Hungary is in “the most critical” period of its management of the coronavirus pandemic, with the country registering record infection numbers and deaths each day, the chief medical officer said earlier this week. As the nation’s healthcare nears capacity, fears are rising that the pandemic will get out of control. The country’s Chief Medical Officer […]

207 Hungarians passed away in the past 24 hours due to the new coronavirus epidemic. The majority of the deceased were elderly, chronic patients. This is a sad record as it was for the first time that the daily number went over two hundred. A day earlier, 195 deaths were reported. It means that the […]

195 Hungarians fell victim to the new coronavirus infection in the past 24 hours – the highest number for a single day in this pandemic. The previous sad record occurred on December 5, 2020, with 193 victims of the new coronavirus. Altogether, 17,421 people have died from the complications of the virus in this country. […]

The number of patients treated in the hospital has increased tremendously since yesterday - the number of those treated for COVID-19 hoing up by more than 500. There are currently 9,300 patients hospitalized for the new coronavirus. The number of new infections in Hungary in the last 24 hours was 7,706, increasing the number of […]

By Sunday, 8,863 new coronavirus infections had been registered, bringing the total number of identified infections to 516,490 since the outbreak began. There were 162 deaths, mostly elderly, chronic patients, so the official number of COVID-19 related deaths rose to 16,952. 8,764 patients are treated in hospital with coronavirus infection, 1,005 of them are on […]

163, mostly elderly, chronic patients died, and another 9,444 Hungarian citizens were diagnosed with the new coronavirus infection in the past 24 hours. The related government website koronavirus.gov.hu highlighted on Saturday that 1,293,414 people have been vaccinated in Hungary so far, 377,343 of them have already received the second vaccination. The government portal wrote that […]

Few business sectors have been as hard hit globally by the coronavirus pandemic as tourism and Hungary is no exception to this sad reality. As tourism-related revenues have fallen off a cliff and government aid has been all but a trickle, the sector is struggling for survival. In the decade leading up to 2020, Hungary’s […]

Over nine thousand new coronavirus infections were registered in the past 24 hours in Hungary, with 8,718 people treated in hospital with COVID-19 in the country. The numbers published by the related government website are as follows: Number of new infections: 9011 (+699 compared to the previous day )Number of new daily deaths: 130 (-42 […]

For several months now, Budapest Airport has been in continuous exchange with its airline partners and other airports around the globe to learn, create and roll out best practices for handling the smooth and safe return of meaningful passenger traffic to the airport, while adhering to all existing and potential future regulations. The airport operator […]

The use of a home office will also help curb the epidemic, so the government is asking companies to allow their employees to work from home, Tamás Schanda, Parliamentary and Strategic Secretary of State at the Ministry of Innovation and Technology (ITM) said. The fewer encounters, the harder the epidemic can spread, so it’s very […]

179 people died of the new coronavirus infection in Hungary in the past 24 hours – a sad daily record –, mostly elderly, chronic patients, bringing the official number of deaths in this country to 16,325. The number of new infections was 5,653, increasing the total number of identified infections to 480,860 since the outbreak […]

158 elderly and chronic patients have died in Hungary in the past 24 hours, bringing the official number of fatalities related to the new coronavirus infection in this country to 16,146. 6,494 new coronavirus infection cases were found, which has increased the number of identified infected people to a total of 475,207 since the beginning […]

There are 7,924 coronavirus patients hospitalized in Hungary, 806 of them on ventilators. 2,696 new infections have been identified in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of identified infections to 468,713 in this country. By Monday, 115 patients died, bringing the official number of deaths to 15,988. The number of people recovered from […]

7,269 new infections were registered in Hungary in the past 24 hours. There have never been so many new infections in one day in Hungary in this pandemic, the highest number so far was 6,819 on November 29. Officially, a total of 459,816 people have been infected with the virus in this country since the […]

Speaking at the weekly government info event, Gergely Gulyás, the Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office, announced that all shops must close between March 8 and 22, with primary schools and nurseries remaining shut until April 7. The government information website's English version quotes Minister Gulyás as saying that “while Hungary is currently the third […]