The Hungarian Reformed Church has called on its communities not to hold services or other events starting on Wednesday.

Parliament passed a law on the government’s response to the second wave of the novel coronavirus epidemic, extending the state of emergency declared due to the pandemic for a period of 90 days.

The Hungarian Medical Chamber’s board has said that the government’s restrictions announced to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus were “important and more than timely”. In a statement the chamber asked members of the public to observe the regulations “in an exemplary manner demonstrated during the spring”.   Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on […]

Fully 55 patients, mostly elderly with an underlying illness, have died over the past 24 hours, while 5,162 new coronavirus infections have been registered, bringing the total number of infections since the outbreak in the spring to 114,778, koronavirus.gov.hu said. The death toll has risen to 2,493, while 26,161 have made a recovery. There are […]

Hungary’s government is introducing tougher restrictive measures in an effort to curb the spread of coronavirus as hospitals may struggle to handle the growing case load, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Facebook. If granted special powers in a parliamentary vote on Tuesday, the government will extend the curfew introduced earlier to be in force […]

Hungary’s government is going to tighten measures to curb the spread of the new coronavirus. PM Viktor Orbán announced the new strict rules on Monday.

A vaccine, now in sight, will be the solution to the coronavirus pandemic, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on social media after a meeting of the Health Scientific Council.   “The vaccine is the solution”, he said, adding that this outcome was on the horizon. Orbán said there was “a good chance” that European, Chinese […]

Fully 81 patients, mostly elderly patients with an underlying illness, have died over the past 24 hours, while 4,673 new coronavirus infections have been registered, bringing the total number of infections since the outbreak in the spring to 109,616, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Sunday. The death toll has risen to 2,438, while 25,070 have made a […]

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has asked the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MKIK) to submit proposals for measures they consider would help Hungarian SMEs protect jobs.   Orbán discussed the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on Hungarian economy and protective measures, Orbán’s press chief said after the meeting on Sunday with the chamber’s head, […]