Coronavirus: Hungary receives one million favipiravir tablets from China
Hungary has taken delivery of one million favipiravir pills in a new shipment from China, the foreign minister said on Monday.
Szijjártó said talks were ongoing with international partners about protection against the novel coronavirus pandemic, including vaccine acquisitions and also medicine to treat patients more effectively. The new shipment arrived from China late on Sunday as a result, he said.
The drug can be used for patients already showing the symptoms of infection but in proper dosage it can help prevent the worsening of symptoms, he said.
Talks are under way with several manufacturers about further acquisitions, Szijjártó said, adding that
a shipment of an additional one million tablets is also expected to arrive from Japan at the end of this week.
Szijjártó, who has contracted the virus and is currently in quarantine for the seventh day, said his flu-like symptoms were “not going away as yet” but he expressed hope that his condition would not deteriorate.
Read alsoOrbán: Hungary is commited to cooperation with China
Source: MTI
please make a donation here
Hot news
Winter is here: temperature in Hungary may drop below -10 degrees this weekend – PHOTOS
Hungary’s EU presidency will lead Romania, Bulgaria into the Schengen Zone – Orbán supports both states
Top Hungary news: snow covered Hungary, regime change in Budapest parking, forint free fall – 22 November, 2024
THE ranking: GyÅ‘r’s Széchenyi István University among the top science universities
Hungarian minister proud that both German and Chinese battery plants are built in Hungary
Here are the top Hungarian cities for expats seeking a new home