Europe ‘lining up’ for Chinese vaccine, says Hungarian government
Europe is “lining up” in China for vaccine, state secretary Tamas Menczer said on his Facebook page on Sunday.
Menczer said in a video message that within a few hours after news was made public on Thursday that the Hungarian government is in advanced talks on acquiring a Chinese Covid-19 vaccine, 14 European countries had made their own enquiries at the manufacturer of the Chinese vaccine.
“By now, all of Europe is probably lining up in China, again,” he said.
Menczer said phones were “ringing off the hook” at the Foreign Ministry as European politicians called to ask “What’s this?” and why they didn’t know about it earlier.
He noted that
Hungarian doctors had travelled to China over the Christmas holidays and studied documentation and conducted video conferences during a mandatory two-week quarantine.
He added that some of them had said on Saturday they had been able to see everything they wanted to in China and were satisfied with the results.
“They’ll take their decision, and whatever it is, I’ll put my trust in them,” Menczer said.
As we wrote today, PM Orbán put pressure on the national health authority to approve the Chinese vaccine as soon as possible, saying that western vaccines get to the country very slowly, details HERE.
Minister: Vaccine not a matter of party politics
The vaccine against the coronavirus is not a matter of party politics, Human Resources Minister Miklós Kásler said on Sunday.
Immunity resulting from mass inoculation is the only way to stop the pandemic, Kasler said on Facebook. “Irresponsibly inciting a hostile atmosphere around various vaccines will undermine a process that could result in the lifting of lockdowns and restrictions,” he said.
“Statements made by some public figures and politicians are not only shocking but also dangerous,” he added.
Kasler said that in his capacity as a medical doctor and a minister, he condemned “fear-mongering for business or political interests, relativising facts, and conjecture that causes uncertainty”.
He said that over a hundred thousand Hungarians had been inoculated, but the European Union’s joint procurement of vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna had proven to be too slow. As a result, the government has started talks on acquiring other vaccines, but they will only become available once the authorities issue approval, ensuring their effectiveness and safety, he added.
Source: MTI
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The Brasil trials of the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine have been well documented and in media all over the world. To suggest that European politicians did not know about this vaccine is simply untrue. Further, to suggest that the phones have been ‘ringing off the hook‘ with European countries ‘lining up’ to ask the government about the Chinese offering is laughable. Talk about fake news…. People are not as gullible as Menczer sees to believe.
Hungary – if we want to become the “guinea pigs” to the Chinese un-approved vaccine – then Fool us, for even considering agreeing as citizens, this conglomeration of what ever – to be used – injected into our bodies as a supposed Immunization against this novel coronavirus.
This expanding growing RELATIONSHIP with China by the present Government of Hungary – Interesting but QUESTIONABLE.