The third batch of China's Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines that Hungary purchased arrived in the country on Wednesday, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto confirmed on his Facebook page.

"Another 100,000 Chinese vaccines arrived from Beijing on Wednesday," Szijjarto said in a video. 

He added that the Chinese vaccines arrived 43 days earlier than the deadline agreed upon, allowing people in the country to get vaccinated earlier.

The first batch arrived in Budapest on February 16, and the second on March 11.

Hungary, the first European Union member state to buy Chinese vaccines and authorize their use, started to administer the Sinopharm vaccines on February 24.

So far, Hungary has gained access to vaccines from five producers, namely Sinopharm, Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca, and Sputnik V.