“Four aeroplanes brought 4.9 million face masks, 2 million pairs of gloves, 193 pieces of protective clothing and 170 thousand test kits to Budapest via the China-Hungary airlift on Tuesday”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said in a statement to Hungarian news agency MTI.

Mr. Szijjártó said the protective equipment will be distributed to hospitals, clinics, and other healthcare institutions. “We must prepare for long-term protection against the coronavirus pandemic”, the Minister emphasised. “It is clear that this is a challenge that will be with us for a long time, and accordingly in the interests of successful healthcare protection we must continuously bring to Hungary the protective equipment that is required by doctors and nurses”, he added.

(Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade / MTI)