Slightly more than half of Hungarians are currently optimistic and will not change their travel plans for the summer of next year, according to a survey conducted by Pulzus for the business news site napi.hu. Although the coronavirus epidemic is seasonal and there are typically fewer people infected in the summer, many people cancelled trips […]
The Hungarian economy is likely to recover from the shock of the coronavirus epidemic at a much faster pace than previously expected, according to a biannual report by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). The organization raised its forecast for Hungary’s GDP growth this year to nearly 8%, which is in line with […]
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 […]
The coronavirus epidemic had a negative effect on the PR industry in Hungary as well: the sector's turnover fell from HUF 64 billion in the previous year to HUF 48 billion in 2020, but the net profit after tax did not decrease. That is according to the PR Trendriport Hungary 2021 published on the occasion […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The pace of infections is accelerating swiftly in Hungary as the fourth wave of the epidemic is gaining strength in the country. The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation predicts the endemic will peak in November with tens of thousands of new cases daily. Hungary is entering the fourth wave of the coronavirus pandemic with […]
11% more tourism nights were recorded in Hungary in August this year than in the same month of 2020, but 24% fewer than in August 2019, the Central Statistical Office reports. In August, domestic guests spent 1.9% more tourism nights in commercial accommodation establishments (hotels, boarding houses, camping sites, bungalow complexes and community hostels) than […]
31 patients infected with the new coronavirus died over the weekend, nearly 1,500 new infections were registered, 560 patients were hospitalised and 87 were put on ventilators. In the past three days, 1,492 new cases of coronavirus infection have been registered in Hungary, bringing the total number of identified infected people to 824,876 since the […]
The Board of Trustees and the Founders of the Bolyai Prize Foundation have announced that in 2021, the most prestigious award in Hungarian academia will be received by Katalin Karikó. Established in 1998 and awarded every two years, the Bolyai Prize (named after world-renowned 19th century Hungarian mathematician János Bolyai), the first major private scientific […]
A further 633 cases of coronavirus infection have been confirmed, bringing the total number of identified infected people in Hungary to 822,705 since the beginning of the outbreak, according to the government's information page. Five patients have died, bringing the total official number of deaths related to the new coronavirus infection in this country to […]
