New shipment of Pfizer vaccine arrives in Hungary

The third shipment of vaccines has arrived in Hungary, public television M1 said on Tuesday.

Fully 39,000 vaccines were received in the morning, and 5,000 doses were taken directly to Semmelweis University’s central pharmacy, where health-care staff will be inoculated.

Around 2,000 health employees have already been vaccinated. So far no one has suffered an adverse reaction. Jabs will be repeated three weeks later in order to reach full protection.

Altogether 4.4 million doses of Pfizer vaccines are being delivered to Hungary.

The government is also in contact with other manufacturers, and it has ordered more than 17 million ampoules.

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