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It’s official: vaccination of healthcare workers obligatory from Sep 1 – UPDATED
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The relevant decree will be in effect from August 15. PM Viktor Orbán announced two weeks ago that the government will prescribe obligatory inoculation for every employee in Hungarian private and public healthcare institutions.
He said at the time that he was not sure at first whether making it obligatory was the best choice. Miklós Kásler, the Hungarian Minister of Human Capacities, convinced PM Orbán that in a situation like this, such a decision is morally acceptable. According to telex.hu, the relevant decree says that all healthcare workers
have to receive at least their first jab until September 1.
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The only exceptions are those who have a valid medical certificate stating that they cannot receive a vaccine. We reported before that all Hungarian healthcare bodies agreed with the decision. The Hungarian Medical Chamber (MOK)
welcomed it on the day it was announced.
They said that “at present, this measure could ensure protection to both patients and staff”.
The board of nurses’ association, MESZK, expressed its support for the introduction of the mandatory Covid vaccine as well. The organisation said on its website that taking the vaccine will ensure that in the case of a new wave of the pandemic, healthcare workers will not get infected, and they will not pass on the infection.
“Let’s show a good example, and let’s all take the vaccine,”
they added.
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Let’s hope that they are given a vaccine that works, unlike that Sinopharm rubbish.