New blocks being constructed for Hungary’s sole nuclear power station in Paks will result in 17 million tonnes less carbon dioxide emissions each year, a government official said. Hungary’s CO2 emissions amount to 12 million tonnes each year, János Süli, the minister without portfolio responsible for overseeing the Paks investment, told parliament’s committee on sustainable […]
The first few Hungarian patients have received doses of the domestically manufactured Covid-19 drug Remdesivir at the clinic of Debrecen University, the university’s press office said. The drug was given to Covid patients with chronic underlying illnesses first on Monday, the press office told MTI in a statement. The domestic manufacture of Remdesivir is under […]
A new rapid PCR test developed in Hungary can yield results in only two hours, significantly reducing waiting times when diagnosing people with coronavirus infection, a deputy rector of the Semmelweis University said. Speaking on public Kossuth Rádió, Attila Szabó said the test speeds up the procedure by showing the presence of the virus without […]
Twenty-eight Covid-19 patients have died in the past 24 hours, while the number of registered coronavirus infections in Hungary has risen by 1,025 to 39,862, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Tuesday. The number of fatalities stands at 996, and 11,753 people have made a recovery. There are 27,113 active infections and 1,519 Covid-19 patients are being treated […]
It is clear that the World Health Organisation (WHO) appreciates the measures the Hungarian government has taken so far to combat the coronavirus pandemic and is satisfied with the way the country handled the first wave, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said after talks with WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in Geneva. At the same time, […]
The National Institute of Oncology (OOI) is about to receive medical devices and equipment worth 2.9 billion forints (EUR 8.1m), Human Resources Minister Miklós Kásler said. Some 1.9 billion forints will be spent on oncological therapeutic and screening devices, and one billion on equipment used in thoracic surgery, Kásler said. The development will be used […]
Officers of tax and customs authority NAV seized over 3.5 million medical items including face masks, disinfectants and medicines with fake brand names or of inferior quality in an international operation between May and July, a senior NAV official said. As part of the operation initiated by the World Customs Organisation dubbed STOP, officers of […]
The Council of Europe (CoE) has called on Hungary to improve the Roma minority’s access to education, jobs, housing and health care, and to eliminate the difficulties they experience in all aspects of public life. The advisory committee of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities visited Hungary in December 2019. In the […]
Fourteen Covid-19 patients have died in the past 24 hours, while the number of registered coronavirus infections in Hungary has risen by 1,173 to 38,837, koronavirus.gov.hu said. The number of fatalities stands at 968, and 11,037 people have made a recovery. There are 26,832 active infections and 1,418 Covid-19 patients are being treated in hospital, […]
A consortium of Hungarian companies and businesspeople is conducting negotiations about buying Liszt Ferenc International operator Budapest Airport from its three foreign owners, public news channel M1 said on Sunday citing a report by financial news agency Bloomberg. M1 said that chances for buying back the airport, privatised 15 years ago, could now be better […]
