The National Center for Public Health has released aggregated data for the past week. They show that 1,636 new infections were confirmed last week, about 20% more than in the previous week, bringing the total number of identified infections since the start of the outbreak in Hungary to 1,923,122. 32 deaths, nine more than in […]

Half of the people surveyed in Hungary are in favor of compulsory vaccination, while the other half are against it, and one in ten unvaccinated people would take the vaccine if they could choose between the types, according to a Publicus Institute survey commissioned by the daily Népszava. As the research shows, 72% of the […]

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 […]

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 […]

Following a marked ease in the grip of the pandemic during the summer months, official data published at the end of August showed that the country is entering the fourth wave of the pandemic as the spread of the Delta variant picked up speed. Authorities reported a 79% increase compared to the previous period and […]

Between August 20 and 22, 2021, the administration of vaccines will be suspended at national level, as ordered by the National Directorate General of Hospitals. For those who may have received an appointment for these dates, an appointment will be made for the following week. The news comes after an announcement last week that the […]

In order to contain further waves of the coronavirus epidemic and protect patients, vaccination is now mandatory for healthcare workers in Hungary, according to a government decree soon to be published in the official Hungarian Gazette. In Hungary, the vaccination program started with the vaccination of health workers at the end of December last year, […]

On Thursday, the extraordinary vaccination of previously registered kindergarten and school teachers started in more than four hundred hospital vaccination places in Hungary. Following repeated requests from teachers over the past couple of months, their vaccination is now under way. They are vaccinated on Thursday, Friday and Saturday with Pfizer. The Hungarian state news agency […]

1,307 new infections and 61 deaths were registered in the past 24 hours in the country and 222,005 Hungarians have so far been vaccinated against the new coronavirus. The number of identified infections increased to 367,586, while the official number of deaths is now 12,524. The number of people recovered is currently 262,968, and that […]

Another 111 Hungarians succumbed to the new coronavirus in the past 24 hours, increasing the official number of COVID-19 fatalities to 11,520 in this country. With 573 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Hungary, the number of active coronavirus cases now stands at 109,841 while the total number of cases reported int he country so […]

By Monday, the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) had been detected in another 875 Hungarian citizens, increasing the number of infected people in Hungary to 352,703. 68 Hungarians died in the past 24 hours, mostly elderly, chronic patients, so the official number of deaths rose to 11,409. The number of recovered people is also constantly increasing, […]

Vaccination continues in nursing homes of more than 100 residents, peoplee living there receive the American Moderna vaccine. According to the Hungarian news agency MTI, since Saturday, the vaccination campaign has been running in Hungary with two types of vaccines: the American Moderna works on the same principle as the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine first approved in […]