The current restrictive measures will be maintained, which means that the shopping band for the elderly will not disappear and they will not move to digital education in primary schools.

In a video posted on his Facebook page, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announced what decisions had been made at Monday morning’s meeting of the operational tribe. He said that in consultation with experts, he was unanimous in their view that strict measures should be maintained.

Scientists and epidemiologists have said that

We have to be strict because Christmas will be next year, now the important thing is that we too.

In accordance with this, the curfew and current regulations will remain in effect until January 11, which means that you can only be on the street between 8:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. in certain cases.

The decision on whether there will be an exceptional rule for Christmas Eve will be made on December 21. However, you have already said that there will be no exceptions for New Years Eve.

This year you cannot celebrate New Year’s Eve parties or street dances. For a good party or street party, it is not worth risking everything we have worked for months

Orbán said.

These are the current rules:

There is no curfew from 8pm to 5am, you can only be on the street for work, walking home from work, walking a dog, or other extraordinary reasons.

The meeting and any event is prohibited.

Restaurants and cafes are closed, there is no consumption on site, you can order take away / home delivery. Factory canteens may be open.

Retirees have a separate time zone, between 9-11 from Monday to Friday and 8-10 on weekends, they can only buy in supermarkets, drugstores, pharmacies; otherwise they can shop during all opening hours.

Shops, hairdressers and small craft service providers will close at 7:00 p.m.

Hotels can only accept guests for business purposes, not tourists.

A maximum of 10 people can attend a family reunion or private event.

Only 50 people can go to a funeral at a time. Only the people required for the ceremony, witnesses, parents and siblings can attend a wedding, but they cannot celebrate a wedding.

Sports matches are held behind closed doors.

Massive outdoor sports are also prohibited outdoors, individual sports activities can be performed.

Leisure facilities will be closed: museums, theaters, gyms, cinemas and zoos.

Secondary schools above the eighth grade and higher education, with a few exceptions, have been switched to digital education.

Nurseries, kindergartens and primary schools will remain open for those under 14 years of age.

All this means that the shopping time zone for the elderly has not been reconsidered – although this was raised at the weekend by the Workers’ Union, together with the need to rather limit the number of people in stores – and there is no has restricted the opening hours of shopping centers. Cecilia Müller, medical director, said Sunday that it was not a good address to be crowded with shopping malls.

According to Viktor Orbán, the solution now is a vaccine, which is already in sight. Enrollment begins on Tuesday, “we can all apply if we want to get vaccinated. Receive the vaccine as quickly and safely as possible.”

Meanwhile, the prime minister said epidemiological rules must be followed and the virus must be stopped through joint efforts. “Let’s take care of each other even during the holidays, because every life counts.”

Orbán also spoke in the video that we continue to fight against the coronavirus, not only ourselves, but all of Europe, and “we owe a debt of gratitude to both the nurses and our doctors and educators.”


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