103 Hungarians died in the past 24 hours, bringing the official number of deaths in this country to 10,080. 5,760 coronavirus patients are hospitalized, 394 of whom are on ventilators. The new coronavirus infection was detected in 870 new cases, increasing the number of identified infections in Hungary to 329,721. The number of people who […]

Another 103 patients died by Sunday morning in Hungary due to complications related to the new coronavitus infection, bringing the official number of victims to 9,884. The coronavirus infection (COVID-19) was detected in another 1,307 Hungarian citizens in the past 24 hours, increasing the number of infected people identified in Hungary to 327,995, according to […]

The presidency of the Hungarian Ichthyological Society has announced winner of the annual competition and the title "The fish of the year 2021 in Hungary" goes to the Ide (Leuciscus idus). 7,683 votes were received from the public on the website of the Hungarian Ichthyological Society by noon on December 31. 49% voted for the […]

By the first day of the new year, another 130 Hungarians died of the complications of the new coronavirus infection. The deceased were mostly elderly, chronic patients, thus, the official number of COVID-19 related fatalities rose to 9,667 in this country. The new coronavirus had been detected in 2,764 new Hungarian citizens, increasing the official […]

By Thursday, the new coronavirus infection (Covid-19) had been detected in another 2,971 Hungarian citizens, increasing the number of infected people in Hungary to 322,514. The majority of the 108 fatalities were elderly and chronic patients, bringing the official number of deaths to 9,537. The number of recovered people is also constantly increasing, standing currently […]

The Hungarian disaster relief agency OKF has launched a shipment of six pallets of aid to Croatia to deal with the aftermath of Tuesday's earthquake. Croatia turned to the European Union for help to deal with the magnitude 6.3 earthquake on Tuesday, asking the Member States for tents, lighting, folding beds and sleeping bags. Hungary […]

The new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) was detected in another 1,972 Hungarian citizens, increasing the official number of infected people identified in Hungary to 319,543. A day earlier, coronavirus infection had been detected in 902 people, which means the number more than doubled in 24 hours. 137, mostly elderly, chronic patients died, so the number of […]

By Tuesday, the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) had been detected in 902 new Hungarian citizens, increasing the official number of infected people in Hungary to 317,571. 131, mostly elderly, chronic patients died, bringing the number of deaths to 9,292. The number of recovered people is also constantly increasing, currently 138,365, while the number of active […]

Another 80,000 doses of Pfizer vaccines arrive in Hungary this year, with a total of 4.4 million doses of vaccines delivered to Hungary in 2020-2021, Pfizer Pharma Trade Ltd. said at Monday's online press conference. Krisztina Zsigmond, head of the company's vaccine business, said that globally, Pfizer will distribute 50 million doses of the vaccine […]

According to the government's information website, 96 people have died of coronavirus complications in the last 24 hours, which means that there have been a total of 9,047 deaths related to the pandemic in Hungary, so far. By Sunday, the number of identified infections had risen by 698, with a total of 316,060 people now […]

Adrienne Kertész, the chief physician of the infection control department of the South Pest Central Hospital, was the first to receive the coronavirus vaccination in Hungary. She was vaccinated on Saturday by chief infectologist János Szlávik. She said she had been waiting a long time to receive the vaccine, because that could decide whether she […]

The number of deaths registered in one day and the number of active patients also decreased compared to the previous day. Even together with 2610 new infections, the number of active infections in Hungary has decreased by 954 in the last 24 hours. Their number is currently 18,1342. In the epidemic, 104 people lost their […]

When looking back at it, 2020 won’t be considered a good year for the world but could turn out to be a fruitful one for a Hungarian scientist. A year ago, in December 2019, no one suspected that the just discovered ‘Chinese pneumonia’ cases would spread worldwide and ignite the COVID-19 epidemic caused by the […]

The coronavirus vaccine arrives in Hungary on December 26, the vaccination of healthcare workers will start the next day, the authorities announced this Thursday. The consignment of the first authorized coronavirus vaccine in Europe, the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, is expected to cross the Hungarian border early Saturday morning, from where it will first arrive at the […]

Hungary has become the first European country where the authorities have granted authorisation to the emergency use of US drugmaker Eli Lilly's Covid-19 antibody drug bamlanivimab, the Hungarian Ministry of Human Resources said on Wednesday. As the state news agency MTI reports, the National Institute of Pharmacy and Nutrition (OGYEI) earlier this month approved the […]