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A further 4,709 Hungarian citizens were diagnosed with the new coronavirus infection (Covid-19), increasing the number of infected people in Hungary to 99,625. Most of the 103 deaths were elderly, chronic patients, so the number of deaths increased to 2,250 and 23,213 have already recovered. The number of actively infected people is 74,162. 25 percent of the actively infected, 30 percent of the dead and 28 percent of those recovered are from Budapest. 5,489 coronavirus patients are being hospitalized, 391 of whom are connected to a ventilator, according to the official coronavir information page.
The second wave of the epidemic is increasing dramatically across Europe and in Hungary, with a steady increase in the number of infected people and the number of deaths. At its meeting on Tuesday, the government therefore decided on new protection measures, which were announced by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Tuesday. The government requests the cooperation of citizens in the implementation of emergency measures related to the emergency; can be read at koronavirus.gov.hu. As they write:
The government has restored the state of emergency and has already declared it in the Hungarian Gazette. This is important because the extraordinary rule of law, as happened during the first wave, allows the government to act quickly.
At the time of the emergency, a night curfew was applied. Between midnight and five in the morning, everyone must be at their place of residence, stay or accommodation. Exceptions to this:
- if someone for work,
- for transportation to the workplace,
- from the place of work to the place of residence, stay or accommodation,
- or in a situation where there is a risk of damage to health, danger of death or serious injury,
- and leave the place of residence in order to protect life.
In order to reduce the spread of the epidemic, free parking was reintroduced and the local public transport company in Budapest and cities with county status are obliged to prepare a traffic consolidation plan on weekdays between seven and nine in the morning and between three and seven in the afternoon. periods between.
The government has also decided to close nightclubs, and from now on events will only be able to sit in one in three chairs at events, sporting events, cinemas and theaters, and masks must be worn. In addition, the use of masks is still mandatory in shops, public transport, health and social facilities and restaurants.
The situation is getting worse in Europe, but it is much easier than in the spring that the final solution, the vaccine, is in a predictable proximity, in a predictable distance.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in a video posted on Facebook on Thursday.
The decision to reschedule postponed surgeries can be made in a few hours, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in a traditional Friday morning interview with Kossuth Radio. He added that the rescheduling is an old request from the Hungarian Medical Chamber and enough doctors and nurses are needed to care for those infected with coronavirus.
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