The Minister of the Interior is one of the leaders of the operational staff. According to Sándor Pintér, by the numbers, Hungary still has the most effective defense.

Coronavirus: the second wave

Half a year after the spring outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, the second wave of the pandemic has arrived. The radical increase in the number of infected is forcing more and more countries to re-impose restrictions, despite the fact that the world economy has not even recovered from the effects of the spring outbreak. According to the posters, the second wave also reached Hungary. Follow our news!

There was a government meeting on Wednesday morning, so at the entrance to the Carmelite Monastery, the Telex. Only Sándor Pintér made a statement to the portal. The interior minister was asked what he thinks about the fact that the Hungarian authorities do not control the coronavirus epidemic according to the criteria of the World Health Organization (WHO) in May.

Pintér responded that they were able to keep the positive test rate below 1 percent at the start of the epidemic, and in June there was a day when there were no new illnesses. According to him, the rate of positivity (that is, what proportion of tests gives a positive result) increased in autumn all over the world, not just in Hungary.

“I think that if we compare the results of Hungary with the results of Europe and the world, we can still say that Hungary is in the most effective defense,” the head of the ministry told the portal, then added:

Naturally, if diseases increase worldwide, we will have to take much stricter measures to prevent them. “


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