At home: Müller: The news is true, half of the residents of a house in Siófok are infected

1,100 soldiers began working in hospitals, measuring body temperature, handling patients, helping with administration and logistics, and having hospital commanders in 60 institutions, Lt. Col. Attila Torba said in a statement to operational staff.

The soldiers also appeared on the streets Tuesday morning, with 500 soldiers patrolling the police in Budapest and 56 other settlements. Lieutenant Colonel Róbert Kiss spoke of 293 people who were punished for violating the rules for wearing masks (the vast majority did not wear masks in public in violation of municipal regulations) and a Budapest cafe, a hairdresser and a monastery press they were closed for a week. .

The police took action against 358 people for violating the curfew and the grouping, 336 were unjustified in the streets after 8, 29 people took the dog too far.

The national medical director, Cecília Müller, said that there were 5,203 new coronavirus infections in one day, there were 7,477 people in the hospital and 576 on ventilators. Compared to the data of the previous day, 91 people died, the youngest was 25 years old and the oldest 91 years old. 7 percent of all the deceased had no underlying or associated comorbidity. On the EU average, Hungary is also in the middle in terms of infection and mortality per million people, Müller said. (The government is talking about statistics taken since the beginning of the epidemic, which is in fact more favorable, but if I only look at the data from the second wave, the country is already much worse – one ed.)

Müller also said there were fewer lab tests on Monday than positive infections due to a reporting error, which was corrected in Tuesday’s figures (27,292 tests have now been published).

The amount of hereditary virus material increased in the sewage from Kecskemét, Miskolc, Nyíregyháza, Salgótarján, Székesfehérvár, Szolnok, so it can be said that we have not yet reached the peak of the epidemic.

A number of questions have been received about limits on health care performance, but only that M1It was read, the essence of which was that in several countries the care system is on the verge of collapse, what is the situation at home. Müller said that there is also extreme stress in home health care, workers are extremely tired, so it is also important that rest periods are recorded correctly. Coronavirus patients are already being cared for in all institutions that provide active care, and there are steps to expand capacity. Müller said there is a bed and a fan, and the number of staff is limited.

Everyone is asked to follow the rules, they can reduce the pressure on medical care. the RTL Klub In response to a question, it turned out that there are many infected people in the nursing home of the Siófok Care Center. 10 workers and 44 patients (almost half of those treated) became coronavirus. Three have died, one person is being treated in a hospital, but the majority is in good health.

the InfoRadio asked how long the coronavirus has been infected, as it happens multiple times that someone will produce a positive PCR test even weeks later. Müller said that even in the case of severe illness, it can be assumed that the person is no longer infected after 21 days from the onset of symptoms, that is, if their symptoms have passed since then and they have been asymptomatic for at least three days.

Responding to a question, Róbert Kiss said that it is not necessary to wear a mask in a car, nor on a bicycle and scooter if it is used for “individual sports”, but in all other cases.