Bars and restaurants could again start serving customers outdoors when the number of Hungarians inoculated against Covid-19 reaches 3.5 million, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Facebook on Wednesday.
Orbán also announced that while kindergartens would reopen and the lower grades of primary schools would return to their classrooms on April 19,
5-8 graders would stay at home and go on with their online classes until May 10.
The government has decided “to proceed gradually and carefully,” Orbán said, and asked parents for “patience and understanding”.
Orbán welcomed the speed with which the national vaccination programme was being implemented and thanked doctors, nurses, as well as those involved in the procurement and distribution of coronavirus vaccines. He said
“we are going well, we could be the fastest in Europe administering the shots”.
At the same time, he said that “political attacks against the vaccines have increased both internationally and at home”, adding that those “attacks” are aimed at “creating havoc and uncertainty”. He asked residents “not to heed those anti-vaccination voices” and argued that “shots could save lives”. He advised that everyone should
“accept the vaccine offered and get the shot”.
We reported HERE that, based on information coming from government officials, mass events might be organized from mid-May in Hungary.
Source: MTI
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3.5 million the Prime Minister – Victor Orban he states needing to be Vaccinated.
What proportion of the 3.5 million target – will be Fully Immunized ?
Medically their is a mass difference in the terms Vaccinated and Immunized, the later, provides us – with greater chance and resistance – to contacting this on-going deadly novel coronavirus, that continues to “ravage” our lives in Hungary.
Lisen to Medical Science – the data statistics ALL prove, the human barrier, in the case of Hungary, our population size 9.6 million – new case number – 5,300. – present case total numbers- 272,000. – present death numbers – 24,521. – present listed as serious/life support 1156.
Medical Statistical Data – PROVES – that 1 Hungarian is losing their life to this novel virus out of every 409 Hungarian residents.
This Medical Statistic can only worsen – SADLY.
Hungary’s position in this death to citizen/population ratio 1 to 409 – will be on the “world stage” by this coming week-end purported to population size possible the WORST in the World.
April 8th – Wrong in relaxing Laws and the numbers keep rising.
April 19th – “shred” the paper of this idea is written on – Immediately.
Hungary – it’s aim should be 70% – 80% of our country – IMMUNIZED – that’s by 2 injection process.
History remember – NEVER Lies.
Citizens of Hungary – we must dismiss the increasing Political “spin” and Propaganda that is being thrown out their at present by our Government, centered mainly on the National Elections in May 2022 , and act through FACT and not through fabricated disjointed rhetoric of Political jargon that highlights a Government is “self imploding” – desperately fighting to survive presently and to be re-elected in May of 2022.
April 19th – do the mathematical figures – they will be worse than of this date.
In my opinion, gradual reopenings should be linked to actual situation of pandemic, according to medical data and with the agreement of medical authorities. Linking it to a certain number of inoculations, which by the way means not full vaccinations, is pointless and dangerous. Pure propaganda in perfect Orbán style. Especially in the case of Hungary where many people received the Chinese liquid, which Chinese officials themselves said, just three or four days ago, that it is quite lousy and highly ineffective. The lousy vaccine Orbán govt paid a fortune of our money for….
To the above, everything you say is true. There’s no doubt the elections are playing a huge part in this and there’s far too much political smear going on. The government says how well it’s doing, but outside news sources never confirm that. They can’t keep blaming “the left”. The trouble is the economy is in ruin, no matter how much spin they put on it. The gradual reopening of the country has to start somewhere, but of course it’s that balance. The death toll is far too high per million. Everyone is still too skeptical regarding the Russian and Chinese vaccines. Now we’re told we’re to take what we’re offered. No. The Sinopharm has only 50% efficacy rate. That information came from China itself. For a person to reach full immunity takes a good couple of weeks after the second, or in some cases of Sinopharm third, injection. Yes it’s far too early to be opening certain things, but we can only hope people will be sensible. The 100% capacity football matches for next month are a bad idea. Look what happened with the schools. I think the government has to start being honest and transparent with their information. No one ever knows what the reprodukcious rata is, we’re only told how many people have not worn their mask properly!
By the way, we are all interested to learn if ‘Professor Caritas’ has received his shots yet.
If so, were these for COVID-19 or (more appropriately) RABIES ?
‘Mad dogs and foreign whingers…..’
Excellent comment’s written by Anonymous, Mario and Caritas which should make a greater number of Hungarians seriously stop and think – what is Factually going on in their country.
The Russian & Chinese vaccines, then to rock up to a vaccination facility and not told nor ALLOWED to be told. what you are having injected into your body just Hellish.
People of Hungary are being black-mailed, brain washed by political spin and propaganda that is Rubbish and far removed from the true facts of the mess Hungary is in.
The un-employment figures last released by the Hungarian Government – what a shame – a blatant act of deception – far removed from TRUTH, and when next released – Horrific.
The missing word – vanished -TRUTH – and a Government in crisis “crushed” under it’s own ideas and philosophies, self imploding, frustrated and lost, that find numbers of it’s Ministers, their self driven ego’s that place Hungary – our lives, in the mess we are to-day.
This Government hiding behind spin and propaganda – where is it’s Humanity and Empathy and TRUTH ?
This Government is All aimed at May 2022 – the coming National Elections.
Forget what comes out of their mouths – spin and propaganda- their WILL be a mess come May 2022 and to guess what Economic and Social Citizen Humanitarian mess that will be – only God knows.
Death numbers will continue to rise and a greater deepening of society pain suffering and hardship is unavoidable – on the course this present Government is leading our country.
Dear ‘Professor Caritas’ (a.k.a. ‘BRUNSWICK PLACE’), self praise is the worst kind of endorsement (in case no-one ever told you).
By the way, are you a REGISTERED HUNGARIAN VOTER – or just another ‘left-wing plant’ like Mario (who should be throughly drenched with highly-chlorinated water) ?
If the former, then please feel free to exercise your DEMOCRATIC RIGHT and participate in next year’s general elections but if the latter (as many suspect to be the case), then kindly return to Hove in East Sussex where you can stuff your face with greasy fish and chips instead of spouting your Communist / Socialist / left-liberal NONSENSE to us REAL Hungarians.