Booster shot campaigns are being rolled out early across many countries in a desperate bid to halt the worst impact of the Omicron COVID variant. Follow Newsweek's liveblog for all the latest.
before acting but others - mainly in Europe - have chosen strict vaccine-based restrictions on socializing and employment as booster shots get rolled out at an unprecedented speed.Journalists, health workers, academics hit out at Hungary's COVID response
Government officials are facing a backlash in the country, accused of failing to provide clear virus statistics and withholding regional information as infections climb. The government's website currently lists the number of new infections, hospitalizations, ventilator uses, and deaths, but does not break down the numbers by area or provide any visual tools such as graphs and maps.
Journalist Illes Szurovecz told the Associated Press it would be"virtually impossible" to track the spread of the virus if it was not being reported extensively in the media, while immunologist and emeritus professor at Semmelweis University, Andras Falus, said that the country's pandemic response"would have been much more effective" if more thorough data had been published.
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