Nr of new infections skyrocketing, GP says 5th wave has arrived

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Szabolcs Békássy asks everybody to call their doctor if they experience respiratory symptoms. The chairman of the online organization of Hungarian GPs added that the number of patients with such symptoms rose significantly. That means the fourth and fifth waves of the coronavirus overlapped.

Less severe symptoms but more patients in the fifth wave

Mr Békássy highlighted that the omicron variant is in the background spreading dramatically. “Thanks to the vaccines, we experience that the symptoms are less severe in the case of omicron” – he said. Most of their patients complain about shore throat and the common cold. However, it seems the flu also arrived in Hungary. We wrote about the dangers of a combined flu and omicron epidemic HERE.

Read also: Will the Omicron virus explode in Budapest?

Meanwhile, MTI reported that altogether 82 patients died of a Covid-related illness during the past 24 hours, while 5,270 new coronavirus infections were registered, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Wednesday.

So far 6,269,955 people have received a first jab, while

5,990,568 have been fully vaccinated.

Fully 3,191,997 Hungarians have received a booster jab.

More than 300 patients receiving respiratory assistance

The number of active infections has risen to 101,457, while

hospitals are treating 3,090 Covid-19 patients, 307 of whom are intubated on a ventilator.

Since the first outbreak, 1,269,979 have been registered with the virus, while 39,599 deaths have beeen recorded. Fully 1,128,923 people have made a recovery.