Coronavirus in Hungary

Hungarian government successful in crisis management?

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Hungary’s economy was successfully relaunched after the coronavirus pandemic, a government official said in Parliament on Wednesday, presenting the report on the final accounts of the 2021 budget.

Péter Benő Banai, a state secretary of the finance ministry, said the pandemic overrode previous economic prospects worldwide in 2020 and 2021. At the same time, Hungary’s budgetary and financial results in previous years provided a secure foundation to counter the fallout, preparing the ground for a successful relaunch and the record growth of last year, Banai said. Economic growth and the stable labour market were preserved this year, despite the war and the negative effects of sanctions, he said.

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State auditor: government successfully relaunched economy

Government financial policymaking contributed to the successful relaunch of Hungary’s economy in 2021, head of the State Audit Office (ASZ) told lawmakers on Wednesday during a debate on the final accounts of that year. Laszlo Windisch noted that the country’s economy grew by 7.1 percent last year, putting it in eighth place in the European Union.

He said the revenue and spending sides of the final accounts were well-founded and their “structure and contents” were compatible with the legal requirements. The public debt shrank in 2021 in accordance with the rule that the debt must decrease in successive years. Meanwhile, in line with a relaxation of European Union rules regarding deficits, the budget shortfall exceeded 3 percent, he noted, adding that this had been justified both in the case of the country and the bloc as a whole.

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Hungarians’ greatest fears revealed

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Hungarians see human trafficking as a bigger problem than the coronavirus pandemic, and they anticipate that the number of people exploited by traffickers growing in the coming years, according to a recent survey by the UN’s International Organisation for Migration (IOM).

According to the representative survey conducted in the summer of 2022 by IOM Hungary, the Trauma Centre and the National Police Headquarters, 20 percent of Hungarians have knowledge of a case of human trafficking in their immediate surroundings. Among young people with only elementary education, the group most vulnerable to trafficking, that number was 28 percent, IOM said.

The most vulnerable group listed sexual exploitation as the third largest problem after economic issues and cost-of-living problems. Work exploitation was fifth on their list.

Among the whole population, human trafficking was considered a more pressing problem than the war in Ukraine, the Covid pandemic, migration, housing and education, IOM said. Fully 48 percent of respondents said they expected the number of victims to grow in the coming years.

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The survey also probed people’s knowledge of the types of exploitation and forms of recruiting. Most respondents mentioned the trafficking of children, sexual exploitation and organ trade. The smuggling of illegal migrants across borders, which IOM considers people smuggling and not human trafficking, was the fourth most often mentioned.

IOM said only 34 percent of respondents were familiar with the concept of domestic slavery, where the victim is forced to work without pay around the house. Work exploitation, the most frequent form of exploitation in Hungary, was seen as relatively rare.

The survey, conducted in the framework of an anti-trafficking campaign, showed similar results to its 2018 counterpart. In 2022, 39 percent of respondents said the problem did not appear in the media often enough.

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Coronavirus: a ward of one of Budapest’s most important hospitals has secretly been closed

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The number of patients with coronavirus has increased at the neurology department of the Hungarian Defence Forces Medical Centre (Honvédkórház), and it has been closed. The news on the medical institution’s website did not mention this either in September or October.

The number of coronavirus patients in the neurology department of the Honvédkórház has increased, so several other institutions have been designated for patients requiring inpatient care, napi.hu writes, referring to the Facebook post of health expert Zsombor Kunetz. Four other hospitals have been designated to treat the patients, two in Budapest, one in Vác and one in Kistarcsa.

The following hospitals have been designated for adult patients requiring active neurological inpatient specialist care:

  • Uzsoki Street Hospital (Budapest)
  • Flór Ferenc Hospital of Pest County (Kistarcsa)
  • Jávorszön Ödön Hospital (Vác)
  • Semmelweis University Clinical Centre (Budapest).

According to the justification, already on 27 September, the neurology department of the Defence Hospital had a “cumulative outbreak of Covid-19 infection” among patients, and therefore the admission of patients requiring general neurological care was cancelled until the epidemiological measures were lifted. Care for stroke patients will continue to be provided in an eight-bed intensive care unit.

“Neither the National Centre for Public Health nor the Honvédkórház was too quick to announce the closure,” wrote Zsombor Kunetz. According to the expert, the pandemic has been going on for almost three years now, and the same clichés and unimaginative solutions have been chosen as three years ago.

According to Kunetz, the Honvédkórház would be able to deal with this issue at least at the level of the 20th century. There are military hospital tents and containers that can be set up in hours to isolate patients. On top of that, the buildings of the old pavilion system are still there on the site.

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Life expectancy has fallen dramatically in Hungary

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Hungary is one of the countries in Europe where the average life expectancy of people has fallen the most, according to a study published in the journal Nature Human Behavior.

It is important to clarify at the outset that life expectancy is a measure that researchers use to summarise a country’s mortality patterns in a given year. This calculation is based on all-cause mortality, so it is not dependent on the accuracy of COVID death records and can give a broader picture of how the pandemic has affected mortality.

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The coronavirus pandemic has caused a global decline in life expectancy that has not stopped since the epidemic. Life expectancy improved year on year before 2020 in the 29 countries studied by a team of researchers from the University of Oxford and the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, but there was a more than a one-year decline in average life expectancy in 2019 and 2020, and to a lesser extent in 2020 and 2021, reports Pénzcentrum.

The phenomenon was also observed worldwide, from Eastern Europe to the United States.

Weathered the pandemic well

While Europe and the world have seen a significant decline, northern European countries and Switzerland have weathered the pandemic exceptionally well:

  • In Norway, average life expectancy increased by 1.7 months,
  • in Sweden by 0.1 months,
  • Finland 0.3 months,
  • 0.4 months in Denmark,
  • In Switzerland, the fall in average life expectancy is 0.5 months below the 1-month mark.

These are the countries where life has been shortened the most

Life expectancy fell most in Bulgaria, by 43 months (3.6 years) in 2021 compared to 2019. Slovakia follows with 33.1 months, where people’s life expectancy has been shortened by 2.7 years, and the United States comes third with 28.2 months (2.35 years).

Hungary and CEE region

Hungary is in the top half of the list, in 6th place: more than two years , (24.6 months) shorter life expectancy compared to 2019.

The Hungarian figures are also among the worst in the region. Although Poland, apart from Slovakia, has seen a greater decline in average life expectancy, the populations of other neighbouring countries have not suffered as much from the pandemic years.

The average person in the Czech Republic and Croatia lost 21.9 months (1.8 years) and 21 months (1.75 years) respectively. But Austria escaped with a 7.6 month (0.6 year) setback.

From a Hungarian perspective, however, perhaps more worrying than the raw numbers is that while many countries managed to reverse the downward trend between 2020 and 2021, in Hungary the trend only got worse.

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The coronavirus returns to Hungary in the middle of the energy crisis?

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In mid-September, at the Government Info, Minister Gergely Gulyás said that Hungary was over the pandemic. However, the figures do not reflect this. There are four times as many infected as a year ago. If the trend continues, Hungary could face a serious problem because of the energy crisis.

More and more infected

According to the latest statistics, 13,762 new cases were registered in Hungary in one week. This is an increase of 21 percent. There are currently 1,752 people in the hospital, a significant increase of 50 percent. Last week, 73 people died from the coronavirus. This is also an increase of one and a half times. Such an increase is typically seen at the beginning of each wave, portfolio.hu reports.

The daily infection rate is four times higher than last year. All this with paramedics not testing since May 2022. That means much worse detection efficiency. Experts say the Hungarian population has acquired immunity, but the Omicron variant could be a problem. In addition, public caution has declined and restrictive measures have been reduced.

Many people think that the coronavirus is no longer a serious health threat. But the number of people in hospital is three times higher than last year and two and a half times higher than two years ago. So it cannot be said that the infection is any less severe. On the other hand, the lower death rate does give some hope.

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The virus can also cause brain damage

A severe coronavirus infection can cause immune reactions that damage nerve cells in the brain. This causes memory problems and confusion, potentially increasing the risk of long-term health problems.

24.hu reports that currently one of the most common symptoms of Covid-19 is a sore throat. “Currently, Covid starts with a sore throat in two-thirds of people. Fever and loss of sense of smell are very rare nowadays, so many elderly people may not understand they got infected. They may think they have a cold and, therefore, do not get tested,” said an expert.

This will pose a problem in the autumn flu season as it will be harder to distinguish the virus from a common cold. On top of that, high energy prices mean that many places are cutting heating costs. Public buildings are also colder than usual. This can make the virus spread more rapidly.

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Hungary sending thousands of vaccines to Montenegro

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Hungary is sending 11,700 doses of coronavirus vaccine to Montenegro, the minister of foreign affairs and trade said on Sunday.

Due to the war in Ukraine there is much less talk about the pandemic nowadays but “coronavirus is still with us” and several countries are facing difficulties in access to vaccines, Péter Szijjártó said on Facebook.

Some countries have requested assistance from Hungary and “we help those we can”, he said. The minister noted that the government had sent 41,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine to Transcarpathia last week. Szijjártó said it is Hungary’s vested interest that there should be peace, stability and development in the Western Balkans, adding that the current vaccine shipment might contribute to that.

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Hungary receives first shipment of Pfizer/BioNTech’s Omicron-specific vaccine

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Hungary on Wednesday received the first shipment of Pfizer/BioNTech’s new coronavirus vaccine which targets the original virus and its BA.1 Omicron variant, the head of the epidemiology department of the National Public Health Centre (NNK) said.

Hungary has taken delivery of 109,440 of the 9.5 million doses ordered as part of a European Union procurement, Ágnes Galgóczi said.

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Hungary is set to receive 106,560 more doses of the vaccine next week and a further three million in October-November, she said, adding that a total of 6.5 million doses are expected to be delivered next year.

The new vaccine will be available at vaccination points from next week, she added.

The single-dose jab is to be administered as a booster for those over the age of 12, Galgózi said.

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12,157 new coronavirus cases last week

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Fully 12,157 new Covid-19 cases were registered last week, while 100 people died in connection with the virus, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Wednesday in a round-up of last week’s data.

Altogether 6,416,363 have been vaccinated, with 6,202,522 having received a second shot, 3,894,442 a third, and 334,870 a fourth.

Fully 2,048,547 Covid cases have been registered in Hungary since the start of the outbreak and 47,291 have died.

Currently there are 38,558 active infections and 978 Covid patients are hospitalised, 23 intubated on a ventilator. Fully 1,962,698 people have made a recovery.

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Data about the spread of COVID in Hungary revealed

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Fully 14,742 new Covid-19 cases were registered last week, while 108 people died in connection with the virus, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Wednesday in a round-up of last week’s data.

Altogether 6,415,779 have been vaccinated, with 6,201,969 having received a second shot, 3,893,222 a third, and 331,787 a fourth.

Fully 2,036,390 Covid cases have been registered in Hungary since the start of the outbreak and 47,191 have died.

Currently there are 43,289 active infections and 1,251 Covid patients are hospitalised, 27 intubated on a ventilator. Fully 1,945,910 people have made a recovery.

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Will restrictions return in Hungary again from autumn?

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The coronavirus pandemic has been defeated and is waning in Hungary, but the infection remains dangerous, Béla Merkely, the rector of the medical Semmelweis University, said on Sunday.

The number of Covid patients is declining again, with just 40 people being treated with the virus at Semmelweis University, only one of whom is in intensive care, Merkely told public broadcaster Kossuth Radio. At the same time, he said everyone should get two Covid vaccine doses as well as a booster. A fourth and fifth shot is worth considering for those more at risk, he added.

Merkely noted that 64 percent of Hungary’s population has received two vaccine doses and 40 percent a third. Those who are not vaccinated are not safe from the virus, he added. Though Omicron and other variants of the virus can continue to spread in the autumn, eventually this virus will be treated like other upper respiratory infections, he said.

Coronavirus infections will continue to decline each year and Covid will become a seasonal disease, Merkely said, noting that the same had happened with the Spanish flu in the early 20th century.

Concerning the monkeypox virus, Merkely said case numbers were expected to rise, but the outbreak was unlikely to turn into a global pandemic the way coronavirus had.

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Hungary’s “deadliest” COVID vaccine revealed

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Considering the rate of deaths compared to the number of vaccines administered, the Chinese Sinopharm jab proved to be the “deadliest” in Hungary. Below you can read further details about the findings of a recently published research paper that examined the issue.

According to the data of the koronavirus.gov.hu, 29,649 Hungarians died because of the coronavirus in 2021. Meanwhile, the National Public Health Centre knows about 28,287 people who passed away. The difference comes from the data of the settlements reporting fewer than three deaths. Authorities did not publish those numbers to avoid the identification of the diseased.

Based on a recently published research of atlatszo.hu, the number of those, who died before receiving their second jab was the highest, 1,640 in Hungary. They died in fewer than 28 days after they got their first vaccine. 1,431 did not even want a second jab. They died more than 28 days after the first jab was administered.

0.22 percent of the people who received the Sinopharm vaccine as their first died. That rate was 0.13 percent in the case of those people who received the Chinese vaccine as their second. Meanwhile, it was 0.09 percent in the case of those, who received the Sinopharm as their third jab. As a result, atlatszo.hu said that the Chinese vaccine caused the highest rate of deaths among all the jabs. In the case of the Pfizer vaccine, these numbers were “only” 0.13, 0.09 and 0.02 percents. The third place was Astrazeneca’s (0.12 percent) regarding the first jab, Moderna’s (0.07 percent) and Janssen’s (0.02 percent) in the case of the second and third shots.

In 2021, Hungarian healthcare authorities administered 2,200,000 Sinopharm and 7,700,000 Pfizer vaccines. Globally 585,388,000 people have become infected, while the number of deaths reached 6,420,133, based on the data of the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.

Sadly, the number of new coronavirus cases started to rise again in Hungary. Based on the data of general practitioners, there are more and more children among the infected, especially kids under 5. Hungary has not approved a vaccine for them yet, index.hu reported.

 

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Budapest Airport passenger numbers close to 1.3 m in July

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Passenger numbers at Liszt Ferenc International Airport climbed to 1,294,608 in July, operator Budapest Airport said in a monthly bulletin.

Passenger volume rose by over 140 percent from the same month a year earlier but was still at 80 percent of the pre-pandemic level. The most popular destinations in July were London, Tel Aviv, Antalya, Amsterdam and Frankfurt. Cargo volume at the airport reached 14,647 tonnes in July.

For the period January-July, cargo volume reached 113,181 tonnes, up 11 percent year on year and 47 percent higher than in the same period in 2019. Budapest Airport announced the launch of a 3.5 billion forint (EUR 8.7m) infrastructure development project that will include widening taxiways and overhauling lighting. The first phase of the development will run until early December.

Budapest Airport will also begin the expansion of the apron at BUD Cargo City, allowing Liszt Ferenc to handle up to four category F cargo aircraft at once, up from two at present.

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Rubber bullet weapon shortage: Hungarians preparing for self-defence

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Although strict regulations in Hungary prevent us from buying up weapons in bulk – as is the case in the US – in the run-up to a crisis, non-lethal self-defence weapons have been selling fast since the outbreak of war in Ukraine.

The Hungarian news portal növekedés.hu looked into what is legally available and for how much, and also found out which deadly weapons can be bought without papers. As the news portal reports, it is a well-known trend in the United States that when the population fears a crisis, gun sales spike.

In Hungary (and in the whole of Europe), the rules on access to firearms are much stricter. However, the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic – and the panic that came with it – has already shown that when the public’s sense of security plummets, the purchase of available self-defence equipment is on the rise. The purchase of weapons that can be held without a licence has started.

Many non-lethal weapons have been purchased

At the same time, 300,000 of these gas alarm pistols, which are unsuitable for killing people, have already been purchased. This is only an estimate, as they are only recorded in police statistics if the owner applies for a licence to carry (and does not only want to keep the weapon at home).

What a gun shop offers for self-defence to a customer who has no licence or training is a simple and quite cheap gas or pepper spray. It can be an efficient tool in even the most inexperienced hands. Basically, its use and operation is no different from that of an ordinary deodorant or air freshener.

What is legal and what is not?

Gas spray (containing CS, which is an irritating, emetic gas) can be worn and used by anyone for legitimate self-defence, even in public places, as long as the amount does not exceed 20 ml. However, pepper sprays are prohibited.

“This legislation is different in reality, because if self-defence is justified, the body taking action will not have a problem with the fact that the victim used pepper or CS gas, and the 20 millilitre limit is also not taken so seriously,” says Gergely Kerpics, head of the airsoft business unit of Gun Brokers Hungary Kft. However, he is quick to point out that he does not recommend anyone to break the law.

Weapons that can be deadly but are still legal

The interesting thing about the domestic legal system is that while the use of pepper spray, which is basically made of natural materials, is prohibited, anyone can buy a crossbow in the store. In this category, for a relatively modest price, there are quite serious weapons available, which can be used to fire a lethal shot without any further ado, writes növekedés.hu.

Like the gas alarm pistol, the rubber bullet gun does not require a licence, you just need to be 18 to buy one, writes napi.hu. However, rubber-loaded guns can only be used on private property, while only pepper, CS gas and alarm cartridges are allowed on public property. Nevertheless, there are hardly any left in the shops, so many have been bought up.

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Hungarian virologist: mask wearing may soon return in Hungary

According to the Hungarian expert, Gábor Zacher, the BA5 variant of omicron, which is currently infecting in Hungary, spreads very rapidly and easily evades vaccines and the immune system. As a result, there is a remarkable increase in the number of infected people, which may soon lead to the reintroduction of mask-wearing in the country.

The well-known Hungarian toxicologist, Gábor Zacher, has recently caught the coronavirus infection. The medical caught the infection for the first time after four vaccines, which allowed him to recover with mild symptoms. However, this shows that thanks to the lack of restrictions, the disease continues to spread intensively in the country. The expert believes that his own example shows that the BA5 variant of omicron, which is currently infecting in Hungary, is spreading very rapidly and easily evades vaccination and the immune system. However, the good news is that it does not cause such severe symptoms as previous variants. Another positive fact is that the number of hospital admissions does not increase in proportion to the number of infected people. The infected people are therefore able to cope with mild symptoms at home, reports the Hungarian news portal Index. According to the medical, several people are infected for the second or even third time, and experience shows that the more times a person has the disease, the easier it is to recover.

Nevertheless, Gábor Zacher urges caution: a more dangerous variant with greater pathogenicity could emerge at any time, since in some parts of the world, the vaccination rate is below 10%.

As the Hungarian news portal Népszava reports, the concentration of coronavirus in wastewater are increasing across the country. In addition to Budapest, the trend is also rising in seven county capitals: Eger, Kecskemét, Miskolc, Nyíregyháza, Szeged, Székesfehérvár and Veszprém.

The latest figures show that 14,402 new cases have been confirmed in the last week, and a total of 54, mostly elderly, chronic patients have died. 1345 coronavirus patients are currently in hospital, 19 of whom are on ventilators. Based on the current data, there has been a very large increase of 40 percent in new infections compared to last week. It is also important to note that only a proportion of patients are included in the official statistics, as self-testing has become popular and not everyone reports their own positivity, writes the Hungarian news portal Portfolio.

The toxicologist, along with several virologists, stressed that mandatory mask wearing in indoor places would be very important and believes that the restriction will be introduced in the near future. The expert is aware of the fact that wearing a mask in the heat is unpleasant, but as he says, Covid infection is even worse than the heat. In addition to the basic immunity and two vaccinations, it is also worth taking the third and fourth vaccinations for those who have not yet done so.

In addition, the number of people in hospital has also increased recently due to the heatwave. According to the expert, dehydration, sunstroke, heat exhaustion are all common complaints. Therefore, the medical recommends drinking 3-3.5 litres of water and isotonic fluids a day for the rest of the summer.

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Replacement of immunity certificate to be paid for from September in Hungary

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From September, you will have to pay if you want to replace your coronavirus immunity certificate, Magyar Közlöny has revealed.

If the claimant withdraws the application and then resubmits it, or has to reapply because of a gap in the application, they will still have to pay again. The regulation was issued by Gergely Gulyás, Minister of the Prime Minister’s Office, in agreement with Mihály Varga, Minister of Finance.

The cost of the certificate

Accordingly, the replacement of the immunity card will cost HUF 3000 (EUR 7.57). Of this amount, HUF 2000 (EUR 5.04) is the cost of producing the certificate, szeretlekmagyarorszag.hu reports. The money must be paid into the account of the Government Office of Budapest.

The fee must be paid even if the applicant withdraws the application, or the application is rejected by the authority or the procedure is terminated. If the application is resubmitted, the fee is to be paid again. The Regulation shall enter into force on the 31st day following its publication.

Important – only for replacement

It is important to note that in all cases, the issue of a certificate of immunity is free of charge once immunity has been obtained, 24.hu reports. The certificate is valid indefinitely. An administrative service fee is payable only when the certificate is replaced or exchanged.

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Coronavirus – 21,840 new cases last week, 96 fatalities

Fully 21,840 new Covid-19 cases were registered last week, while 96 people died in connection with the virus, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Wednesday in a round-up of last week’s data.

Altogether 6,413,971 have been vaccinated, with 6,200,631 having received a second shot, 3,889,453 a third, and 320,083 a fourth.

Fully 1,987,321 Covid cases have been registered in Hungary since the start of the outbreak and 46,886 have died. Currently there are 42,061 active infections and 1,593 Covid patients are hospitalised, 19 intubated on a ventilator. Fully 1,898,374 people have made a recovery.

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Covid is spreading in Hungary, but the overall picture is not so bad

The number of Hungarians infected with Covid-19 is increasing but few of them require hospitalisation, János Szlávik, chief infectologist at the South Pest Centrum Hospital, told public broadcaster M1 on Tuesday, adding that “a few days’ rest” was usually enough to recover.

Szlávik said the mild nature of the disease was due to the fact that a relatively high number of Hungarians had been vaccinated against coronavirus, and the shots were instrumental in avoiding hospitalisation.

The new BA.4 and BA.5 variants of coronavirus will probably replace the original Omicron variant, but “they seem to be less dangerous for the vaccinated than for the unvaccinated,” he said. He warned, however, that those earlier infected with Omicron could still contract the new variants.

Each new variant produces slightly different symptoms from earlier versions, BA.4 and BA.5 generally causing coughs and sneezes, rhinitis, fatigue and headaches, Szlávik said. He warned that those experiencing symptoms of a common cold should suspect Covid-19. Such patients who get tested or stay at home for a week “will protect not only themselves but others too”, he added.

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Coronavirus spreading again in Hungary – latest numbers

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Fully 14,402 new coronavirus cases were registered last week, while 54 people died in connection with the virus, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Wednesday in a round-up of last week’s data.

Altogether 6,413,420 have been vaccinated, with 6,200,225 having received a second shot, 3,888,311 a third, and 315,917 a fourth.

Fully 1,965,481 Covid cases have been registered in Hungary since the start of the outbreak and 46,790 have died.

Currently there are 28,510 active infections and 1,345 Covid patients are hospitalised, 19 intubated on a ventilator. Fully 1,890,181 people have made a recovery.

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