High Vaccination Coverage Keeps Whooping Cough Cases at Bay In Hungary, whooping cough (Pertussis) cases have risen, with 76 confirmed cases in 2024 alone, Index reports. While the vaccination... 2024.08.07.
Survey: More and More Hungarians Oppose General Vaccination Obligation According to a survey conducted in January, the rejection of the possible mandatory vaccination against the coronavirus has increased in... 2022.01.26.
Far-right Mi Hazánk Party Holds Demonstration against Hungary’s ‘COVID Dictatorship’ Thousands of people marched in Budapest on Sunday at a demonstration organized by the far-right non-parliamentary Mi Hazánk party against... 2022.01.17.
Problems May Arise from Forced Time Off for Unvaccinated Teachers Since Monday, unvaccinated teachers have been not allowed to work, since the government has made it a compulsory requirement. As... 2022.01.04.
Gov’t: Only 1% of Public School Teachers Suspended for Refusing Vaccination Altogether 94 percent of Hungary's public school teachers are vaccinated against the coronavirus, with 1 percent having refused to get... 2022.01.03.
PM Orbán on Mandatory Vaccination: ‘Convincing gets you closer to people’s minds and hearts than giving orders’ Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has said he "would like to avoid" making coronavirus vaccination mandatory in Hungary. Speaking at an... 2021.12.21.
Registration for Vaccination of Children Aged 5-11 Begins in Hungary The website for vaccination registration of children aged 5-11 years opened on Thursday, government website koronavirus.gov.hu writes. Children will be... 2021.12.09.
Motion to Make Vaccination Mandatory for Hungarian MPs Gets Rejected The Parliament’s Committee on Justice has rejected the proposal of compulsory vaccination of MPs, initiated by independent lawmaker János Bencsik.... 2021.12.09.
One-Third of Public Service Workers Unvaccinated One Week before Deadline There is one week to go until the deadline for taking the coronavirus vaccination within state organizations, where inoculation was... 2021.12.07.
Vaccine Mandate for Health-Care Workers Legal, Top Court Rules The government mandate requiring health-care workers to get vaccinated against Covid is not unconstitutional, as it serves the smooth functioning... 2021.12.03.
Gov’t Extends National Vaccination Drive The government has decided to add another week to the national vaccination drive now under way, the prime minister's chief... 2021.12.02.
Coronavirus: More Than 3,000 Teachers Oppose Mandatory Vaccination According to a new survey, several thousand teachers in Hungary do not want to be vaccinated, so they will lose... 2021.11.30.
Press Roundup: Calls for Vaccine Mandate A left-wing and a moderate commentator call on the government to introduce mandatory vaccination. Without explicitly endorsing vaccine mandates, a... 2021.11.24.
Company Pays Exceptionally Generous Sum to Employees for Vaccination A Dunaföldvár-based company is paying its employees an unprecedentedly generous bonus if they get vaccinated. Those who take the third... 2021.11.22.
One Fifth of Unvaccinated Teachers Still Against Jabs Despite Risk of Losing Job So far, almost 19 percent of teachers who have not been vaccinated do not want to receive the vaccine, according... 2021.11.18.
Compulsory Vaccination Endangers Schools’ Operation, Teachers’ Organizations Say A growing number of professionals worry that compulsory vaccination would have a devastating consequence on the operation of several schools,... 2021.11.16.
Independent MP Wants to Make Vaccination Mandatory for Lawmakers Although vaccination has become compulsory for employees of the Hungarian Parliament, the rule does not apply to Members of Parliament,... 2021.11.12.
Instead of Compulsory Vaccination, State Transport Companies to Give Vaccinated Workers Extra Days Off State railway company MÁV and state coach bus firm Volán will provide two extra days off for all employees who... 2021.11.09.
Despite Request from Unions, Mandatory Vaccination for Teachers Remains Although teachers' union PDSZ claims the government made a promise to reconsider the union's request to revoke compulsory vaccination for... 2021.11.08.
PM Orbán: Vaccine Only Defence Against Infection No protective measure can shield people from contracting the coronavirus, only the vaccine can, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on... 2021.11.05.
Compulsory Vaccination Unpopular Even with Employers The list of companies announcing that they won't be imposing compulsory vaccination is growing, while there still isn't one company... 2021.11.04.
