Hungarian virologist: mask wearing may soon return in Hungary

According to the Hungarian expert, Gábor Zacher, the BA5 variant of omicron, which is currently infecting in Hungary, spreads very rapidly and easily evades vaccines and the immune system. As a result, there is a remarkable increase in the number of infected people, which may soon lead to the reintroduction of mask-wearing in the country.

The well-known Hungarian toxicologist, Gábor Zacher, has recently caught the coronavirus infection. The medical caught the infection for the first time after four vaccines, which allowed him to recover with mild symptoms. However, this shows that thanks to the lack of restrictions, the disease continues to spread intensively in the country. The expert believes that his own example shows that the BA5 variant of omicron, which is currently infecting in Hungary, is spreading very rapidly and easily evades vaccination and the immune system. However, the good news is that it does not cause such severe symptoms as previous variants. Another positive fact is that the number of hospital admissions does not increase in proportion to the number of infected people. The infected people are therefore able to cope with mild symptoms at home, reports the Hungarian news portal Index. According to the medical, several people are infected for the second or even third time, and experience shows that the more times a person has the disease, the easier it is to recover.

Nevertheless, Gábor Zacher urges caution: a more dangerous variant with greater pathogenicity could emerge at any time, since in some parts of the world, the vaccination rate is below 10%.

As the Hungarian news portal Népszava reports, the concentration of coronavirus in wastewater are increasing across the country. In addition to Budapest, the trend is also rising in seven county capitals: Eger, Kecskemét, Miskolc, Nyíregyháza, Szeged, Székesfehérvár and Veszprém.