DK deputy group leader Gergely Arató told an online press conference that “for the umpteenth time”, the government seemed “to be unwilling to make available” the vaccine that enjoys the greatest public trust.

Despite a reported 2.8 million doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine having arrived in Hungary by early May, the public perception is that it is not available or very hard to get, he added.

Arató said he would present a written question to clarify, “why they keep hiding from the people” the vaccine that attracts the highest level of trust. If the cabinet purposefully holds back a significant volume of vaccine, it is an irresponsible, anti-vaxxer attitude, he added.

Hungary records 99 covid fatalities, 493 new infections

Fully 99 patients, generally elderly with co-morbidities, died over the past 24 hours, while 493 new infections were registered, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Tuesday.

So far 4,346,089 people have received a first jab, while 2,530,147 have been fully vaccinated.

The number of active infections has declined to 180,285, while hospitals are treating 3,282 Covid patients, 379 of whom need respiratory assistance.

There are 20,197 people in official quarantine, while 5,545,305 tests have been officially carried out.

Since the first outbreak, 792,879 infections have been registered, while fatalities have risen to 28,792.

Fully 583,802 people have made a recovery.

So far, most infections have been registered in Budapest and Pest County, followed by the counties of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Győr-Moson-Sopron and Hajdú-Bihar.