Foreign Diplomats Now that Hungary has plenty of coronavirus vaccines at its disposal, it has made vaccination available for foreign diplomats and embassy employees working in Hungary, chief medical officer Cecília Müller announced on Wednesday. During the operative board’s coronavirus press briefing, Cecília Müller said that following the principle of reciprocity, Hungary will ensure vaccination is available for all diplomats working in Hungary. Hungary is at the forefront of Europe with regard to its vaccination rate. According to Professor E. Sylveste...