Omicron Variant Detected in Hungary: Two Infected People Were Found
The virus variant of Covid-19 called omicron has also been detected in Hungary, Cecília Müller, the national chief medical officer, announced on Monday, writes Infostart.
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Access Road to M5 Motorway Inaugurated
Gergely Gulyás, the prime minister’s chief of staff, attended the inauguration of a new access road to a rest area along the M5 motorway, in southern Hungary, on Saturday.
30 Listed Monuments to Be Revamped From HuF 60 BN
Some thirty listed monuments including 18 castles and 12 fortresses will be revamped at a cost of 60 billion forints (EUR 164m) in the first phase of a targeted scheme, the prime minister’s chief of staff said on Friday.
Government-Owned Cargo Plane Put in Operation
The cargo plane Hungary’s government purchased after the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic started commercial operation on Saturday, Péter Szijjártó, the minister of foreign affairs and trade, said.
LMP Picks Candidates for Joint Opposition List
Opposition LMP’s congress on Sunday voted to give Péter Ungár, the secretary of the party’s national board, the first place among the party’s candidates on the opposition’s joint list for next year’s parliamentary elections.
455 Patients Died and 16,017 New Infections Were Found in Hungary Over the Weekend
455 patients have died, and another 16,017 people with coronavirus infection have been found in Hungary, koronavirus.gov.hu reported on Monday, highlighting that 6,190,822 people have been vaccinated so far, 5,893,531 of them in the second, 3 005 109 have already received the third dose of the vaccine.
Omicron Not Detected in Hungary So Far
So far no samples have indicated the presence of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus in Hungary, Zoltán Kis, a virologist of the National Public Health Centre, told public television on Friday.
Róbert Répássy Appointed State Secretary of Justice
President János Áder has appointed Róbert Répássy to the post of state secretary of justice effective Dec. 11, Justice Minister Judit Varga said on Facebook on Friday.
PM: Fourth Wave ‘Peaking’
The prime minister said the fourth wave of the coronavirus pandemic was at its peak “or maybe a little beyond” in Hungary, and taking the vaccine is the only way to flatten the curve. In an interview with public radio, Viktor Orbán said the latest surveys showed a slight decrease in the number of new […]
Christmas Trees in Baja, Nyíregyháza and Kaposvár Fell Because of Stormy Weather
Firefighters have already been alerted to more than a hundred locations across the country on Sunday morning due to stormy winds. In the morning, churches, dormitories and hotels were damaged by the wind, and the wind in Komárom-Esztergom County raised half-meter snow barriers, the National Directorate General for Disaster Management (OKF) announced in a statement.