Lukács said the experts had conducted a Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) inspection of the facility where the vaccine is made, reviewing the entire production line and obtaining the full documentation on production processes.
"Everything we wanted to see, we got to see," he added.
He noted that the vaccine can be stored at a temperature of between 2 and 8 degrees Celsius, making safe delivery "easy to ensure".
Gergely Gulyás, who heads the Prime Minister's Office, said at a press briefing on Thursday that Hungary had "practically reached an agreement" on the delivery of the Sinopharm vaccine. He added that the first shipment could be as large as 1 million doses, pending approval by Hungarian medicines authorities.
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