Index reported yesterday morning that in the last 24 hours, 6,804 new cases of coronavirus were reported in Hungary. This represents an increase compared to…
Hungary has the highest coronavirus transmission rate in the world according to data published a week ago, reported television news RTL Híradó on Wednesday night.…
To increase the vaccination rate and help curb the spread of the epidemic, the government plans to launch a “vaccine action week” at designated vaccination…
Budapest municipal workers will not be required to get a vaccine shot against coronavirus, with the exception of those working in nursing homes and homeless…
Socialist politician István Ujhelyi is asking Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to appoint a data controller responsible for collecting vaccination data on coronavirus patients, reports Index.…
Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony invited trade union leaders to City Hall to discuss whether vaccination should be compulsory for their workers, the mayor stated on…
Zoltán Pokorni, mayor of Budapest’s Hegyvidék district, ordered mandatory vaccinations for all employees in his office, referring to a local Hegyvidék council decision on the…
After the Chief of Staff of the Prime Minister’s Office tested positive for the coronavirus yesterday, there are no plans for government workers who came…
In a new poll by Nézőpont Institute taken at the end of October, 30% of Hungarians support strict measures against the coronavirus pandemic. The survey…
A huge majority of Budapest residents approve of facemask requirements on public transportation and in indoor spaces, and would support ever stricter restrictions to fight…
The Hungarian Defense Forces are sending an extra 194 soldiers to 75 hospitals on Tuesday to assist them with administering coronavirus-related health care duties, announced…
The Office of the Prime Minister announced that Gergely Gulyás, the office’s Chief of Staff, has tested positive for the coronavirus. After receiving the test…
Starting November 1, new government decrees come into force that make facemasks mandatory on public transportation, curtail visitation at health care institutions, and leave the…
Members of Hungary’s armed forces will have to be vaccinated by December 1 if they haven’t already received the Covid shot, with exemptions granted only…
All of Hungary is now in the second-worst category for Covid infections, according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). One week…
The fourth wave of the coronavirus pandemic is already upon us, and the delta variant of the virus poses the most risk to the unvaccinated,…
As reported yesterday, the Hungarian government’s new measures on combating the Coronavirus pandemic give individual localities the power to decide whether or not to mandate…
The Hungarian Trade Union Association stressed the importance of the Covid vaccine, but finds it unacceptable that the government has pushed the responsibility of deciding…
With new government measures in place to fight the Coronavirus pandemic, Telex asked several organizations what they think of these restrictions, in particular whether Hungary’s…
The Official Gazette has published new protective measures announced by the government yesterday to combat the spread of the Coronavirus pandemic. As expected, starting on…