Students in Digital Education to Get Free Internet
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has signed a government decree granting internet services free of charge to secondary school students partaking in digital education.
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One Million Doses of Favipiravir Delivered to Hungary
Hungary has received another one million doses of favipiravir, an agent used to treat coronavirus patients, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó has said.
Hungary to Receive Russian Vaccine Sample
Hungary is set to become the first European country to receive a sample of Russia’s coronavirus vaccine next week, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó has said. Hungary has concluded talks on purchasing the vaccine with a Russian government delegation, the minister said. The samples Hungary receives will undergo laboratory testing so that the authorities can make […]
99 Covid-19 Fatalities, Infections Up 5,097
Fully 99 Covid patients, mostly elderly and suffering from an underlying illness, have died in the past 24 hours and coronavirus infections have risen by 5,097 to 131,887, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Friday.
EC Education and Training Monitor
The European Commission published its annual Education and Training Monitor for 2020, and said that Hungary spent 5.1% of its budget on the sector, exceeding the EU average, which was at 4.6% of GDP.
Health-Care Staff to Be Vaccinated First
Health-care staff will be the first to be vaccinated with the coronavirus vaccine, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told public broadcaster Kossuth Rádió. Orbán said as many vaccines as possible should be made available.
Gyurcsány: Government “Has Lost Control”
Opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) leader Ferenc Gyurcsány has accused the government of losing control over the handling of the coronavirus epidemic, saying it had failed to ready the country and its health services for the second wave.
Szijjártó: Hungary to Receive Russian Covid-19 Vaccine Sample Within Week and a Half
Hungary will receive a sample of Russia’s coronavirus vaccine within a week and a half, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó told public broadcaster M1.
Army to Join Curfew Monitoring
Hungarian soldiers will be involved in enforcing the new curfew regulations, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said. Orbán said he had consulted Interior Minister Sándor Pintér and Defence Minister Tibor Benkő on involving the army “to enforce curfew rules and maintain public order, and, where possible, to ease the burden on health services” amid the coronavirus […]
Favipiravir Arrives From China, Expected From Japan
Hungary received one million doses of Favipiravir last weekend from China, while the same amount of the Covid-19 drug is expected to arrive from Japan on Saturday, Cecília Müller, the country’s chief medical officer, said.