Unlike in other countries, tightening or easing pandemic restrictions are tied by the Hungarian government to the number vaccinated people. As this number has reached 5.5 million, the obligation to wear a mask has been abolished. The lifting of protection measures that come into force this Saturday are as follows: Masks will no longer have […]

No new deaths were reported in the last 24 hours, which means that this Wednesday was the first day since early September last year without a single new victim of the pandemic in this country and the number of Hungarian fatalities related to the new coronavirus epidemic remains unchanged at 29,992 – a figure very […]

The amount of claims paid out due to Covid exceeded HUF 700 million in Aegon Insurance's life and accident insurance portfolio. As a result of the coronavirus, the terms and conditions of the insurance policies have been significantly modified in some areas for the benefit of the customers. A press release by the company says […]

The government has extended the epidemic alert by half a year, until December 18, the decree was published in the Hungarian Gazette Wednesday night. According to the Health Act, during the period of epidemiological preparedness, the government may, among other things - restrict or ban events that could contribute to the spread of the epidemic;- […]

Five patients died in Hungary in the past 24 hours, bringing the total official number of deaths to 29,733 in this country according to the relevant government website. The number of cured persons is steadily increasing and now stands at 700,236, while the number of active infected persons has decreased to 74,569. 156 new cases […]

The Covid-19 variant first identified in India has been detected in Hungary, chief medical officer Cecília Müller has announced. Of the two patients identified with the variant, one has already recovered and the other is treated in a hospital, but does not need a ventilator, she said. Cecília Müller said that one of the two […]

213 new infections were registered in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of identified infections in this country since the beginning of the epidemic to 802,723 , according to koronavirus.gov.hu. 41 patients have died over the same period, bringing the total official number of deaths related to the new coronavirus infection to 29,622. […]

There have not been so few new infections in Hungary for nine months as in the past 24 hours, according to daily epidemiological data. However, the number of daily fatalities per population in the pandemic still features this country amon the world in the world. 258 new cases of the coronavirus have been identified, bringing […]

Unlike in other countries, the government in Hungary ties - from time to time - the lifting of certain pandemic restrictions to the offical number of people inoculated with at least the first dose of any vaccine against the new coronavirus infection. Thus, the five million number means the further easing the regulations. As of […]

The official number of fatalities related to the new coronavirus infection has fallen under 100 a day in the past week but with the 71 Thursday deaths reported Friday morning, the total number is now 29,041. This number per 100,000 people of the population puts Hungary among the worst-hit countries of the world. 1190 new […]

This morning, more than 330,000 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines have again arrived in Hungary. This is the 21st shipment of the Comirnaty vaccine, bringing the total in Hungary to more than 3.2 million doses, the company said in a statement. Pfizer and BioNTech are currently forecast to produce and supply more than 2.5 billion doses […]

98 Hungarians died as a result the new coronavirus infection in the past 24 hours, bringing the total official number of deaths realted to the COVID-19 desease to 28,602. The last time the daily death toll was below 100 was on February 28. A total of 1,145 new infections were registered in the past day, […]

Due to the uncertainties caused by the epidemic situation, Sziget will not take place this year as it did last year. The organisers have announced that one of Europe's biggest festivals, which is Hungary's most important tourism event, is planning a big comeback in 2022. As the festival's website puts it, "Due to the global […]

In week 17, the results of wastewater samples for coronavirus show strong fluctuations, with the decline of previous weeks halted. Sewage from most of the cities surveyed shows a stagnating trend, according to the National Center for Public Health. While in the northern and southern wastewater treatment areas of Budapest, Debrecen and Szolnok (the latter […]

188 Hungarian patients have died in the past 24 hours, bringing the total official number of deaths related to the new coronavirus infection in this country to 27,172. By Wednesday morning, 1,692 new infections have been registered, bringing the total number of identified infections to 774,399 since the start of the outbreak. The number of […]