On Thursday 27 February 2020, from 5.00 p.m. Deputy Prime Minister-Interior Minister Dr Sándor Pintér and Minister of Human Capacities Prof. Dr. Miklós Kásler informed representatives of the parliamentary groups of parties about the measures adopted by the government as part of the action against the coronavirus epidemic.
There are still no coronavirus patients in Hungary, there is no sample that would confirm any case of infection, Gergely Gulyás said at his press conference held on Thursday in Budapest.
The government treats the coronavirus epidemic as a top priority, the Operational Corps is operating around the clock. In Hungary we are still unaware of any coronavirus patients; however, we cannot rule out the possibility that the virus might arrive here as well, given that it is appearing in countries ever closer to Hungary. The epicentre is located in North Italy.
The 2020 country report on Hungary published today by the European Commission (EC) provides a balanced picture of the Hungarian economy’s results and acknowledges Hungary’s favourable macroeconomic processes.
The Minister of State for Helping Persecuted Christians and the Implementation of the Hungary Helps Programme at the Prime Minister’s Office paid a visit to the French capital in order to gain new partners for the Hungarian efforts made in the interest of promoting freedom of religion.
In Budapest on Wednesday, at a press conference related to coronavirus, the government-appointed Operational Group announced new measures in addition to the 28-point action plan adopted in January. Gergely Gulyás, the Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office, stated that at present the Government is not aware of anyone in Hungary who has tested positive for coronavirus.
Another Hungarian suspected of having been infected with the coronavirus will be placed in hospital quarantine in Budapest on Tuesday. At a press conference in Budapest, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s Minister of State for Information and the International Representation of Hungary Tamás Menczer told reporters that the Hungarian truck driver had been in Lombardy, does not have a temperature, and is feeling fine.
This year more than 6,300 migrants have been apprehended at the Hungarian border, the Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister stated on the public service television news channel M1 on Wednesday morning.
The struggle against communism was a true fight, the Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office stated on Tuesday, on the Memorial Day of the Victims of Communism in Budapest.
The document on Hungarian-Polish special operations cooperation was signed on Monday, 24 February by Minister of Defence Tibor Benkő and Polish National Defence Minister Mariusz Błaszczak.