Hungarian MEPs were divided in their views on the state of media freedom in Hungary in a European Parliamentary debate on Wednesday, with ruling Fidesz slamming what it calls a “smear campaign” against the government, and the opposition decrying “the end of media plurality” in the country.
The opposition Democratic Coalition has asked Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in writing whether Hungarian citizens living abroad who are not resident in the country were receiving vaccines ordered by Hungary.
Fully 179 patients, generally elderly with an underlying condition, died over the past 24 hours, and 5,653 new coronavirus infections were officially registered, while 1,107,791 people had received their first jab by Wednesday, according to koronavirus.gov.hu.
Contrary to Politico’s claims, Hungary’s vaccination programme is among Europe’s most successful, the state secretary for international communication and relations has said.
179, mostly elderly, chronic patients died, and another 5,653 Hungarian citizens were diagnosed with the coronavirus infection, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Wednesday.
There could be forty thousand victims by July. The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), supported by the Bill Gates Foundation, expects more than forty thousand deaths – reported 444.hu.
Tech giant Google will send cars next week to update its Google Maps Street View feature for 14 big cities in Hungary.
Hungary’s food safety authority (NÉBIH) has lifted the last restrictions imposed to curb the spread of bird flu in the country.
Fully 158 patients, generally elderly with an underlying condition, died over the past 24 hours, and 6,494 new coronavirus infections were officially registered, while 1,047,045 people had received their first jab by Tuesday, koronavirus.gov.hu said.
Hungary will soon begin vaccinating law enforcement officers and soldiers involved in the epidemic response efforts, Cecília Müller, the chief medical officer, told an online press briefing.
