Here are the details of the new mask wearing regulation in Hungary
The new mask wearing rules have officially been published in the Hungarian Gazette. As you probably know (and see), Hungary has introduced further easing after exceeding 5.5 million inocculated – among others, you no longer have to wear a mask in several places. Here are the details.
Masks are no longer mandatory indoors or outdoors. In addition, mask-wearing on public transport is also no longer mandatory, though the rule remains in force in social care settings and hospitals.
According to the regulation, “everyone in a healthcare institution must wear a medical mask, a safety mask or a mask made of textile or other material in such a way that it permanently covers the nose and mouth”.
Patients in a health care institution are not required to wear a mask in the ward where they are cared for.
Index points out that children under the age of six and people with an intellectual or psychosocial disabilities are not required to wear a mask.
In addition, health care workers are not required to wear a mask in non-patient rooms that are not open to patient traffic, in offices and other workplaces.
When receiving a visitor who is not a protected person in a social institution, employees – on the occasion of community programs, while staying in community spaces – and any person present for other purposes is obliged to wear a mask covering the nose and mouth.
Government approves more proposals to speed up economic recovery
Hungary’s government has approved seven more measures to accelerate the economic recovery, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said during an official visit to Belgrade on Thursday.
The measures were proposed by the operative board for coordinating the economic recovery, which Szijjártó heads.
One measure allows skilled labourers from non-EU countries that are not among Hungary’s neighbours to work in Hungary through temporary staffing agencies, he said.
Another eliminates all bureaucratic hurdles for accessing subsidies for workplace creation job subsidies if companies hire registered job-seekers, he added.
The measures also cut notary fees for SMEs taking out loans by 50 percent, and reduce the cost of archaeology work required before investments can start, he said.
The government cleared a Magyar Eximbank programme for financing Hungarian companies’ acquisitions abroad and another to support environmentally-friendly and sustainable investments, he added.
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Source: Index, MTI