Hungary among the best in health crisis management – or is it?

During the summer, the Hungarian National Bank developed an index on its own to show how well Hungary is coping with the COVID-19 pandemic. According to this new index, Hungary has been the best among European countries in managing the pandemic. Since then, the country fell a bit behind, but still managed to hold out among the top three.

Hvg says that all previous records have been broken by the number of coronavirus patients cared for in hospitals and on ventilators in Hungary. 1,750 died, and the number of active cases jumped from 21,000 to over 50,000 within a month.

According to the Hungarian National Bank’s report, Hungary is the third-best country in dealing with the pandemic. Only Germany and Malta were placed before the country.

The success of health crisis management can be measured in many ways around the world, but the Hungarian National Bank instead of choosing from an existing index created its own Epidemiological Competitiveness Index.

According to this index, Hungary was the country with the best health crisis management in July, and it is the third right now.

Although the number of active patients and deaths per 100,000 inhabitants is constantly rising, the unemployment rate is low, and Hungary has the longest credit moratorium in Europe.