Hungary to have inoculated 800,000 by end of week

By the end of this week, the number of people vaccinated against coronavirus may well have exceeded 800,000, Istvan Gyorgy, a state secretary at the Prime Minister's Office, said on Tuesday. Speaking at a press conference of the central board responsible for containing the virus, Gyorgy said that Hungary's vaccination rate was above the European Union average. So far, over 457,000 people have received their first shot and 206,000 people are fully inoculated, he said.