The third batch of 100,000 doses of China's Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Budapest on March 17, six weeks earlier than the agreed deadline. The first shipment purchased by Hungary 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. Hungary has so far recorded 532,578 COVID-19 infections and 17,421 related deaths.