Is it a good idea to introduce the 4th jab in Hungary?

Some countries have already introduced plans to give the most vulnerable people a 4th dose of the Coronavirus vaccine. Now, Hungary’s health professionals are evaluating the severity of the pandemic situation: should we also introduce the 4th jab?

MTI shared the following on Saturday:

“Hungary’s health experts are assessing who should be administered a fourth dose of the coronavirus vaccine,” the leading infectologist of Budapest’s South Pest Central Hospital said on Saturday.

Janos Szlavik told public news channel M1 that countries that have started administering fourth jabs are recommending it to people older than 60, those with chronic health conditions, cancer patients, and immunocompromised people.

He said three vaccine doses were guaranteed to prevent hospitalisation or severe illness for those who contract the virus’s Omicron variant.

Meanwhile, defence ministry state secretary Szilard Nemeth told a press conference on Saturday that 52,000 jabs have been administered on Hungary’s mobile vaccination buses over the last ten months.

“Healthcare workers have inoculated 32,000 people in 136 more isolated locations across 16 counties on the vaccination buses so far,” he said.

Read also: PM Orbán: 4th dose available for everybody!

Vaccination buses

These vaccination buses are highly effective in getting vaccines to those living in remote places. As Szilárd Németh shared it on his Facebook page, the Hungarian Defence Forces’ vaccination buses participate in the government’s vaccination programme.