Budapest Coronavirus News

1. Hungary Prepared for Next Potential Health Crisis, Foreign Minister Pledges

   Hungary has taken all necessary and possible measures since the coronavirus pandemic to be prepared for another potential health crisis and to be able to protect people’s lives, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said in Geneva on Tuesday, according to MTI. The minister told the General Assembly of the World Health Organization […]

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2. Expert Advise on New Strains of Coronavirus

   The sub-variants of the coronavirus present in Hungary are not a cause for concern, János Szlávik, chief infectologist at the South Pest Center Hospital, told M1 news channel on Tuesday. According to János Szlávik, the newest variants – even if they are more widespread than the previous ones – cause milder illnesses. Nevertheless, unknown variants […]

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3. First Shipment of Omicron Vaccine Arrives in Hungary

   In Budapest on Wednesday, the head of the epidemiology department of the National Public Health Center announced that a new vaccine against the coronavirus developed by Pfizer and BioTech arrived in Hungary. Ágnes Galgóczi said that 109,440 vaccine doses have now arrived out of the 9.5 million doses of the EU purchase. The vaccine was […]

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4. Number of Coronavirus Infections on the Rise: Do We Need to Wear Masks Again? How Many Vaccinations Are Enough?

   Dr. János Szlávik, Chief Infectologist of the South Pest Center Hospital, spoke to Mandiner about Covid-19, while Dr. Ferenc Jakab, Professor of Virology, Deputy Rector of the University of Pécs, Head of the National Virological Laboratory, gave an interview to 24.hu about the virus. There was talk of vaccination, masks, new variants, and rising infection […]

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5. What Can Be Expected from COVID Now?

   The epidemic never really disappeared, but by the third year people had gotten used to it, especially as the Ukrainian war broke out and monkeypox arrived in Hungary as well. The relative calm regarding the coronavirus now seems to be changing with the emergence of new variants, Telex reports. In Western Europe, the coronavirus epidemic […]

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