Breaking news – two Hungarian villages under quarantine!

Because of the quick spread of the coronavirus epidemic, two Hungarian villages are going to be under strict quarantine: Szék and Tordaszentlászló, which are both well-known for their folklore.

According to 24, the Romanian ministry for domestic affairs decided to place two Hungarian villages in Cluj County, Transylvania,

under 24/7 quarantine for two weeks.

The measures started on Saturday, and police officers already established checkpoints at the entrances of both villages.

The decision means that organising any event that might be visited by many people is forbidden – that includes private events as well. Furthermore, all restaurants, hotels, and bars have to close. Finally, religious ceremonies can be organised for a maximum of 20 people and in open spaces.

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The people living in Szék and Tordaszentlászló can leave their villages only in justified cases, including work, studying, funerals, visiting a doctor in the case of emergency, selling crops, and taking care of ill or elderly people. However, they have to show the relevant documents to the police.

János Sallai, the mayor of Szék, said to the Hungarian news agency that his village has 2,459 residents, of whom 95.8 pc are Hungarian.

They have 25 infected people, but they do not know how the virus broke into their settlement.

He thinks that many women work in Cluj Napoca (in Hungarian: Kolozsvár), a big metropolis nearby, while men work in the construction sector in many parts of the world. The mayor added that many work in the “grey zone”, so they cannot show the required documents needed to be able to leave the village.

The mayor of Tordaszentlászló, István Asztalos, said on his Facebook page that the reason behind the spread of the virus in his village might be a wedding ceremony held at the beginning of October.

Authorities diagnosed the first infections only ten days after the ceremony,

so the virus had enough time to spread inside the village. The settlement has 1,071 residents, 90 pc of them are Hungarians, and 23 people are already infected.

Mr Asztalos added that the decision affects those people badly who do not have a registered workplace, as well as those operating the local hotels, restaurants, and bars. 

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Source: 24.hu