Vaccinations are started in five hospitals and, in addition to three institutions in the capital, vaccines are also delivered to Nyíregyháza and Debrecen.

Coronavirus: the second wave, the second closure

Later than expected by many, but in mid-November, the Hungarian government also decided to try to curb the second wave of the coronavirus epidemic by introducing restrictions. At the time of the decision, 5,000 new infections had been identified per day and the number of deaths from the virus was mostly between 50 and 100 in 24 hours. The first step is a partial closure, but how effective it is is questionable. Follow our news!

On the morning of December 26, the first authorized vaccine against coronavirus in Europe, the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, will arrive in Hungary. According to the Coronavir virus press center, the vaccine shipment is expected to cross the Hungarian border first thing in the morning, from where it will arrive first at the Central South Pest Hospital with police insurance, and then at four other hospital vaccination points. . Vaccination of health workers will begin on Sunday, December 27.

Vaccines that require less than 70 degrees of refrigeration come in special boxes with a tracker and a temperature sensor. The first shipment contains 9,750 doses of vaccine, allowing 4,875 health workers to be vaccinated, since one person must receive two vaccines 21 days apart.

According to the announcement, the first shipment of vaccines will be delivered to five designated hospital vaccination sites, first at South Pest Central Hospital, then Korányi National Institute of Pulmonology, Semmelweis University Clinic, Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County Nyíregyháza Al University Hospital. by Gyula. More shipments are expected in the coming weeks and they will continue to vaccinate healthcare workers for several weeks at the same rate.

In the first half of next year, the pharmaceutical authorities are expected to authorize new vaccines, and then additional vaccines may arrive in Hungary, with which mass vaccination of the population can begin, the statement read.


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