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4 million masks and over 400 thousand pieces of protective clothing has arrived from China

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, April 4, 2020 2:01 PM

“Saturday’s balance-sheet for the China-Hungary airlift: some 4 million face masks, over 400 thousand pieces of protective clothing, 100 thousand protective goggles, 30 thousand pairs of gloves and over 6 thousand plastic visors”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on his official Facebook page on Saturday.

The value of successful healthcare industry research can be measured in human lives

Ministry for Innovation and Technology, April 4, 2020 11:56 AM

A dozen research and development programmes aimed at reinforcing the healthcare response to the coronavirus are currently running in Hungary based on Hungarian professional knowledge and capacities, thanks to over 2.3 billion forints (EUR 6.26 million) in government funding. The heads and representatives of these research groups reviewed the progress and expected results of these improvements during a videoconference today, with the participation of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.

We will create as many jobs as wiped out by coronavirus

The Prime Minister, April 4, 2020 11:25 AM

In his reply written to the General Secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), Prime Minister Viktor Orbán drew attention to the Hungarian workfare economy and the Hungarian experiences gained in the protection of jobs.

Mass infections are hard to avoid

Government, April 3, 2020 3:22 PM

Mass infections will be hard to avoid in Hungary, but also at present, we are still in the phase of group incidences, the Chief Medical Officer pointed out in answer to a question at the Friday online press conference of the Operational Group responsible for the containment of the coronavirus epidemic.

We are continuing to do everything to protect the health of the Hungarian people and reboot the economy

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, April 3, 2020 3:20 PM

“We are continuing to do everything to protect the health and life of the Hungarian people, to bring home Hungarians who have been stranded abroad, and to reboot the economy as soon as possible”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said at an online press conference on Friday.

Protective supplies to arrive at hospitals and in the country also on Friday

Government, April 3, 2020 3:02 PM

On Friday, individual protective supplies are being delivered to 31 hospitals, and police officers, too, will receive protective gear, 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 Friday.

We see embodiment of German-Hungarian friendship in Helmut Kohl’s person

The Prime Minister, April 3, 2020 1:12 PM

On the occasion of the 90th birthday of Helmut Kohl, “the great chancellor of the Germans”, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán wrote a letter to Maike Kohl-Richter, widow of the late politician who died three years ago.

HDF management staff appear at further enterprises

Ministry of Defence, April 3, 2020 1:09 PM

“Hungarian Defence Force (HDF) management staff have appeared at further enterprises”, the Ministry of Defence said in a statement to Hungarian news agency MTI on Friday. The list includes food industry, shipping and chemical industry companies.

Six Wizz Air aeroplanes are bringing four million face masks to Budapest

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, April 3, 2020 1:03 PM

“Six airliners operated by Wizz Air recently landed in Beijing and will be bringing over four million face masks and over one hundred thousand sets of protective clothing to Budapest on Saturday”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó announced in a Facebook post on Friday.

Let’s not give up our goals

The Prime Minister, April 3, 2020 11:09 AM

This year, every health care worker will be given a HUF 500,000 extra bonus, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announced on Friday on Kossuth Radio’s programme ‘Good morning, Hungary’. In the interview, the Prime Minister described the so-called health care regrouping plan as the country’s most important document which provides instructions with respect to the regrouping of resources once the coronavirus infection enters a phase of mass incidences. The Prime Minister also urged Hungarians “to fight the crisis by not giving up our goals”.