Hungary is still in the phase of group coronavirus incidences, and has not yet entered the phase of mass incidences; however, this will probably happen, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Kossuth Radio’s programme ‘Good morning, Hungary’ on Friday.
The defence committees of Budapest and Hungary’s 19 counties will be holding a session during the course of today in the interests of coordinating and assisting the work of organisations taking part in efforts to protect against the coronavirus epidemic. The defence committees are also strongly warning people to conform to the recommendations of the Operational Staff and avoid social contact in the interests of slowing the further spread of the virus.
At the evening meetings of task forces, members will discuss the health care situation, the monitoring of border crossing points, the status of the procurement of health care supplies and economic measures, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in a video message posted on his Facebook account on Thursday evening.
“The Slovakian and Hungarian authorities have reopened the Komárom border crossing station for citizens of the two countries, meaning people living in the region will no longer have to make a detour of some one hundred kilometres”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó announced in a Facebook post on Friday morning.
“A working group for organising the return home of Hungarian stranded abroad has been set up at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó announced in a Facebook post on Thursday.
“The Hungarians previously trapped in Morocco following the closing of Moroccan airspace have been successfully returned home”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó announced in a Facebook post on Thursday.
Staff members of the Cyber Crime Division of the National Bureau for Investigations, Rapid Response Police Unit identified the youtuber whose video blog first featured the completely unfounded rumour that the Operational Group was preparing to lock down the capital.
The government is still not planning and the Operational Group responsible for the containment of the coronavirus epidemic is still not recommending the introduction of a curfew or the lockdown of cities or parts of settlements, the head of the group’s duty centre stated at a press conference held on Thursday in Budapest.
From Friday the Operational Group responsible for the containment of the coronavirus infection will hold its usual daily press conferences online, from a studio, Minister of State for International Communication and Relations Zoltán Kovács announced at a press conference held on Thursday in Budapest.
On Friday, the Ministry of Justice accused the European Court’s Advocate General of adopting “the argumentation of the civil-society organisations financed by George Soros” when finding the amendment of the Hungarian higher education legislation to be in breach of EU law.