The heads of Turkic Council Member States, including Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on behalf of Hungary which holds observer status in the council, held a video conference on Friday. At the summit, the main emphasis was on joint efforts in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.
In the present coronavirus situation, self-control continues to remain the most powerful weapon, and if people are able to sufficiently distance themselves from one another, this will work, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in his Good Friday interview on Kossuth Radio’s programme ‘Good morning, Hungary’.
The government is extending indefinitely the restrictions on movement which were introduced two weeks ago due to the coronavirus epidemic, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announced on Thursday on his Facebook account.
On Thursday morning, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán conducted unannounced inspections at the Szent János Hospital and its branch establishment at Kútvölgyi út; he posted a video message of his visits on his Facebook account.
The goal of the economy protection action plan developed by the government is to create as many jobs as will be wiped out by the coronavirus, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in a statement broadcast on the public service television news channel M1 on Monday.
From Monday, parking will be free on public premises in Hungary, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told the Hungarian news agency MTI on Sunday.
On Saturday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán paid a visit to the Sátoraljaújhely High Security Prison and Penal Institution where prisoners are making face masks necessary for the containment of the coronavirus epidemic.
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.
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.
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”.