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The operational strain created to combat the coronavirus closed its press conference on Thursday morning. Cecília Müller, national chief physician, was absent again and Ágnes Galgóczi, head of the Department of Epidemiology at the National Center for Public Health, appeared in public. He presented the data for the last 24 hours: by Thursday 2,194 new Hungarian citizens had the new coronavirus infection, increasing the number of infected people in Hungary to 68,127. Most of the 56 deaths were chronic elderly patients, so the number of deaths increased to 1,634 and 17,469 have already been recovered. There are 3,197 hospitalized coronavirus patients, 255 of whom are on ventilators.
The head of the department emphasized that the second wave of the epidemic is occurring in a phase of sharp increase throughout Europe and in Hungary, which means that the number of infected people is constantly increasing. He also spoke about the fact that in addition to maintaining health protection, the goal is also to keep the country running.
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He said. However, he emphasized that this required compliance with general precautions, that is, individual responsibility remained important in defense,
in particular, compliance with the rules for the use of masks.
He stressed that, as stated at the operative court press conference on Wednesday, they would like to enforce compliance more vigorously, which is why the police are stepping up mask checks in stores and shopping malls, and are fines have increased for violating the official home quarantine.
He also talked about not having a big break in testing, more and more sampling units are being set up. He added that the fall to spring season favors flu infection, so he encouraged anyone who could to get a flu shot.
He stressed that the adult vaccine will be delivered to GPs on an ongoing basis, and the children’s vaccines will be delivered to the government office on Thursday and delivered to the doctor from there. The head of the department said that the vaccine should be given to children under 3 years of age with a chronic disease. He also stated that both vaccines are effective and safe. He noted that parents can also consult their GP about vaccine co-administration, adding that vaccination against influenza does not exclude other vaccines.
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Ágnes Galgóczi emphasized that both vaccines will be effective and safe, and the vaccine for children will be available at family doctors. He added that parents can consult a GP about whether the flu vaccine can be given with another vaccine. However, he emphasized that vaccination against influenza does not exclude other vaccines.
Asked by a journalist, he said that his knowledge of the infection is constantly expanding and that the investigation into the virus is also ongoing. He stressed that six months is the time when a person can be considered protected from reinfection. Regarding that if a person is receiving anticoagulant treatment, if the therapy is adjusted properly, they can be given a flu vaccine.
He also spoke about how both healthcare and hospitals are prepared for the increased workload and patient admission. Regarding the reassignment of health workers, he said that so far more than 930 professionals have been reassigned.
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