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The Hungarian government will extend the validity of coronavirus immunity certificates for those who have received two vaccine doses until May 1 in line with the practice adopted by European Union countries.Gergely Gulyas Head of the Prime Ministers Office said neither Brussels nor any EU member state have tightened rules on immunity certificates due to the emergence of the Omicron variant and the government does not want to put Hungarian citizens at a disadvantage compared to their EU peers. Earlier the government had planned from February 15 to limit the validity of immunity certificates in Hungary to people who had their second Covid jab no more than six months earlier or had their booster jab.Meanwhile citing virologists Gulyas said the fifth wave of the pandemic had reached its peak in Hungary and case numbers were expected to decrease at the same rate that they had peaked. Though the spread of the virus has been significantly faster in the fifth wave neither the number of hospitalisations nor the death toll has been anywhere near as high as during the previous waves he said. Government spokeswoman Alexandra Szentkirlyi said Hungary would participate in the joint EU procurement of Pfizers antiviral drug Paxlovid for treatment of Covid.Asked about coronavirus vaccines Gulys called it harmful that EU authorities including the European Medicines Agency EMA had not authorised either Russias Sputnik V which he said had been shown to offer the best possible protection or Chinas Sinopharm which has been approved by the WHO. Until they do so we cannot speak of full equality he said.
