The Justice Minister said it is crucial for the Hungarian nation when and how Members of Parliament will decide about the government’s bill regarding the containment of the coronavirus.
“Hundreds of tons of equipment required to protect against the coronavirus epidemic are arriving from China”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said in a video message posted on his Facebook page on Tuesday.
The government has adopted another extraordinary measure in the interest of protecting the Hungarian people’s health care supply for the duration of the state of danger. They have banned the exportation from Hungary of a pharmaceutical raw material used for curing coronavirus patients.
The ongoing supply of medicines is guaranteed; therefore, there is no need to redeem prescriptions for several months in advance, the President of the Hungarian Chamber of Pharmacists appealed to members of the public in a video message posted on the government’s Facebook account.
Mol Hungary, too, is helping to supply hospitals with disinfectants, the managing director of the state-owned oil and gas company announced at the Wednesday online press conference of the operational group responsible for the containment of the coronavirus infection.
Maintaining the population’s ongoing supply is the most important consideration upon the selection of companies to which units of the Defence Control Division have been assigned for service, the Defence Minister’s administrative chief said at the Wednesday online press conference of the operational group responsible for the containment of the coronavirus infection.
Protecting people’s health and keeping the national economy in motion are common goals, the Parliamentary and Strategic State Secretary of the Ministry for Innovation and Technology said at the Wednesday online press conference of the operational group responsible for the containment of the coronavirus infection.
The construction of the container hospital in Kiskunhalas is making good progress, and the equipment necessary for assisted ventilation has already been installed, the head of the duty centre of the operational group responsible for the containment of the coronavirus infection said at an online press conference held on Wednesday.
Protecting the elderly is a top priority also in elderly care homes, the Chief Medical Officer said at the Wednesday online press conference of the Operational Group responsible for the containment of the coronavirus infection.
The government will regroup more than HUF 15 billion for the procurement of health care supplies used in the effort to contain the coronavirus, the spokesperson of the Government Communication Centre said on Kossuth Radio’s programme ‘Good morning, Hungary’ on Wednesday.