The prime minister said on Saturday morning that if we meet again, we can stop the second wave.

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!

The working group on border protection held its first autumn meeting, Viktor Orbán announced on his Facebook on Saturday morning. In addition to the Prime Minister, the Minister of the Interior Sándor Pintér, Miklós Kásler, the Minister of Human Resources and the Minister of Defense Tibor Benkő also participated in the meeting.

The prime minister said: “We need to take serious measures to stop the second wave of knocking on our doors. First, we must reduce the introduction of the virus, so we have imposed strict border protection measures. “

“If we come together like we did in the first wave of the virus, we can stop the second wave. We are still on time now, ”Orbán added.

The government announced on Friday that it would close the borders to foreign nationals on September 1, and that returning Hungarians will be required to have two weeks of official quarantine. The latter can be triggered by two costly negative PCR tests performed over two days.

Gergely Gulyás has already said in the government information that the technical details of the border protection action group will decide on Saturday morning on technical details, such as who will be exempt, what will happen to foreign students or travelers along the border.


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Government information: Hungary closes its borders


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As of September 1, a foreign citizen can enter the territory of Hungary only with justified exceptions, while Hungarian citizens returning from abroad must be quarantined for 14 days, according to Gergely Gulyás, minister in charge of the Office of the Prime Minister and Government Spokesperson Alexandra Szentkirályi. The exceptions and modalities will be decided by the Border Protection Task Force on Saturday morning, but current plans require 6,000 foreign fans to attend the UEFA Super Cup final with a negative test.

Several nurses became coronavirus in Debrecen


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Employees can only get a job after two negative tests.