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The Hungarian foreign minister received the first of two doses of the vaccine on Friday and became the first European politician to be vaccinated against Sputnik V, RT said.
🇭🇺 Hungarian Chancellor Péter Szijjártó has been #SputnikVacunado against # COVID-19.
In two weeks #Hungary will receive another 680,000 doses of #RussiaVaccine 🇷🇺.#RussiaHelp pic.twitter.com/KEH5AZYXyj
– MFA Russia 🇷🇺 (@mfa_russia) March 20, 2021
“You know, I am not a doctor. He is not a biologist. I am an economist who works in politics, so I leave all questions to professionals, experts from Hungary.” The Hungarian Medicines Agency approved the Sputnik V vaccine, so I have no reason to worry me, “said the head of Hungarian diplomacy in a direct interview.
“It just came to our attention then. If we don’t use Chinese and Russian vaccines, people will die. We won’t be able to save Hungarian lives,” he added.
Peteris Szijjarto
Sputnik V was registered in August last year, without the start of large-scale clinical trials, and many experts questioned the reliability of the drug.
On January 21, Hungary became the first member of the European Union (EU) to grant a conditional authorization for this product.
Sputinik V has not yet been authorized by the European Medicines Agency (EMA). However, Hungary, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Italy are already using it or intend to use it after making the relevant decisions at national level.
The EU “has absolutely no need” to buy Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine, according to Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton. Immunization of the EU population with European vaccines is possible in mid-July, he told the station TF1, which is based on Reuters.
According to the French Breton, the so-called herd immunity can be achieved in the EU in mid-July. “There will be vaccines,” he said. In March-June, EU countries are said to receive between 300 and 350 million. vaccine dose. The commissioner said vaccine volumes would rise steadily, from 60 million. dose in the fight to 100 million. April and 120 million. In May. The vaccine is already being manufactured in 55 European factories.
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