The 56 thousand masks and 300 pieces of protective clothing donated by the Chinese higher education institution arrived in Hungary together with other donations on 6 April 2020 aboard a plane from Shanghai. The University, which is planning on establishing a campus in Budapest, already regards Hungary as its second home, and this is why its directors feel it important to provide assistance in this difficult situation.
As part of the effort to contain the coronavirus epidemic, Toyota Hungary has offered twenty vehicles to the National Ambulance Service, health care workers and large aid organisations, the head of the government task force coordinating volunteers and donations said on Monday in Budaörs.
European judicial cooperation, too, should be placed in the service of the fight against the epidemic, Justice Minister Judit Varga told the Hungarian news agency MTI on Monday.
The Operational Group is asking residents of Budapest to observe the rules of restrictions on movement because this is “our common affair” in the interest of slowing down the epidemic, 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 Monday.
“They are spreading lies, distortions and pieces of fake news about the so-called Hungarian coronavirus act”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared on his Facebook page on Sunday.
Making parking free on public premises serves to enable people going to work or undertaking essential errands not to have to use public transport, the Chief Medical Officer said at the Monday online press conference of the Operational Group responsible for the containment of the coronavirus epidemic.
“On Monday, the Government and the Municipality of Budapest concluded an agreement in the interests of assuring the operation of Budapest theatres. The agreement is valid until 31 December 2024”, it was announced in a joint statement by Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office Gergely Gulyás and Mayor of Budapest Gergely Karácsony.
The goal of the economy protection action plan developed by the government is to create as many jobs as will be wiped out by the coronavirus, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in a statement broadcast on the public service television news channel M1 on Monday.
“Hungary donated protective healthcare equipment to North Macedonia on Monday to enable the Western Balkan country to combat the pandemic being caused by the new strain of the coronavirus as effectively as possible”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said in Skopje.
The goal of the government is to preserve jobs amidst the coronavirus epidemic, and to create new ones in place of those that have been lost, Government Spokesperson Alexandra Szentkirályi said on Monday morning on Kossuth Radio’s programme ‘Good morning, Hungary’.