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The Hungarian vaccination program remains very dynamic and will not stop at Easter, as vaccines can save lives, István György, Secretary of State for Territorial Administration of the Prime Minister’s Office, head of the group of national vaccination work.
Another 64,000 Moderna vaccines were shipped to county vaccination teams on Friday and another 229,000 AstraZeneca vaccines will arrive on Sunday. In Budapest, instead of the previous four, they are vaccinated in eighteen specialized clinics.
Institutional and professional workers are also vaccinated.
Hungary is moving at twice the vaccination rate compared to large EU member states such as Germany, France and Italy, the secretary of state believes. Now, in three days, 78,000 educators can be vaccinated, and next week, kindergarten educators, those working in vocational training and educators in institutions that provide various care will receive the vaccine in the order of about 100,000.
With the cooperation of the Armed Forces and operational personnel, five vaccination buses were launched, 22,500 vaccines can be administered per month with the vehicles – said István György.
Breastfeeding mothers are already being vaccinated
During the last week, contradictory official information on the vaccination of nursing mothers was published; several have tried unsuccessfully to get vaccinated. Finally, the Center for Public Health said that only pregnant mothers were higher on the vaccination list, mothers who were breastfeeding their young children were not.
On Saturday, however, according to MTI news, “István György asked pregnant and lactating women to ask their GP for the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, which can be taken at the GP’s office or at one of the vaccination points. The first vaccination is recommended. ” from the second trimester, while the second after delivery, and mothers who breastfeed their babies can request vaccination until the baby is one year old, and GPs have individual discretion over administration, said the secretary of state .
According to István György, the possibility of vaccination has already been opened to the whole of society, but priority is still given to the elderly and those suffering from basic diseases, but GPs have been given a lot of freedom to determine the order.
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