Hungary Reaches 3 Million Vaccinations, Reopening Continues?
Hungary has now reached
3 million vaccinations against the coronavirus, and despite infections and deaths remaining high, talks of further reopening are underway. The United Kingdom is also continuing its reopening, but its conditions appear much safer than the crisis in Hungary. It may be best for government officials to consider combatting the highest daily death rate per million in the world before lifting further restrictions.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán posted about the milestone to his Facebook page as soon as it was achieved. He had said in last week’s Kossuth Rádió broadcast that once Hungary reaches 3-3.5 million inoculated, “we can lift restrictions for those with immunity cards: hotels and cultural life can be reopened for them.”
PM Orbán: Outdoor Catering to Restart When 3.5 Million Vaccinated
Bars and restaurants could again start serving customers outdoors when the number of Hungarians inoculated against Covid-19 reaches 3.5 million, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Facebook on Wednesday.
Orbán also announced that while kindergartens would reopen and the lower grades of primary schools would return to their classrooms on April 19, 5-8 graders would stay at home and go on with their online classes until May 10. The government has decided “to proceed gradually and carefully,” Orbán said, and asked parents for “patience and understanding”.
Fully 87 percent of teachers would prefer not to return to the classroom on April 19, while 54 percent said they would obey the instruction to do so, according to teacher union PSZ, citing a fresh survey by 21 Kutatóközpont. The survey indicates that only 7 percent of respondents agree with the decision to reopen […]Continue reading
Coronavirus Infections Plateauing in Hungary but Pandemic Far From Over
The third wave of the coronavirus is plateauing in Hungary, according to the chief medical officer. Despite the declining number of new daily cases, however, other relevant figures remain high as a warning sign that we are far from the pandemic being over.
Cecília Müller, Hungary’s chief medical officer, said on Tuesday that based on the analysis of the current epidemic figures, the third wave of the coronavirus is plateauing in Hungary.
There are indicators already showing a decline, but we cannot yet talk about a downward trend, Müller emphasized.
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The Hungarian government's measures taken to tackle the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic have proved to be effective, Foreign minister Szijjártó said.