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Hungary has lifted coronavirus-related restrictions on business travellers entering the country from 13 states, the government website said late on Monday.
Latest numbers – March 2, 2021
Fully 130 patients, generally elderly with an underlying condition, and 2,764 new coronavirus infection have been registered over the past 24 hours, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Tuesday.
The number of infections has risen to 435,689, while the death toll has increased to 15,188. The number of recoveries stands at 324,202.
There are 96,299 active infections, while hospitals are caring for 6,071 Covid patients, 581 of whom are on ventilators.
Fully 35,023 people are in official home quarantine, while the number of tests carried out has increased to 3,693,390.
Altogether 721,677 people have been vaccinated so far, with 252,847 having received a second shot.
Most infections have been registered in Budapest (82,044) and Pest County (56,346), followed by Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén (24,903), Győr-Moson-Sopron (24,545) and Hajdú-Bihar counties (24,150). The county least affected by the infection is Tolna (9,722).
Entry for business travellers from 13 states
Citizens, or those holding a residency permit and travelling on business, from the United States, China, Russia, India, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, South Korea, Turkey, Ukraine, Singapore, Bahrein or the United Arab Emirates will be allowed into Hungary without restrictions, kormany.hu said.
The foreign minister and the interior minister are also compiling a list of countries from which Hungarian citizens travelling on business will be able to return to Hungary without restrictions, kormany.hu said.
Lieutant Colonel Róbert Kiss, a member of the operative board handling the coronavirus pandemic, said later on Tuesday that Hungarian business travellers returning from the European Union, the European Economic Area and aspiring EU member states are also exempt from the quarantine requirements mandatory for others.