Index – National – New record: virus has more than 150 deaths in Hungary



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The new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) was detected in 6,268 new Hungarian citizens, thus increasing the number of infected people identified in Hungary to 204,708. Most of the 152 deaths were elderly and chronic patients, bringing the number of deaths to 4,516. The number of recovered people increased to 54,021 and the number of actively infected people was 146,171. 20% of the actively infected, 24% of the dead and 26% of those recovered are from Budapest. The hospital cares for 7,536 coronavirus patients, 644 of whom are on ventilators. The number of infected people identified is also reported in ambulances, on filtered buses and is analyzed among hospital staff using rapid tests. Cumulative test results for specific groups among daycare, kindergarten, school and social workers are expected early next week.

The number of infected people continues to grow across Europe, in neighboring countries and in Hungary, with more and more people seeking hospital care. The epidemic cannot be stopped, the goal is to stop the epidemic and protect the performance of hospitals. This is the purpose of the new emergency protection measures announced – can be read at koronavirus.gov.hu.

The government has accepted a proposal from the Council of the Elderly and has introduced a shopping bar for the elderly as of November 23, allowing only people over 65 to enter the stores on weekdays from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. . And on weekends the same thing happens between 8:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. However, it is also important to know that older people can shop at a time other than the shopping time reserved for them.

The police strictly monitor compliance with the rules, impose fines and close places where regulations are not followed. Soldiers support the work of the police in various cities across the country and ease the burden on health workers in 93 hospitals.

Rapid tests of health, social, nursery, kindergarten workers and teachers have been started, in which university students participating in medical and health trainings also participate in a paid 2-week internship.

Commercial P + R, Parking Garage, Parking Garage, Enclosed Surface Parking and Non-Enclosed Surface Parking can be used free of charge from 7pm to 7am. The facility operator is obliged to allow free parking during this time zone.

There is still a curfew between 8 pm and 5 am, everyone has to get home by 8 pm The police have acted in a total of 5,954 cases to date for violating the curfew. A case of exemption from the curfew is work, which, however, must be justified. You can download a sample certificate by clicking here.

Stores, with the exception of pharmacies and gas stations, can stay open until 7 p.m. and after curfew expires, so they can open at 5 a.m. at the earliest. Service providers and services that are not mentioned in the regulation (eg hairdresser, masseuse, personal trainer) can normally operate under the curfew rules.

The rules introduced so far on the use and maintenance of distance remain in force, with the obligation to wear a mask in some public areas of settlements with more than 10,000 inhabitants. It is the responsibility of the mayor to designate the areas. It is not yet mandatory to wear a mask during sports activities, as well as in parks or green areas.

ALL MEETINGS ARE PROHIBITED. RESTAURANTS CANNOT ACCEPT GUESTS, GUESTS CAN BE AVOIDED ONLY FOR THE PURPOSE OF EATING. THE HOTELS CANNOT ACCEPT TOURISTS, ONLY FOR GUESTS ARRIVING FOR BUSINESS, ECONOMIC OR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES. EVENTS ARE PROHIBITED, INCLUDING CULTURAL EVENTS AND CHRISTMAS FAIRS. SPORTS GAMES MUST BE HELD BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. THE USE OF LEISURE FACILITIES IS PROHIBITED, INCLUDING IN PARTICULAR GYM FACILITIES, INDOOR POOLS, MUSEUMS, LIBRARIES, CINEMA AND ZOO, SKATING.

Nurseries, kindergartens and elementary schools are open up to the eighth grade as usual, with special institutional protection measures determined by the principal. High schools and universities have moved to a digital agenda. The fixed internet access service is available free of charge for thirty days to students and educators of digital education in public education and vocational training.

Private and family events (eg birthdays) can be held for up to 10 people. Funerals can be held for up to 50 people. Weddings can be held without a wedding, however only certain people can attend the event.

In Hungary, everyone has access to a hospital bed, care, a ventilator and with the protection measures just introduced, the goal is to keep it that way. The protective measures are intended to curb the epidemic and therefore also to protect the performance of medical care. In order to continue providing hospital care to coronavirus patients with the increasing number of patients, additional capacity-building measures were ordered: deferred surgeries were suspended, the number of hospitals involved in care was increased, and the number increased. of hospital beds reserved for coronavirus patients.

– the information can be read. They added that the government is negotiating a coronavirus vaccine on several fronts to give Hungarians access to the vaccine as soon as possible, and has enacted a decree that will simplify and speed up the importation of foreign-made coronavirus vaccines and drugs to Hungary. . A sample of the Russian coronavirus vaccine has already arrived in Hungary and a comprehensive analytical study of the full vaccine documentation is also starting. The government is negotiating and purchasing everything possible for foreign vaccines, having so far contracted 12 million doses of vaccines from three manufacturers: AstraZeneca in Oxford, Janssen Pharmaceutica in the United States and Pfizer.

To stop the spread of the community continues

  • We avoid places where there are many interiors
  • preferably keep social distance
  • wash your hands frequently and thoroughly
  • those who have been ordered an official home quarantine for a stay abroad or for any other reason, must strictly comply with
  • Anyone with symptoms should not go to the community but stay home and notify their GP by phone.

Free flu vaccines are already being given as part of health protection. Influenza vaccination is provided to GPs on an ongoing basis.

The protection of elderly and chronic patients is of the utmost importance. The elderly are also asked to pay more attention to themselves and general precautions. Visiting hospitals and nursing homes is prohibited. And nursing home owners should do everything they can to prevent infection. If a focal point takes place in a social institution or anywhere else in the community, the epidemiological deployment unit will take the necessary actions.

In addition to maintaining health protection, the government is also working on additional economic and family protection measures, they write.



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