With the fact that the World Health Organization (WHO) granted global approval to the Sinopharm vaccine on Friday, the liberal propaganda campaign against the Chinese vaccine has finally collapsed, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared on Monday in Brussels, during the break of the one-day meeting of the foreign ministers of the EU member states.
Speaking to Hungarian journalists, the politician emphasized that with the approval of the WHO and before the upcoming global health summit of the G20 countries, a new situation has arisen in the fight against the pandemic. From now on, it is time to end the campaign against Sinopharm's vaccine and the countries that use Sinopharm vaccines, and to end the extremely irresponsible policy with which they tried to dissuade tens and hundreds of thousands of people from taking vaccinations, said Péter Szijjártó.
"The decision of the WHO clearly shows that those who made the right decision in recent months were those who did not see the Chinese vaccine as an ideological or geopolitical issue, but as what it is: that is, as a tool capable of saving human lives," he said.
The WHO's decision causes serious confusion in Brussels, but it is not possible to argue against the approval, he added.
He pointed out that with the help of the Chinese vaccine, the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in Hungary have been saved in recent months. Vaccination is the only way to protect people's health. All those who campaigned against vaccines in recent months put human lives at risk, he underlined. He added that according to the contracts, another 1.7 million doses of Sinopharm vaccine will still arrive in Hungary.
In connection with the supply of vaccines, he said, the states participating in the Eastern Partnership and the countries of the Western Balkans are in a much worse situation than the European Union.
Pursuing a responsible neighborhood policy, Hungary delivers the vaccines collected with the help of Poland by air to the eastern partner countries. In the case of the Western Balkans, Hungary will, among other things, provide at least six thousand vaccines to vaccinate all members of the North Macedonian border guard working to stop migration, he said.
He also announced that another shipment of 200,000 doses of Szputnyik V Russian vaccine will arrive in Hungary on Tuesday morning. The vaccines will provide the necessary supply for re-vaccinating those previously vaccinated with the first dose.
The vaccines arriving on Tuesday morning are the last full shipment of the vaccine procurement contracts concluded with Russia. If Hungary had not bought the Szputnik vaccine, and if Russia had not delivered it in accordance with the agreement, then one million fewer Hungarians could have been vaccinated, Péter Szijártó added.
Source: Sonline.hu
