Opposition LMP on Tuesday accused the government of “breaking” Hungary’s national waste management system by outsourcing it at the national level “without any guarantees” and giving all state and European Union support to a single winning bidder.
Two Covid patients died over the past 24 hours, while 82 new coronavirus infections were registered, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Tuesday.
The government is preparing for in-person education in the academic year starting on September 1, with a vaccination campaign for children over 12 to be held on Thursday, Friday, as well as next Monday and Tuesday, the minister for family affairs said.
The coronavirus concentration in wastewater is rising on a national average, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Tuesday based on data from the National Center for Public Health (NNK).
Six patients died over the weekend, while 340 new coronavirus infections were registered, koronavirus.gov.hu said.
The opposition Socialist Party said it is giving 20 million forints (EUR 57,000) to families struggling to cover the costs of getting their children ready for the new school year.
The government is sending 40,000 packages to families at Hungary’s 300 poorest towns to help them with children starting kindergarten in September, the human resources minister told a press conference.
The followers of Nazi and communist ideology “have always found each other throughout the course of history”, a human resources ministry official said at an event marking Black Ribbon Day, the European memorial day remembering the victims of totalitarian regimes.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), paid a visit to the National Institute of Oncology (OOI) in Budapest on Monday.
Those who have not yet been vaccinated are in serious danger, as highly infectious mutants have been selected during the year and a half of the coronavirus epidemic that are much easier to catch than the older variants – said the Rector of Semmelweis University, recently awarded the Széchenyi Prize.
