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This is how the government plans to vaccinate Hungarians
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On Saturday evening, the National Public Health Centre published on its website an excerpt of the plan showing how Hungarians are planned to be vaccinated. However, the full-length paper cannot be read anywhere just yet.
According to portfolio.hu, those will receive the vaccine who are Hungarian citizens above 18 and have a social security number. Furthermore, those who caught the virus in the last six months will not receive a vaccine, no matter whether they did or did not have symptoms. As a result, those who were infected in the first wave will be inoculated, while those who caught the virus during the second wave will not.
The institution wrote that they had to rank people in order of priority because
the vaccination process has two pillars: volunteering and risk factor.
Therefore, first, healthcare workers will receive the vaccine, irrespective of whether they have a certificate or not. That means all the doctors, assistants, healthcare professionals, medical students, nurses, and people working in the pharmacies. Besides, people working in the administration department of healthcare institutions or as janitors also fall into this category.
So according to this article only Hungarian citizens will receive the vaccine. What about foreigners who are registered as permanent residents? I pay my taxes and contributions to the Hungarian healthcare system but am I now excluded?
Is this just more sloppy journalism from DNH or is the government really going to up the ante against foreigners even more than previously?
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