Coronavirus: 5 Million Vaccinated Would Curb Pandemic, says Med Uni Rector
Some 5 million Hungarians will need to be inoculated to keep coronavirus case numbers constantly low in the country, the rector of Semmelweis University said on Monday, in a podcast with President János Áder.
Speaking in Áder’s Blue Planet podcast, Béla Merkely said inoculation was the only surefire way to vanquish the epidemic, and called on all to accept whetever vaccine they were offered.
The first jab brings “nearly 100 percent immunity” against severe illness, while the second multiples antibodies in the blood stream, he said. Those who contracted Covid-19 before being vaccinated will need only one jab, he added.
Senior Infectologist: Hungary Has Chance to Achieve Herd Immunity by Summer
If vaccinations against Covid-19 continue at the rate that is required in Hungary and if enough people register for the jab, the country could achieve herd immunity by the summer, János Szlávik, a senior infectologist of the South-Pest Central Hospital, told public media on Saturday.
This, Szlávik said, would require 60-80 percent of the population to be vaccinated.
Having more than 2.5 million people who have received their first shot “already has an impact on the epidemic”, he said. But he added that this did not mean that there would be a significant decline in daily case numbers, though they would likely go down somewhat.
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Hungary lifts some restrictions despite virus death spike
JUSTIN SPIKE, Associated Press
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1of14Hairdresser Andrea Roder is reflected in a mirror while posing with a customer in Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday April 7, 2021. Hungary s government lifted several lockdown restrictions on Wednesday, even as some doctors and medical experts urged caution after a record-breaking day of COVID-19 deaths, a move that came as Hungary reached 2.5 million first-dose vaccinations, a benchmark the government set for when a gradual reopening could move forward.Laszlo Balogh/APShow MoreShow Less
2of14A staff member of a flower shop holds tulips in Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday April 7, 2021. Hungary s government lifted several lockdown restrictions on Wednesday, even as some doctors and medical experts urged caution after a record-breaking day of COVID-19 deaths, a move that came as Hungary reached 2.5 million first-dose vaccinations, a benchmark the government se
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