Index – National – Sixty-three dead from the epidemic in Hungary, almost three thousand are in hospital



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The new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) was detected in 2,079 new Hungarian citizens, thus increasing the number of infected people identified in Hungary to 63,642. Most of the 63 deaths were chronic elderly patients, so the number of deaths increased to 1,535 and 16,646 have already been recovered. The number of active infections is 45,461. 27% of the actively infected, 35% of the dead and 29% of those recovered are from Budapest. The hospital treats 2,891 coronavirus patients, 243 of whom are hooked up to ventilators.

The second wave of the epidemic is increasing dramatically across Europe and in Hungary, and the number of infected people is increasing dynamically. Due to the increase in the number of people requiring hospital treatment, the number of hospitals withdrawn from their care has increased; they are described in addition to the daily data on koronavirus.gov.hu.

The government’s goal remains to keep the country running while maintaining health protection and not allowing the virus to paralyze everyday life. However, this requires compliance with general precautions. According to a government decree published Thursday,

  • It is also mandatory to wear a mask at outdoor events and sporting events. Participants must wear a mask at the sporting event venue and at the outdoor gathering
  • Athletes, coaches, match director, referee and assistants do not have to wear a mask at sporting events.
  • you can speak without a mask speaking at the meeting
  • Anyone who does not wear a mask despite the call of the organizer of the sporting event or meeting, the organizer of the event is obliged to call the place to leave.
  • In addition to shops and public transport, the use of the mask is mandatory in cinemas, theaters, shopping centers, health and social care institutions and reception offices.
  • restaurants and entertainment venues must be closed after 23 pm
  • To slow the spread of the community, we will continue to avoid places where there are many interiors.
  • preferably keep social distance
  • wash your hands frequently and thoroughly
  • who have been placed under official national quarantine for a stay abroad or for other reasons, must strictly comply with
  • Anyone with symptoms should not go into the community but stay home and notify their GP by phone.

The Operational Tribe currently ordered extraordinary breaks in 70 kindergartens and sanitizer cleaning during schools during the fall break.

The protection of elderly and chronic patients is of the utmost importance. Older people are also asked to pay more attention to themselves and general precautions. Visiting hospitals and nursing homes is prohibited. And nursing home administrators must do everything possible to prevent infection. If a focal point takes place in a social institution or elsewhere in the community, the epidemiological deployment unit will take the necessary actions. Operating staff provide non-invasive nursing home ventilators for more than 200 people. In addition to maintaining health protection, the government is also working on additional economic and family protection measures, they write.

Illustration: Diagonal Crown Monitor

(Cover image: The Hungarian Armed Forces 37. II. Soldier from the Ferenc Rákóczi Technical Regiment in protective gear at Mihály Vörösmarty Primary School in Orosháza before the army disinfected the educational institution on October 24, 2020. Photo: Tibor Rosta / MTI)



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