Hungary will receive its first 40,000 doses of Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday, enough to vaccinate 20,000 people, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said.
Lithuania may step up controls on arrivals, border guard chief says
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Due to the spread of the new strain of Covid-19, Lithuania may step up controls on arrivals in the near future, the country’s State Border Guard Service said on Friday.
The government s emergency commission is working intensively and considering several possible options, according to Rustamas Liubajevas, head of the service. We, border guards, are getting ready for that, he told LRT RADIO, adding that possible measures include certain controls at airports, and possibly seaports .
Border guards could assist the National Public Health Centre (NVSC) in checking if travellers are showing coronavirus test results on arrival and if they are registered on the NVSC website, according to Liubajevas.
Coronavirus: First Russian Vaccine Shipment Arrives
The first shipment of the Russian coronavirus vaccine, enough to inoculate 20,000 people, is arriving in Hungary on Tuesday, the minister of foreign affairs and trade said in a video on Facebook.
Péter Szijjártó noted that under a recent agreement Hungary is set to receive two million doses of the vaccine from Russia, enough to inoculate one million people in the next three months.
The first shipment of 40,000 doses will be taken to the National Public Health Centre, where “the necessary tests will be carried out”, the minister said, adding that the vaccine will be distributed in line with the government’s vaccination plan.
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BUDAPEST Hungary will receive its first 40,000 doses of Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday, enough to vaccinate 20,000 people, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said.
“The first shipment will arrive today based on the deal we signed in Moscow,” Szijjarto said in a video on his Facebook page.
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Under a deal signed last month, Russia will ship 2 million doses of the vaccine to Hungary in the coming three months, enough to inoculate 1 million people, Szijjarto said.
UPDATE 1-Hungary receives first batch of Russian COVID-19 vaccine Reuters 2/2/2021
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BUDAPEST, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Hungary will receive its first 40,000 doses of Russia s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday, enough to vaccinate 20,000 people, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said. The first shipment will arrive today based on the deal we signed in Moscow, Szijjarto said in a video on his Facebook page.
Under a deal signed last month, Russia will ship 2 million doses of the vaccine to Hungary in the coming three months, enough to inoculate 1 million people, Szijjarto said.
He said the National Public Health Centre would put the vaccine shipment through tests before the shots are distributed.