A mass health catastrophe among Hungary’s homeless has been prevented over the past twelve months of the coronavirus pandemic due to timely measures introduced by shelters, the president of the Menhely Foundation’s board said.
An opposition Socialist MEP said that he is turning to Hungary’s data protection authority (NAIH) to enforce his request for access to the government documents related to the coronavirus.
Once a new government has come to power in Hungary, several members of the government in office will be taken to court for what they did or failed to do during the coronavirus epidemic, a lawmaker of the opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) said.
Fully 75% of teachers and other schools staff have registered for the coronavirus jab, the minister of human resources said, noting that around 32,000 have already received at least the first dose.
Fully 302 patients, generally elderly with co-morbidities, died over the past 24 hours, while 6,700 new infections were registered, koronavirus.gov.hu said.
Another 250,000 doses of Russia’s Sputnik coronavirus vaccine have arrived in Hungary, the foreign minister said.
A key principle of Hungary’s six-month Council of Europe (CoE) presidency starting in May will be respect for national traditions, Justice Minister Judit Varga said after talks with senior CoE officials.
April arrives with rainfall and showers.
302, mostly elderly, chronic patients died, and another 6,700 Hungarian citizens were diagnosed with the coronavirus infection, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Wednesday, highlighting that 2,011,029 people have been vaccinated in Hungary so far, 753,187 of whom have already received the second dose.
Before schools reopen, all staff should be vaccinated and completely protected against the coronavirus, trade unions and experts said in a joint statement.
