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GOVT PORTAL: NEXT CHINESE VACCINE SHIPMENT TO ARRIVE IN HUNGARY IN MID-MARCH

 

Hungary is set to take delivery of the next shipment of the Chinese Covid-19 vaccine in mid-March, the government coronavirus information portal said on Tuesday. A large consignment of Russia’s Sputnik V is soon to arrive in the country, it said. Hungary has so far ordered 31 million doses of Covid vaccines, 7% of which has already been received. Fully 24 million vaccines come from EU purchases and 5 percent of them including the Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca vaccines has been delivered. Of Sputnik V and Sinopharm, 13% has been delivered, the portal said. It said that the Janssen and CureVac vaccines are expected to receive a licence by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) in mid-March. Hungary has ordered 4.36 million doses of the single-dose vaccine, Janssen, which is enough to inoculate the same number of people, the portal said.