Eighty doses of the Russian Sputnik Light coronavirus vaccine arrived in Hungary for testing, prior to purchase talks with the manufacturer, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said on Friday.
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The foreign ministry quoted Szijjártó as saying that the tests were the next step in Hungary’s and Russia’s cooperation in terms of vaccination against Covid. If Hungarian experts consider the new vaccine safe, effective, and suitable for a booster jab, trade talks will ensue, Szijjártó said.
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Szijjártó noted that Sputnik Light was already distributed in the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Argentina, and India, while a licence had been issued in San Marino, and it was being licensed in Serbia.
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“The more kinds of the vaccine Hungarians can choose from, the better,” Szijjártó said, and encouraged residents to take booster jabs.
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Source: MTI
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1 Comment
Only if they work, Sinopharm has still proved to be dubious in its efficacy and who knows with the Sputnik V. The Russians themselves are still hesitant on taking their own vaccine. Why not stick with Pfizer, Katalin Karikó worked on that. The Government should support their Hungarian biochemist.