The government has decided to suspend the night curfew introduced as a result of coronavirus for one night on December 24, Róbert Kiss, the deputy head of the operative board coordinating Hungary’s response to the epidemic, said.
With the current situation in view, the coronavirus-related state of medical preparedness is expected to be maintained in Hungary throughout the whole year of 2021, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said.
The National Chief Medical Officer asked for people’s cooperation in a statement on the M1 channel on Sunday to ensure the continued hygiene rules and the importance of safe shopping before the end of the year.
The price of domestically grown Christmas pines, which is the most popular variety, the imported Nordmann pine, may increase by 10-15 percent due to the exchange rate change, said the Interprofessional Organization of Hungarian Ornamental Gardeners to MTI.
A pandemic of this magnitude doesn’t end with vaccination, infectiologist Gyula Prinz told 24.hu, emphasizing that the pandemic will be under control if 60-70 percent of the population has antibodies, but the SARS-Covid-2 virus will still be around – according to experts, for an unpredictable time.
During the first days of the week there will still be cloudy and gloomy weather in Hungary.
A new drug with the active ingredient favipiravir manufactured by Hungarian pharmaceutical company Egis has been licenced for treatment of Covid-19 by the National Institute of Pharmacy and Nutrition (OGYÉI), the institute said on Saturday. The licence was issued in an expedited procedure.
Members of the public can now get tested for Covid-19 at a testing lab opened at Liszt Ferenc International Airport on Friday.
The Hungarian army put on show the recently arrived four Zlin light training and reconnaissance aircraft and 14 Airbus H145M medium-sized military multirole helicopters that have been purchased under the country’s large-scale defence development scheme, at the Szolnok army base on Friday.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán met with Hunor Kelemen, the head of Romania’s ethnic Hungarian RMDSZ party, at his office in Budapest’s Castle District on Saturday afternoon, the PM’s press chief said.
