Extraordinary vaccination week in progress
Friday, November 26th, 2021A left-wing commentator praises the government’s move to abolish the registration requirement and stage an extraordinary vaccination week. READ MORE
Calls for vaccine mandate
Wednesday, November 24th, 2021A left-wing and a moderate commentator call on the government to introduce mandatory vaccination. Without explicitly endorsing vaccine mandates, a pro-government columnist lambasts Western European anti-vaxxer protesters. READ MORE
Third dose of coronavirus vaccine offered from August
Saturday, July 24th, 2021As the government makes a third dose of Covid vaccine available for citizens, a left-wing columnist accuses it of ignoring science. A pro-government commentator defends the government’s early decision to use the Chinese vaccine to speed-up immunization. READ MORE
Most remaining Covid restrictions to be lifted
Friday, June 25th, 2021As the government announces the lifting of Covid restrictions, a conservative commentator accuses the Left of endangering lives by weakening their supporters’ willingness to get vaccinated. READ MORE
Dr Karikó calls for better vaccine information
Saturday, May 22nd, 2021The main brain behind the mRNA technology on which the most modern anti-Covid vaccines are based exhorts the media to convince sceptics about the science behind the vaccines. Dr Katalin Karikó started studying the idea of messenger RNA in Hungary before she emigrated to the United States in the mid-1980s. READ MORE
Hungary starts to reopen
Wednesday, April 28th, 2021As the number of individuals who have received at least the first dose of the vaccine passed 3.5 million, the government reopened open air bars, restaurants and cafes on Saturday. Over the first weekend of partial reopening, large crowds gathered in downtown Budapest where streets and café terraces overflowed with young people. READ MORE
Row over vaccine efficacy
Tuesday, April 27th, 2021A pro-government commentator thinks that the official data on vaccine efficacy proves that Eastern vaccines are better than Western ones. A liberal analyst, on the other hand, thinks that the dataset serves only propaganda aims. READ MORE
Primary schools to reopen next week
Wednesday, April 14th, 2021A conservative commentator lambasts teachers who refuse to be inoculated against Covid 19, as primary schools prepare to resume classroom instruction from next Monday. 75 per cent of teachers and nurses have registered and have already received a first dose of the vaccine. READ MORE
Disagreement over vaccination consensus
Tuesday, April 13th, 2021An independent commentator questions the wisdom of the government’s re-opening plans, while a pro-government pundit questions the honesty of the opposition parties’ pro-vaccination campaign, in light of their earlier criticism of the Chinese and Russian jabs. READ MORE
Dispute over new lockdowns and vaccination rollout
Wednesday, March 31st, 2021Left-wing commentators criticize the government’s vaccination strategy. A pro-government columnist, on the other hand, lambasts the opposition for weakening trust in Eastern jabs. READ MORE