Hungary speeds up approval of China COVID-19 vaccines

Hungary speeds up approval of China COVID-19 vaccines

Hungary speeds up approval of China COVID-19 vaccines.  Hungarian Foreign Minister said it plans to speed up the local approval of China’s COVID-19 vaccine.

“The safety of the vaccine is not a political or ideological issue, but a professional issue.” According to a Reuters report on the 11th, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Sialto said on the same day that Hungary would seek urgent domestic approval of the Chinese COVID-19 vaccine, not Waiting for review by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) as usual.

 It is reported that Sialto stated on his Facebook page on the 11th that Hungary has received documents about Chinese vaccines.

 “The safety of vaccines is not a political or ideological issue, but a professional issue.” Cialto added, “If the experts make a positive decision, we will immediately start drafting vaccine import contracts.”

The report finally mentioned that Cialto did not disclose which Chinese vaccine Hungary sought emergency approval. On the 10th, he also told the parliament that Hungary is cooperating with three Chinese vaccine manufacturers, but did not disclose the specific names.

Related News about Hungary on Chinese vaccines:

Hungary doesn’t want to wait for the European Union for China’s vaccine

After Serbian President Vucic stated that he would not reject the Sino-Russian vaccine because of Brussels’ opinions, the Hungarian government also stated that it would study the feasibility of vaccination against China’s COVID-19 vaccine without waiting for the EU’s review.

According to a Reuters report on December 11, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto revealed on his Facebook page that Hungary had received the required Chinese vaccine documents on the 11th, but he did not specify the vaccine and manufacturer’s information. first name:

“On Friday morning, the Hungarian Medicines and Health Department received the Chinese vaccine documents. Hungarian experts can now start to inspect the Chinese vaccine to determine whether to approve its domestic use.” “Vaccine safety is not a political or ideological issue, but a political or ideological issue. A professional question.” “If the expert’s review results are positive, then we will immediately start drafting vaccine import contracts.”

Reuters explained that Hungary will explore the domestic emergency approval of a Chinese COVID-19 vaccine, rather than waiting for the European Medicines Agency (EMA) to review as usual.

Cialto did not specify which Chinese vaccine Hungary wants to approve quickly. On the 10th, he told the parliament that Hungary is in contact with three Chinese manufacturers, two of which are private companies and one is a state-owned company.

Coincidentally, the United Kingdom has just used the emergency authorization in the European Union rules to use the COVID-19 vaccine jointly developed by Pfizer and BioNTech in Germany based on the approval of its scientists.

The European Medicines Agency was very angry about this, saying that it takes longer to review more data and review procedures are more appropriate.

At present, none of the vaccines developed by China and Russia has sought approval from the European Medicines Agency.

Reuters extended its report that Hungary has become accustomed to deviating from the EU’s collective guidelines.

On November 16, Hungary and Poland voted to reject the EU’s budget for the next seven years (2021-2027), which totals 1.8 trillion euros. This has led to the failure of the European economic reconstruction plan after the 750 billion euros epidemic. The reason for the opposition of these two countries is that a clause in the budget bill stipulates that the condition for obtaining funds is “respect for the rule of law.” For many years, Hungary and Poland have been arguing with the EU over the rule of law.

Hungary has also been watching the Russian vaccine project, sending experts to check its production, and may also arrange for thousands of volunteers to test the Russian “satellite-V” COVID-19 vaccine. The European Commission has said that Hungary’s plan to import and possibly use Russian vaccines has raised safety concerns and may undermine public trust in vaccines.

However, under Cialto’s Facebook post where he announced China’s vaccine news, some netizens left a message: “14 million Hungarians trust the Hungarian government.”

Disclaimer of medicaltrend.org