Covid Vaccinations In Hungary To Start 27 - 28 December
- 19 Dec 2020 6:02 AM
- Hungary Matters
Hungary will begin inoculating people with a Covid-19 vaccine on December 27 or 28, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in a radio interview.
The first vaccine doses arriving in the country will be enough to inoculate 35,000 people, the prime minister told public broadcaster Kossuth Rádió, adding that health-care workers will be the first to be vaccinated.
The vaccine will be administered to them at the South Pest Hospital and county hospitals, Orbán said.
He asked health-care workers to get the vaccine in as large numbers as possible, adding, at the same time, that “this is in no way a general desire at the moment”.
Orbán emphasised that he wanted vaccination against the virus to remain voluntary. The government does not want to force anyone to get the vaccine, he said, but asked health-care workers to protect themselves.
As regards mass vaccinations, he said that once a vaccine is available in larger quantities, those who have pre-registered for it would be given priority.
The prime minister also said he would announce new measures to tackle the economic fallout of the epidemic to be introduced on January 1 on Saturday morning.
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