The government is offering free transport to several groups involved in protection efforts against the coronavirus epidemic, including social workers, in line with a decree that entered force on Wednesday.
The government has extended the state of medical preparedness related to the coronavirus epidemic for another six months, the spokesman of the national police force said.
Parliament approved a bill by Justice Minister Judit Varga which allows preference to be given to the victims of crime when it comes to compensations for prison overcrowding, ahead of the prisoners themselves.
Fully 144 Covid patients, generally elderly and suffering from an underlying illness, died over the past 24 hours, while 2,804 infected were officially registered, bringing the total number of infections to 288,567, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Wednesday.
36 percent of Hungarians could only make a living for a month from their existing savings if their regular monthly income ceased, according to a K&H survey.
Hungary is becoming increasingly self-sufficient in the areas of ventilators and disinfectants, thanks to contracts signed with five Hungarian health-care businesses that are carrying out related investments totalling 9 billion forints (EUR 26m), Finance Minister Mihály Varga said.
Fully 107 Covid patients, generally elderly and suffering from an underlying illness, died over the past 24 hours, while 1,893 infected were officially registered, bringing the total number of infections to 285,763, koronavirus.gov.hu said.
Parliament approved legislation that introduces stiffer penalties for illegal dumping.
Lawmakers on Tuesday changed the rules for how parliamentary election lists are drawn up.
Hungary’s six constitutional types of special legal order which have defined a state of emergency are to be narrowed down to three: a state of war, a state of emergency and a state of danger, under the ninth amendment to the country’s constitution approved by lawmakers on Tuesday.
