Here are the stricter measures in Hungary: curfew, special legal order – from midnight
From midnight, the government is reintroducing the “special legal order” in connection the coronavirus epidemic, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announced on Tuesday in a video on Facebook. He called on lawmakers to reintroduce the special legal order for 90 days.
Orbán also said
the government is imposing a curfew between midnight and 5am, and nightclubs will be ordered to close.
Also, parking will be made free of charge once again with a view to reducing crowds on public transport, he said.
The prime minister said sporting events, cinemas and theatres will have to restrict audiences to using every third seat, and face masks must be worn. The authorities will inspect all events and fine transgressors.
Venues that fail to observe the rules will be shut down immediately, he added.
“Those who don’t observe the rules, don’t wear masks endanger not just their own lives but also those of others,” the prime minister said.
Orbán said the epidemic was gaining momentum, noting that Austria now had 1.5 times as many infections per million people as Hungary. “And the situation is even worse further out to the west,” he added.
Orbán said these indicators were crucial because Hungary tends to be about 5-7 days behind Austria in terms of the state of the epidemic. If this trend holds,
Hungary’s hospitals will be close to exhausting their capacities by mid-December, he said.
Orbán said that, just as in the spring, it was again the elderly and people suffering from chronic illnesses who are most vulnerable to Covid-19. “This means that our parents and grandparents are in serious danger.”
Orbán said it was time to take further steps to protect the operations of the country’s hospitals and the lives of the elderly.
“We must put political disagreements aside and we’ll need swift action and timely measures,” he said.
Orbán noted that it recently took parliament two weeks to approve stricter sanctions for violations of the rules on mask-wearing. “This is absurd, especially in the current situation,” he said. “If the virus is spreading quickly, then we, too must be quick.”
The prime minister also said that doctors will receive wage hikes and that hospitals had all the necessary protective equipment at their disposal. He said
Hungary had the third largest reserves of hospital beds in Europe after Germany and Austria and the largest reserve of ventilators, he said.
The prime minister praised Hungary’s doctors and nurses for their efforts in treating patients, but conceded that only a vaccine would end the pandemic.
“The ultimate solution will be a vaccine, but this is within sight now,”
Orbán said. “We must hold out until a vaccine is developed,” he added, noting that Hungary was in talks with the European Union, Russia, China and Israel on buying vaccines once they are developed.
Hungary reports new daily record of 3,989 COVID-19 cases
Hungary registered 3,989 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, a fresh daily record since the outbreak of the epidemic in the country, according to the government’s coronavirus information website.
Figures from the website showed that the total number of confirmed cases in Hungary stood at 86,769 on Tuesday, with 20,856 recoveries and 1,973 fatalities. Currently, 4,767 COVID-19 patients are being treated in hospital, 348 of them on ventilators.
The previous daily record of new COVID-19 cases was registered on Oct. 31, when Hungary added 3,908 cases in 24 hours.
Hungary’s COVID-19 case count has risen sharply since late August.
The country’s caseload topped 10,000 on Sept. 10, 20,000 on Sept. 23, 30,000 on Oct. 4, 40,000 on Oct. 14, 50,000 on Oct. 21, 60,000 on Oct. 26, 70,000 on Oct. 30 and 80,000 on Nov. 2.
80 percent of Hungarian settlements affected by Covid-19
Fully 80 percent of Hungarian settlements are affected by Covid-19 infections, a department head of the National Public Health Centre (NNK) told a press briefing of the operative board responsible for handling the coronavirus epidemic on Tuesday.
Last week’s data revealed an increased presence of the virus in the sewage systems of Budapest, Békéscsaba, Eger, Kecskemét, Szekszárd, Tatabánya, Veszprém and other major cities which suggest that an increase can be expected in the number of infections, Ágnes Galgóczi said.
The operative board and the epidemiology authority continue to closely monitor the situation and will submit their proposals for measures to the government, she said.
Source: MTI/Xinhua
67.693 – Registered Infections throughout Hungary.
23.297 – Registered Infections in the 23 Districts that come under the banner of Budapest.
This represents 34% of Registered Hungarian Infections, of this deadly novel virus.
The re-introduction of “special legal power” – provided to the Government, provides for them, the opportunity, for greater, broader, wider and expansive utilization, of their Management & Control, of this deadly virus.
Unequivocally, remains my position, which previously I have written.
Daily, from medical statistical data, supplied to Government, it is known, the Hot Spot districts of Budapest, which of the 23 Districts, are the principal Infection active Hot Spots.
These Hot Spot Districts – need the full implementation immediately, of services, to lessen and control manage, the Infection levels within their communities.
Are these districts – communities, conducting, living their lives, in accordance to the mandatory laws, that are in place, that ALL are expected to live, in these challenging and difficult times we ALL live ?
Hot Spot Districts – greater presence of numbers of officials to “police” these districts and ensure community life style and practices are being followed.
We wait patiently, for a vaccine to be discovered, that will immunize human beings, from the spreading and contacting of this deadly novel virus.
Stay Safe & Well – ALL.
Take into account that more tests are being done, this will give a daily higher reading of infection. While WHO continue to insist on all deaths, mainly regardless of cause must be recorded as CV19 the true level will never be seen. I ask this….how many readers personally know someone under 75 years old who has sadly died from CV19?? This will make my point. The problem closing business and putting them out of work is not the answer and if the masks work then why the increase in patients? The answer is to insist on masks everywhere other than outside and ensure those not complying are arrested, named and shamed. But please keep the blood flowing through the veins of Hungary.