Gulyas: Govt working to ensure swift access to vaccine

The Hungarian government is working to create the legal background to have the swiftest possible access to the coronavirus vaccine once it is developed, the head of the Prime Minister's Office said on Thursday. Hungary has signed up for all European Union research programmes and has secured 6.5 million doses of the vaccine at a cost of 13 billion forints (EUR 35.7m), Gergely Gulyas told a regular press briefing. Meanwhile, the operative board responsible for handling the epidemic is examining Chinese and Russian vaccines, with a view to buying them should they prove effective, Gulyas said. Gulyas encouraged Hungarians to get inoculated against the common flu to avoid multiple infections. He said Hungary currently had 1.3 million flu vaccines, adding that more would be obtained if necessary.