Another 260,000 Pfizer jabs delivered to Hungary

Another 260,000 doses of the Covid vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech have arrived in Hungary, the local unit of Pfizer said on Tuesday.

Pfizer Gyógyszerkereskedelmi said the latest shipment raises total deliveries of the Comirnaty vaccine to Hungary to about 6.9 million doses.

The unit said Pfizer had reliably delivered Covid-19 vaccines to inoculation points in Hungary on a weekly basis for half a year.

It added that over 1.5 million doses of the vaccine had been delivered in the first quarter, and more than 4.5 million doses in the second quarter.

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