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Due to the spread of a new type of coronavirus, the German government classified Budapest as a risk zone on Wednesday. The risk classification means that those arriving in Germany from such an area must go into home quarantine, notify the local health office and undergo a coronavirus test within 72 hours. In the event of a negative finding, the health office can order the quarantine to be lifted.
As of October 1, the quarantine can be lifted at the earliest after the fifth day in the event of a negative finding. Several regions and cities were added to the list of risk areas on Wednesday, including several counties in Croatia and Vienna, the MTI writes.
We wrote last week that Paris, Brussels or Bucharest are already on the German list, and that Budapest could be there soon. Under German standards, they are considered to be at risk (not only entire countries, but also larger counties and cities can be classified as risky), where the number of new infections exceeds 50 per 100,000 people in seven days. Budapest has been through this for a long time.
In principle, German tourists could not come due to the Hungarian border blockade, although right now there would be a big exception: the final of the European Super Cup, which is a matter of the heart of the Hungarian government, especially the Prime Minister. The match will take place in Budapest on September 24 between BL-winner Bayern Munich and European League winner Sevilla, and the government has loosened the border in a separate decree, paving the way for fans. foreign.
Ferenc Jakab, head of the virological research group in Pécs, spoke yesterday: “I have to embitter everyone, Hungary is second only to France in terms of epidemic prevalence in the population. This is ahead of Spain and well ahead of Italy. Compared to Europe, the epidemic is raging brutally in Hungary according to projected population figures. That is the black truth. “
According to Viktor Orbán’s video message today, the peak of the second wave is still far away, awaiting December-January. In a few days, tens of thousands of active infections could be in the country after 581 new infections were recorded on Wednesday, bringing the number of active infections to 9,653. The number of deaths in 24 hours also increased on Wednesday: eight died from the virus, an unprecedented number since May, we wrote in our newsletter summarizing the epidemiological events of the day.
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