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Prime Minister Ludovic Orban on Tuesday stated that he is a supporter of vaccination "as an instrument that fights diseases" and that the authorities should be pro-active in informing the population to counteract "the absurdities" and "the aberrations" that the antivaccine campaigns bring about.
According to the Prime Minister, the misinformation is "systemic, well-funded and well thought out", generating an "absurd reaction from many mature people" who give credence to these campaigns.
He noted that the government is considering making 3-4 million doses of flu vaccine for the public in the autumn.
"I am definitely in favour of the vaccine. It is fundamentally a tool in the fight against the disease. And now, for example, we are looking for the COVID vaccine. Sure, we are also looking for treatment, but we are looking for the COVID vaccine. In thinking about how to do things in autumn, when the epidemic is thought to return, we are thinking of doing a large-scale influenza vaccination, at 3,000,000 - 4,000,000, it depends on how many doses of vaccine we manage to collect, as a means to simplify - let's say - that if you have a case of flu vaccine, with flu symptoms, then it is more than likely to be COVID. The vaccine is extremely important. Our response must be smart persuading campaigns," he said.
