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 "The main topic of the meeting will be the effort to curb the
pandemic," Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's press chief said
in a statement.
Netanyahu, who has said 90% of eligible Israelis have either
received at least one dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine or
recovered from the virus, has made Israel's vaccination programme a
showcase of his campaign for re-eection on March 23.
Last week Israel, Austria and Denmark said they would set up a joint
research and development fund, and possibly production facilities
for COVID-19 vaccines, to ensure they had long-term supplies for
booster shots or to contend with virus mutations.
Hungary imposed tough new lockdown measures on Monday to curb a rise
in COVID-19 infections and has accelerated its vaccination campaign.
Orban's government has closed all schools and most shops in his
country of 10 million.
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 The Czech Republic, a country
of 10.7 million, has been hit hard by the
pandemic in recent weeks, with the number of
COVID-19 patients in serious condition at new
highs and some hospitals nearing capacity.
Prague has asked Germany, Poland and Switzerland
to take in some patients.
The Czech government has sought to turn the tide
with a strict lockdown restricting travel around
the country and has boosted testing at
industrial companies that have been untouched by
restrictions.
(Reporting by Krisztina Than, additional
reporting by Jason Hovet in Prague, Editing by
Timothy Heritage)
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