Fully 98 Covid patients, generally elderly and suffering from an underlying illness, died over the past 24 hours, while 1,279 new infections were officially registered, bringing the total number of infected to 380,013, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Wednesday.
Hungary will hopefully be in a position to further ease its coronavirus-related restrictions in May if “good progress is made” in the vaccination of residents, which could result in “another quite successful summer” for tourism, the president said.
Cardinal Péter Erdő, archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest, and leaders of the Premonstratensians delivered a mass in Saint Stephen’s Basilica on Wednesday to mark the 900th anniversary of the order celebrated this year.
The SPC for the use of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine has been published on the website of the National Institute of Pharmacy and Food and Health (OGYÉI).
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán addresses the ninth China-Central and Eastern Europe summit on 9 February 2021.
Hungary disagrees with the International Criminal Court’s ruling passed last Friday which found that the court has jurisdiction over Gaza and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said.
Hungary is bracing for a “tough year in Brussels’ courts”, the recently appointed state secretary for European Union affairs told the Tuesday issue of Magyar Nemzet.
Hungary’s interest lies in ensuring that its relations with the United Kingdom remain as strong as possible after Brexit, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said after talks with his British counterpart Dominic Raab. Hungary is an ally to the UK on a number of issues, Szijjártó said in a video on Facebook.
Average concentrations of the novel coronavirus in Hungary’s wastewater systems have begun rising again, koronavirus.gov.hu said, citing data from the National Public Health Institute.
An alleged people smuggler was hit by a car and died on the M6 motorway in western Hungary as he tried to flee police officers, local police reported.
