On Wednesday morning, the list of people who died from the coronavirus infetion in the previous day was published on the government information portal. A total of 98 new victims of the outbreak were reported on Tuesday. The list of the deceased includes a one-year-old child with an underlying medical condition listed as "mental illness". […]

In the past three days, 17,834 new cases of infection and 214 deaths have been recorded, the official site says. That is an average of nearly 6,000 new infections over the three days, including the weekend. Even taking that into account, the current figure is high: 6,800 new cases were reported on Friday and 11,200 […]

In week 43, the SARS-CoV-2 concentration in wastewater is still clearly increasing, but at a slower rate than in recent weeks, the National Center for Public Health reports. An upward trend was observed in samples from Békéscsaba, Debrecen, Eger, Miskolc, Szekszárd and Szombathely. Only Nyíregyháza, in the northeast of the country, showed a decrease in […]

On the morning of November 1, the government's coronavirus portal published the weekend's aggregate figures. A total of 11,211 new infections were confirmed in the last three days, bringing the total number of identified infections to 874,630 since the beginning of the outbreak. 152 deaths, mostly of elderly, chronic patients, brought the official total number […]

Thirty-seven patients died of illness related to the new coronavirus infection in the past 24 hours, while 4,041 new coronavirus infections were registered, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Friday. On Thursday, almost the same number of new cases (4039) were reported, with 45 deaths. The number of infected people was last at this level in mid-April. According […]

As of November 1, the wearing of face mask will again be required on public transport, and employers may require their employees to be vaccinated to increase vaccination coverage. In the public sector, vaccination is mandatory, while in municipalities it is up to the mayors to decide. The government decree states that masks will have […]

On Friday, Saturday and Sunday, a total of 6688 people were diagnosed with the new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) in Hungary, bringing the total number of people infected since the beginning of the epidemic to 850,513, according to official figures. The death toll from the pandemic has risen by 75 in the last three days to 30,567.A […]

The price of the pulp needed to make paper is rising brutally, but there are also global supply constraints. This can cause headaches not only for manufacturers, but also for retailers and ultimately for consumers. The business news site napi.hu reports that even if book prices are not yet expected to rise, some paper retailers […]

János Kornai, Széchenyi Prize-winning economist, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, professor emeritus at Harvard University and Corvinus University, recipient of the French Order of Honour, honorary member of the Swedish, American and other academies, passed away this Monday evening in the 94th year of his life, the family told the state news agency […]

In 2021, Nestlé Hungária is celebrating its 30th anniversary. The Hungarian subsidiary of the Swiss food group is the largest Swiss investor, employer and food company in Hungary. Nestlé Hungária remains highly active and plans its future on sustainability and automatization. The company is not only proud of its history, but also looks to the […]

3,274 new cases of coronavirus were confirmed over the weekend, bringing the total number of identified infections to 836,389 since the start of the outbreak. 51 patients, mostly elderly and with chronic desease, died Friday-Sunday and thus, the official number of new coronavirus deaths is 30.402. The number of people cured is now 791,998 while […]

In the framework of the Visegrád Four Member States' border police cooperation, 50 Czech police officers are deployed in Hungary between October 15 and December 15, 2021. During the two months of joint work, the Czech police officers will support the Hungarian border guards with thermal imaging vehicles. They will perform their tasks in their […]

Leading tobacco companies of the world are working towards achieving a smoke-free future and their aim is none other than to ensure that as many adult smokers give up cigarettes as possible. The objective is clear: tobacco companies, different stakeholders and the society should work hand in hand together on accelerating the end of smoking. […]

By Thursday, the new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) had been detected in another 1,141 people in Hungary, bringing the total number of infected people identified since the beginning of the epidemic to 831,866, according to official figures. The last time more than that, 1190 new cases, were reported in one day was on May 14. Complications of […]

In the past three days, 2,046 new cases of the disease have been confirmed and 28 have died in Hungary. Including them, the official death toll of the outbreak now stands at 30,303. The number of cured people is now 789,010, while the number of active cases has risen to 10,143 over the weekend. 715 […]