Hungarian soldiers, too, are playing an active part in the effort to contain the epidemic, Romulusz Ruszin, deputy head of the Defence Forces Operational Group stressed at the Saturday online press conference of the Operational Group responsible for the containment of the coronavirus epidemic.
On Saturday, significant quantities of individual protective supplies are arriving in Hungary, a staff member of the duty centre of the Operational Group responsible for the containment of the coronavirus epidemic said at an online press conference held on Saturday.
In the past few days, the number of coronavirus patients being treated in hospital has risen by more than a hundred, the Chief Medical Officer stated at the online press conference of the Operational Group responsible for the containment of the coronavirus infection on Saturday.
On Friday at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán informed himself about the possibilities of starting the production of ventilators in Hungary, and viewed the prototype of the equipment, Bertalan Havasi, the Prime Minister’s press chief informed the Hungarian news agency MTI.
Cooperation between physicians and relatives is essential in the interest of patients released from hospital due to the coronavirus epidemic, the Chief Medical Officer stressed at the online press conference of the Operational Group responsible for the containment of the coronavirus epidemic held on Friday.
On Friday, the individual protective supplies, 53.4 tonnes in total, that five Wizz Air planes brought from Beijing yesterday will be delivered to 17 hospitals in the capital and another 43 in the provinces, a staff member of the duty centre of the Operational Group responsible for the containment of the coronavirus infection said at an online press conference held on Friday.
The government is planning the necessary measures aimed at containing the virus in light of every element of the challenges present, the Minister of State for International Communication and Relations said in a video message posted on Friday.
This year’s final examinations organised under changed conditions – subject to the introduction of multiple precautionary measures – will be regarded as full examinations, the Minister of State for Public Education stated at the Operational Group’s online press conference held on Friday.
“The peace and development of the Western Balkans is also in Hungary’s national security and national economic interests, and accordingly Budapest is providing all possible assistance to the region’s countries, including to Albania within the field of European integration, and also in the fight against the novel coronavirus pandemic”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó emphasised in Tirana on Friday at a joint press conference with Albanian Foreign Minister Gent Cakaj.
In the management of the coronavirus epidemic, the old wisdom prevails: ‘Hope for the best, and prepare for the worst’, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Kossuth Radio’s programme ‘Good morning, Hungary’ on Friday.