Hungarian Capital Offers Tests Amid Worries Over Chinese Vaccine

Hungarian Capital Offers Tests Amid Worries Over Chinese Vaccine
A staff member takes blood for an antibody test in Budapest on July 8, 2021. Laszlo Balogh/AP
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BUDAPEST—Hungary’s capital city is offering free antibody testing to its elderly residents in a bid to ratchet up pressure on the government over concerns that certain vaccines don’t provide adequate protection against the coronavirus.

The offer of 20,000 free tests, available for Budapest residents over 60, came after many fully vaccinated people reported that tests they had undergone at private laboratories indicated that they hadn’t developed antibodies to defend against COVID-19.