Hungary contracts 12 million doses of vaccine for nearly 100 million euros – UPDATE
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Hungary has contracted some 12 million doses of coronavirus vaccine, Gergely Gulyás, the head of the Prime Minister’s Office, told a regular press conference on Thursday.
The government has a duty to procure as quickly as possible any vaccine that has been duly tested and proven to be effective, and so it is in talks with “every entity” potentially able to provide it, Gulyás said.
Apart from Chinese and Russian vaccines, Hungary now has the possibility to procure some 12 million doses from three manufacturers, he said. They will be ordered and paid for as soon as it is possible, he added.
Regarding the coronavirus vaccine, Gulyás said Hungary has contracted altogether 12 million doses, costing 36 billion forints (EUR 99.6m), from three manufacturers.
Fully 3,270,000 doses are contracted from British AstraZeneca, 4,360,000 doses from US company Janssen and 4,439,000 doses from Pfizer in addition to potential Chinese and Russian vaccine purchases now under negotiation, he said.
The government has a duty to procure any vaccine that has been duly tested and proven to be effective as quickly as possible, and so it is in talks with “every entity” potentially able to provide it, including the EU, Israel, the US, China and Russia, he said.
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