Fully 93 Covid patients, generally elderly and suffering from an underlying illness, died over the past 24 hours, while 1,569 new infections were officially registered, bringing the total number of infected to 363,450, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Thursday.
The protection measures have been extended until March 1, and the parliament will be asked to extend the special legal order for another 90 days.
The prime minister’s chief of staff has marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day, saying that Hungary’s government was equipped to protect Hungarian Jews, human dignity and freedom of religion.
Several government websites have been hit by coordinated cyber attacks in recent days, causing disruptions in their availability, the government portal kormany.hu said on Tuesday.
Hungarian pharmaceutical company Béres Gyógyszergyár has donated 30,000 bottles of its flagship immune system fortifier Béres Drops to nursing homes.
The opposition Democratic Coalition has turned to the government to enquire about the price of China’s Covid-19 vaccine, citing reports that the jab “could be extremely expensive” compared with other vaccines.
Fully 85 Covid patients, generally elderly and suffering from an underlying illness, died over the past 24 hours, while 1,004 new infections were officially registered, bringing the total number of infected to 361,881, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Wednesday.
Zoltán Balog, the former human resources minister, was inaugurated as the Reformed Bishop of Dunamellék.
Fully 89 Covid patients, generally elderly and suffering from an underlying illness, died over the past 24 hours, while 459 new infections were officially registered, bringing the total number of infected to 360,877, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Tuesday.
The Covid-19 antibody drug bamlanivimab which Hungary has already authorised is effective against the new virus variant originally discovered in the UK and the first shipment of the drug will arrive in Hungary on Wednesday, the human resources minister said.
