Vaccination of foreign citizens to start in days, the pandemic eases

Fully 101 patients, generally elderly with co-morbidities, died over the past 24 hours, while 1,376 new infections were registered, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Saturday.

So far 4,261,822 people have received a first jab, while 2,452,603 have been fully vaccinated.

The number of active infections has declined to 200,941, while hospitals are treating 3,633 Covid patients, 420 of whom need respiratory assistance.

There are almost 25 thousand people in official quarantine, while around 5.5 million tests have been officially carried out.

Since the first outbreak, 790,564 infections have been registered, while fatalities have risen to 28,504. Fully 561,119 people have made a recovery.

So far, most infections have been registered in Budapest and Pest County, followed by the counties of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Győr-Moson-Sopron and Hajdú-Bihar.

Registration opens for foreign residents

People in those groups can register at www.vakcinainfo.gov.hu, the centre said.

It added that vaccination would start in the second half of May with foreign residents in Hungary, with Hungarian nationals living in other countries to follow.

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Source: MTI