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Vaccination Pace Recedes as People Wait for Pfizer
In recent days, the vaccination pace has significantly decreased in Hungary, because most of the people are waiting for the vaccine of their choice.
Most Hungarians would rather be vaccinated with Pfizer or Moderna, while there are hundreds of thousands of other vaccines in stock. Millions more vaccinations are needed to achieve herd immunity, however many people, when they have the chance to pick and choose the jab they want, would rather go with “Western” vaccinations, except for AstraZeneca. In light of this news, the government might need to reevaluate its vaccination strategy this upcoming month. However, with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine expected to arrive in huge quantities, maybe everyone can have the vaccine of their choice in a few weeks.
Vaccination against Covid-19 is not a political issue, therefore the Hungarian government has “rejected all politically motivated attacks on effective and safe vaccines”, Justice Minister Judit Varga said on Facebook on Tuesday.
Following a meeting of the EU General Affairs Council in Brussels, Varga said that “when human lives are in danger, we cannot afford the luxury of choosing among vaccines simply on a political basis”.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has given the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine international emergency authorization, announced from its Geneva headquarters. The Hungarian government has reacted to the declaration, stating that it “disproves the left-wing opposition’s” arguments against the vaccine.” With support from an internationally recognized body of the world’s leading scientist, the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine’s credibility […]Continue reading