The opposition LMP party has called on Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to “follow the example of [Budapest Mayor] Gergely Karácsony” and extend his antigen testing programme for checking the immunity of Budapest residents against the coronavirus to all citizens of Hungary.
The Hungarian Medical Chamber (MOK) has welcomed a Friday announcement by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán that coronavirus vaccination would be made mandatory for health-care staff.
Hungary is the first country in Europe to give the go-ahead to inoculating its population with a third, booster jab against the coronavirus free of charge, on a voluntary basis, a state secretary of the Prime Minister’s Office told public media on Sunday.
Due to its economic achievements over the past ten years, Hungary has sufficient resources for supporting families, religious life and economic development, Finance Minister Mihály Varga said at the consecration of a new Reformed church in Pănet (Mezőpanit), in central Romania, this weekend.
Hungary’s soldiers have proven that they have an understanding of more than just weapons, Defence Minister Tibor Benkő said at the inauguration ceremony of non-commissioned officers of the armed forces on Saturday.
The government has revamped the national core curriculum and school final exam requirements.
Hungary’s Q1 employment data is the best since the 1989-1990 change in political system, a ministry of innovation and technology official said on Friday.
The opposition Párbeszéd party has called on the government to apologise for the “unprofessional way” it introduced the Sinopharm vaccine and for “misleading people”.
Two Covid-19 patients died in the past 24 hours, while 64 new infections were registered, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Friday.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in his weekly public radio interview that sex education was a matter for parents and this, he added, was “confirmed by European documents”.
