EU to introduce mandatory vaccination soon?

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MTI/Attila Balázs

It is high time to consider making the vaccines mandatory – the president of the European Commission said on Wednesday. She highlighted that the relevant decisions must remain the power of the member state governments.

According to hvg.hu, Ursula von der Leyen said we needed to talk about how the EU can encourage people to get vaccinated. She added that we also have to discuss the matter of mandatory jabs.

“We have to establish a common position in this question”

– she said.

Vaccination week ‘very successful’ in Hungary, says medical officer

According to MTI, altogether 218 patients died of a Covid-related illness over the past 24 hours, while 10,466 new coronavirus infections were registered, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Thursday.

 
So far 6,138,885 people have received a first jab, while 5,852,417 have been fully vaccinated. Altogether 2,609,385 Hungarians have received a booster jab. The number of active infections stands at 187,795, while
 
hospitals are treating 7,450 Covid-19 patients, 550 of whom need respiratory assistance.
 
Since the first outbreak, 1,124,726 infections have been registered, while the number of fatalities has risen to 34,931. Fully 902,000 people have made a recovery.
 
There are 59,593 people in official quarantine, while the number of tests taken stands at 8,516,699.

Source: MTI, hvg.hu

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