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Hungary announced on Wednesday that it recorded 365 new COVID-19 cases, the highest number of daily infections so far, as people return from vacation and start the new school year, Reuters reports.
Hungary, a country of about 10 million people, has weathered the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic with fewer cases than many other European countries. As of Wednesday, the total number of registered cases in the country amounted to 6,622, of which 619 deaths
Although most people with COVID-19 have recovered, the number of cases has risen in the last week from a few hundred to 2,100 on Wednesday, and experts have warned of an increase in infections in the coming weeks with the reopening. from schools. writes Agerpres.
The government of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has decided border closure for foreignersbut excluding citizens of the other Visegrad Group countries (Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland) who can provide a negative COVID-19 test for less than five days
However, the European Union has criticized the measure which he described as “discriminatory” and, therefore, illegal.
Edited by Georgiana Marina
