The tightening applies to the health, social and public education sectors.

Coronavirus: the second wave

Half a year after the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in the spring, 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!

Minister Miklós Kásler has prohibited the holding of professional events in the health, social and public education sectors with personal presence, the Ministry of Human Resources (Emmi) said on Wednesday. The head of the ministry decided on the measure to prevent further spread of the coronavirus epidemic. Professional meetings, in addition to events directly related to the performance of public duty, can only be held online.

The internal regulations attached to the ministerial instruction to the heads of the institutions describe in detail the rules to be followed by the organizers and participants of events that cannot be held online. At the same time, writes the MTI, the conferences required to perform a public task must be announced in advance to the competent public health authority in the place, which, knowing the place and the circumstances, determines the maximum number of people present in the place. event at a time.

Authorities carry out random inspections at the event locations.

The procedure attached to the Ministerial Instruction draws attention to the primary and most important preventive measure, such as the participation in the event only of healthy, asymptomatic and healthy people. “It is extremely important to observe personal hygiene and avoid direct contact with the body, traditional forms of greeting. It is recommended to place non-contact antiviral hand sanitizer dispenser equipment, clean it regularly and disinfect surfaces with antiviral agent,” they said. “Since an asymptomatic person can be a carrier of the virus, keep participants one and a half meters away!” – warned in the communication that the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended that a mask be recommended in all places where it is difficult to comply with the distance rules. In an enclosed space, to reduce the concentration of pathogens, special attention should be paid to continuous or regular natural ventilation of higher intensity, they wrote.


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