Number of 16-18 Year Olds Registered for Vaccination Exceeds 84,000
The number of 16-18 year olds who have registered to receive a jab exceeded 84,000 by Friday midnight—more than 40% of the age group—and registrations are still ongoing.
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Orbán: Reopening Economy Depends on Successful Vaccine Drive
Reopening the economy depends on implementing a successful vaccine drive, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in a video posted on social media.
Hungary Records 98 Fatalities, 1,145 New Infections
Fully 98 patients, generally elderly with co-morbidities, died over the past 24 hours, while 1,145 new infections were registered, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Sunday.
Health Authority Lifts Bird Flu Restrictions in Eastern Hungary
Hungarian food safety authority Nébih on Friday lifted restrictions imposed earlier due to avian flu identified in eastern Hungary’s Hajdú-Bihar county.
Socialists Call for Restoring Public Employee Status of Health Workers
The opposition Socialists on Friday called for restoring the public employee status of health-care workers.
Hungary Hospitals to Resume Elective Surgeries
Hospitals in Hungary will resume elective surgeries and rehabilitation services next Thursday, after putting them on hold due to the pandemic, the human resources minister has said.
Hungary Records 106 Covid Fatalities, 1,541 New Infections
Fully 106 patients, generally elderly with co-morbidities, died over the past 24 hours, while 1,541 new infections were registered, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Friday.
Justice Minister: Hungary Economic Model Based on Respect for Work
The economic model Hungary has built is based on respect for work and serves as the guideline for the government’s support of the European Union’s goals, the justice minister said.
Government info: Pfizer and Moderna vaccine will soon be available, and there will be no free summer for those without a security certificate
Until August, restrictions on the coronavirus epidemic for those without protection will certainly be maintained, the minister in charge of the prime minister’s office announced at an online press conference on Thursday.
Restrictions will be lifted further – we can expect this from 10 May
The latest issue of the Hungarian Gazette was published on Thursday evening, which shows, among other things, that from May 10, preschoolers and schoolchildren can hold physical education classes and specialties in sports facilities, swimming pools, gyms or even ice rinks.