Hungary’s capital city is offering free antibody testing to elderly people amid concerns that certain COVID-19 vaccines do not provide adequate protectionBUDAPEST, Hungary -- Hungary's capital city is offering free antibody testing to its elderly residents in a bid to ratchet up pressure on the government over concerns that certain vaccines don't provide adequate protection against the coronavirus. Budapest Deputy Mayor Ambrus Kiss said those reports came primarily from people who received China's Sinopharm vaccine, convincing city leaders that there was “a genuine problem." “We think the the more tests we perform, the more societal pressure there is for a third dose,” Kiss said. While government officials insist there is no reason to offer a third dose of the Sinopharm vaccine, critics of the jab - including Budapest's liberal mayor Gergely Karacsony - have cast doubt over its efficacy. In announcing the city's antibody testing campaign in June, Karacsony referred specifically to the Chinese vaccine as the reason for the measure.

Source: ABC News July 09, 2021 12:15 UTC