87 Hungarians need respiratory assistance – government plans no further restrictions

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Five patients died of a Covid-related illness in the past 24 hours, while 633 new coronavirus infections were registered, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Thursday.

So far 5,887,540 people have received a first jab, while 5,645,518 have been fully vaccinated. Fully 760,000 Hungarians have received a booster jab. The number of active infections stands at 7,425, while hospitals are treating 539 Covid patients, 87 of whom need respiratory assistance. Since the first outbreak, 822,705 infections have been registered, while fatalities have risen to 30,190. Fully 785,090 people have made a recovery. There are 5,395 people in official quarantine, while 6,932,779 tests have been officially carried out.

 
Thanks to the slow spread of the virus, the government does not plan to introduce restrictions. Therefore, it seems that the Hungarian economy is recovering quicker than expected before. Even so, prices are skyrocketing in the country. Factory gate prices in Hungary increased by an annual 14.4 percent in August, data released by the Central Statistical Office (KSH) on Thursday show. KSH said the increase was driven by dearer raw materials, base materials and vehicle fuel, as well as by the forint-euro exchange rate.
 
Prices for domestic sale increased by 18.5 percent and export prices rose by 14.4 percent.
 
Factory gate prices in vehicle manufacturing edged up by 2.1 percent and increased by 2.7 percent in the computer, electronics and optical equipment segment. Factory gate prices for chemicals jumped 39.7 percent and rose by 26.9 percent for metal products. In a month-on-month comparison, factory gate prices edged up 0.4 percent as prices for domestic sale increased by 1.1 percent and export prices were unchanged.

For the period January-August, industrial producer prices increased by 10.8 percent year-on-year, with prices for domestic sale rising by 11.9 percent and export prices climbing by 10.2 percent.

Source: MTI

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2 Comments

  1. I would like to know the percentage not vaccinated.
    It is true that even vaccinated people can get sick but less often and less serious in case of vaccinated people. The opposition needs to stop its dirty anti-vaccination campaign. They kill people.

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