Chief Epidemiologist Warns Against Softening Restrictions In Hungary
- 14 Dec 2020 8:12 AM
- Hungary Matters
Hungary’s chief epidemiologist has warned against relaxing restrictions imposed to slow the spread of coronavirus for Christmas and New Year’s Eve, saying that the public needed to remain disciplined in order ensure that the situation in the country improves by the spring.
Speaking to public news broadcaster M1, János Szlávik (pictured on top) of the Budapest South Pest Hospital said the epidemic was plateauing in Hungary, but added that hopefully cases would begin to wane if the public continued to comply with the restrictions.
Szlávik also asked families to celebrate the holidays in smaller numbers.
On the topic of vaccines, he said there were several in the final stages of their evaluation and Hungarians, too, would have access to at least four or five different types in the near future.
Several countries have already begun vaccinating their citizens and vaccinations are also set to begin soon in Hungary, Szlávik said.
He said Russia’s Covid-19 vaccine was being administered in large numbers in Russia and many other countries were getting access to it for voluntary clinical trials.
Meanwhile, China is testing multiple vaccines, including one similar to the flu vaccine which tests have shown to be over 80% effective, the chief epidemiologist said.
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