Coronavirus – Orbán: Government sets up 10 action groups

The government has set up ten action groups to combat the new coronavirus, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in a video message published on Facebook on Friday evening.

An action group for education is headed by Zoltán Maruzsa, state secretary for public education, another for the construction of a mobile container hospital by Tamás Tóth, a third in charge of the security of strategic companies by Tibor Benkő, the defence minister, a fourth group for international coordination is headed by Tamás Menczer, state secretary for communications, and Zoltán Kovács, state secretary for international communications, leads the group in charge of communications, the prime minister said.

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Prime Minister’s Office chief Gergely Gulyás is the head of the group in charge of the state of emergency, Finance Minister Mihály Varga heads the financial action group, and Andrea Bártfai-Mager, minister without portfolio is the leader of a group in charge of revitalising the economy, Orbán said, adding that the economy could soon come to a halt and need a restart.

The government has also set up a coronavirus medication and vaccine research group headed by Ferenc Jakab, and a border control group led by János Balogh, the national police chief, Orbán said.