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  • Covid Update: Hungary Launches Immunity App

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    An app that serves as a Covid immunity certificate has been launched in Hungary. The EESZT app available for Android and iOS is currently running in test mode.

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    The innovations of the R&D unit of B+N Referencia Zrt. can efficiently help in preventing hospital infections and thus the safety of patients can be significantly improved – say Zsuzsanna Nagy, Director of Hygiene Services and biologist Dr. Ágnes Ősz, Senior Research Fellow in their interview given to IME (the Journal of Hungarian Interdisciplinary Medicine). 

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