Hungarian embassies were tasked with trying to sell 8,000 foreign ministry fans, he told hvg.hu. For our interest, the ministry confirmed that there were indeed attempts to sell “sold out machines”, but no specific number was provided.

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 signs, the second wave also reached Hungary. Follow our news!

Since the first wave of the coronavirus epidemic, in the spring, the State Department has bought 16,000 ventilators. Now, it seems that the state has “overbought” the machines itself, because, as far as we know, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade has entrusted foreign missions with the task of trying to sell eight thousand machines at purchase price.

We asked the ministry if they really wanted to sell fans with the help of foreign missions. If so, how much, what type of machines and at what price. In response, the ministry wrote that, to quote, attempts are being made to sell “machines beyond strategic stocks”, a process that is ongoing. According to the ministry, this was previously reported to the press.

The ministry left our questions unanswered, so we don’t know what types of machines they want to sell or at what price. However, they responded that they felt that, as in the first wave, the lack of fans was a problem in more and more countries. “During the first wave of the epidemic, this meant that doctors in various European countries had to decide who had a machine and who didn’t, who could live and who had to die. Hungary wanted to avoid this terrible situation, so it decided to buy. fans There was incredible competition for fans on the international market, we had to face this competition It can be said that under no circumstances can anyone in Hungary get a respirator.


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