PM Office: Reopening to continue in a few days in Hungary
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The government will make decisions concerning the next steps in easing coronavirus-related restrictions once vaccinations reach 3 million, the prime minister’s chief of staff told a press briefing on Thursday, adding that this was likely to happen within 5-6 days.
Gergely Gulyás noted that over 1.5 million people had received at least the first of their shots during the past month, adding that Hungary was “one of the fastest vaccinating countries” in Europe.
The number of Hungarians inoculated with at least the first jab is expected to exceed 4 million before the end of April, Gulyás said.
Hungary began a gradual reopening of shops and services on Wednesday after it inoculated 25% of its population, even as the Hungarian Medical Chamber said the reopening was premature as the third wave of the pandemic was far from over.
Facing an election in 2022 and hoping to avoid another year of recession, PM Orbán is opening up the economy after accelerating its vaccination campaign.
Hungary has inoculated among the most citizens per capita in the European Union and imported the EU’s highest number of vaccine doses per capita.