“Those who want to will be able to receive the fourth jab after consulting with a doctor,” Gergely Gulyas, Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s chief of staff, told journalists, adding that the government will soon publish the relevant decree.
The move was made necessary by the fast-spreading Omicron coronavirus variant, reports Xinhua news agency.
“Most infections are now caused by the Omicron variant, but the government expects the number of people needing hospital care not to rise as fast as the num ber of infected,” Gulyas said.
The government also decided to modify its official pass, called “protection certificate” in Hungarian, which will from February 15 be called “vaccination certificate”.
The card will only be issued to those who have received three vaccine doses or at least a second jab in the past six months.
“The government is confident that this step will convince many unvaccinated people to get inoculated, but no new measures are planned to make vaccination mandatory,” Gulyas said.
The government has also reduced the quarantine period from ten days to seven days, allowing those with a negative test result out of isolation after five days.
In schools, even in the lower grades, unvaccinated children who come in contact with someone with Covid-19 will have to quarantine for five days. For them, homeschooling will be offered as an option.
The country’s overall infection tally has increased to 1,318,093, while the death toll stood at 40,164.
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