Orbán cabinet: ‘Irresponsible’ to politicise procurement of vaccines
The procurement of coronavirus vaccines should not be politicised, a foreign ministry official said on Monday, adding that doing so was “irresponsible and foolish”.
“Those suffering from the virus only want to be cured and those who are healthy want to stay healthy. This isn’t politics,” Tamás Menczer, the state secretary for communications and international representation, told public news broadcaster M1.
Hungary is participating in every European Union-based coronavirus vaccine research programme and has procured 12 million doses of vaccines, Menczer noted.
“Though we can now see the light at the end of the tunnel, no one can say for certain when we’ll get a vaccine or when it’ll be mass-produced,” he said.
The state secretary said it was for this reason that Hungary should “also look to the East” and cooperate with China and Russia when it comes to developing a Covid-19 vaccine.
He noted that
Hungary was the first European country to receive a sample of Russia’s coronavirus vaccine, which was now being analysed by experts.
Hungary is also in contact with three Chinese vaccine developers, he said, adding that the state-run Sinopharm Group was in a position to complete the third phase of the clinical trials of its vaccine before the end of the year.
All decisions on the vaccines will be made by Hungarian experts, Menczer said. “Anyone attacking this procedure is actually attacking the opinions and knowledge of the Hungarian experts,” he said, and suggested that those criticising Hungary’s procurement of coronavirus vaccines represented the interests of pharmaceutical multinationals and “the Brussels lobby scene”.
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Source: MTI
It was Hu Govt that politicised vaccines when, no longer than two weeks ago, they stated that they chose to rely on Russia’s and China’s vaccines so they do not have to depend on Brussels ( as usual, they used the name of that beautiful city in Belgium to make it clear once more how much they despise the EU, save for when they get the funds they never forget to beg for, of course…. )
Now, Orbán and fellow gangsters, are accusing the others to do what they have been doing from the very start. This is so typical of Mr. “Goulasch with ears”and his friends.
@Mario: Try as you might, you’ll never persuade the goulash eared knuckle heads that often contaminate the comments section in this media organ.