EC to give €250 million for Hungary to buy vaccines, pay healthcare overtime

Orbán Erdogan meeting — Budapest, 2018. október 8. Recep Tayyip Erdogan török elnök (b) és Orbán Viktor miniszterelnök a megbeszélésüket követõen tartott sajtótájékoztatón az Országházban 2018. október 8-án. MTI Fotó: Koszticsák Szilárd

The European Commission on Friday said it approved 250 million euros in funding for Hungary to buy 13 million doses of jabs of Covid vaccines and pay compensation to doctors and nurses who worked extra hours during the pandemic.

The vaccine funding may be used to acquire jabs authorised by the European Medicines Agency.

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The financial compensation for overtime will go to around 7,000 doctors and nurses.