In a long interview given to the newspaper Magyar Nemzet, Justice Minister Judit Varga stressed that everyone should be brave and stay true to their own principles. In her view, in Western Europe sincere words uttered without political restraint have a liberating effect; at the same time, Hungary is looked upon in the European Union with a presumption of guilt.
The number of persons in compulsory home quarantine who have opted for voluntary electronic monitoring has risen to three hundred and seventy-eight, 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.
The management of the epidemic has been a great success so far, with the containment measures the number of infected persons has been kept low, 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 morning, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán consulted with senior officials from the Ministry of Finance and the heads of support institutions coming under the Ministry with respect to the budgets for this year and next year and the implementation of the economy protection action plan, Bertalan Havasi, the Prime Minister’s press chief informed the Hungarian news agency MTI.
Six emergency medical service workers have become infected with the coronavirus, while the ambulance service has provided assistance for some 15,000 suspected or confirmed coronavirus patients, the Director General of the National Ambulance Service said at the Sunday online press conference of the Operational Group responsible for the containment of the coronavirus epidemic.
On the occasion of the day of emergency medical service workers, in a video message posted on his Facebook account, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said thank you to emergency medical service workers.
In just a week, the number of requests for the wage support offered by the government has increased almost tenfold. This shows that businesses and employers find this an effective means for solving the temporary problems caused by the crisis, State Secretary Tamás Schanda said at the online press conference of the Operational Group responsible for the containment of the coronavirus epidemic on Sunday.
The number of persons in compulsory home quarantine who have opted for voluntary electronic monitoring has risen to three hundred and thirty-six, 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 Sunday.
Mayor of Budapest Gergely Karácsony adopted measures which would have prepared elderly care homes operated by the metropolitan municipality for the fight against the coronavirus epidemic too late, the Minister of State for International Communication and Relations said on the public service television news channel M1 on Sunday.
“The Hungary-China airlift is not stopping for even a single day; the equipment needed for health protection is continuously arriving in Hungary”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said on his social media page on Saturday.