Viktor Orbán: Budapest does not need more rigor due to the coronavirus than in other places



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In his letter, which was delivered to the MTI by Bertalan Havasi, head of the Prime Minister’s Press Office, the Prime Minister assured Gergely Karácsony that the proposed tougher measures in Budapest could not reach the government table without the participation of the mayor.

Viktor Orbán recalled that since the outbreak of the coronavirus epidemic, the government has been operating an operational tribe led by Deputy Prime Minister Sándor Pintér. Operational staff gather all the information and expertise necessary to deal with the epidemic and make recommendations to the government and public health agencies on what to do and what not to do, the letter read.

The Prime Minister wrote that the results of the operative tribunal’s work are accessible to everyone, including “the municipality, the capital and the mayor.” The head of government continues to recommend that Gergely Karácsony “establish an adequate working relationship with the government’s operational personnel.”

In his response, Viktor Orbán wrote that Hungary had won the fight against the first wave of the epidemic, “we gained a lot of experience and tried many forms of defense.” “We will also draw on our experience in our fight against the second wave that has just arrived,” said the Prime Minister.

In his letter to Viktor Orbán on Thursday, Gergely Karácsony proposed extending the free trials to curb the second wave of the coronavirus epidemic. The mayor called on the government for a quick and clear resolution on expanding free tests and the risk of the infection spreading to the elderly.



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