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Coronavirus in Hungary – 118 die, 1,198 new infections

Fully 118 Covid patients, generally elderly and suffering from an underlying illness, died over the past 24 hours, while 1,198 infected were officially registered, bringing the total number of infections to 315,362, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Saturday.

The death toll has risen to 8,951, while the number of people who have made a recovery has increased to 126,482. The number of active infections stands at 179,929, while there are 6,003 hospitalised Covid patients, 468 on a ventilator.

The number of people cared for in the hospital has dropped by 376 since yesterday, the number of people on ventilators by two. 18% of the actively infected, 20% of the dead and 20% of the recovered are from Budapest.

Hungary’s restrictions to stay in place, but…

As we wrote, Hungary’s current, strict coronavirus-related restrictions will be kept in place until January 11, PM Orbán said.

Orbán added, however, that December 31 would be no exception, with a ban on New Year’s Eve parties.

The cabinet has also decided to ban as of midnight December 22 all passenger flights, including private planes for business travel, arriving from Britain, details HERE.

Restrictions in Hungary

A decree made commercial P+Rs, parking garages and parking lots in residential areas free of charge from 7:00 in the evening until 7:00 in the morning. Soldiers are helping the police in carrying out their duties in public areas. Soldiers have also been assigned to help out staff in 93 hospitals around Hungary.

The curfew is in force between 8pm and 5am, and work carried out beyond the home must be justified.

With the exception of pharmacies and petrol stations, shops can be open until 7pm. Hairdressers, masseurs and personal trainers must observe general curfew rules. Family and private events including birthday celebrations can be held with a maximum of ten people attending, children do not count in the headcount.

A major new rule is that face masks must be worn in public spaces in localities with more than 10,000 residents, though it is up to local mayors to decide which spaces the rule applies to. Restaurants are limited to offering takeaways, while hotels are not allowed to cater to tourists, only guests arriving for business, economic or educational purposes.

Sports events must be held behind closed doors. Also, leisure facilities such as fitness gyms, indoor swimming pools, museums, libraries, cinemas, zoos and skating rinks must suspend their services. Events, including cultural events and Christmas fairs, cannot be held under the special rules.

Read alsoThe Hungarian COVID-19 passport will be one of the most important documents of 2021

December 26, 2020

The Hungarian COVID-19 passport will be one of the most important documents of 2021

Hungary is one of the world’s leaders in making the COVID-19 passport, said Bállint Szabó, deputy director-general of the National Hospital Directorate-General, to Magyar Nemzet, a Hungarian daily, on Wednesday. The government bodies responsible for the project will create a mobile app system allowing all Hungarian citizens to prove that they already got the vaccine.

The demand for such systems is rising because they allow people to feel safer while travelling. Furthermore, the need is present because people would like to use services where there are huge crowds, so the danger of getting infected is considerable. For example, people would like to go to cinemas, concerts, travel by plane, and visit their hairdresser, Bálint Szabó added to Magyar Nemzet.

Therefore, they created a mobile app system with which citizens can prove with their smartphone that they got the vaccine. It will consist of two apps. One of them is the so-called COVID-19 passport, while the other one will be a monitoring app. The application

will know only the data that are already in the National eHealth Infrastructure.

Of course, it will not show other medical records of the people to the authorities. Thanks to the new system, several opportunities will open again for all those who already caught the disease or who got vaccinated.

Based on what Mr Szabó said, Hungary is ahead of several other countries in this project. Furthermore, the country’s IT system is unique as well because

a lot of important personal medical information is already uploaded to it.

Mr Szabó highlighted that most people would like to return to the lives they got used to before the outbreak of the epidemic. However, until global herd immunity is reached, such measures are inevitable. He said that the app is ready, and it only needs to be checked by the authorities to make it available for all Hungarian citizens.

But how will it work?

First, it will identify the citizen with the help of their social security number. If that is approved, it will make the necessary COVID-19 certificate by checking the citizens’ COVID-19 tests, vaccination history, and other relevant medical records. The results will appear as a QR-code containing a time code and an electronic signature. People will be able to use this so-called COVID-19 passport not only in Hungary but also abroad.

December 26, 2020

Coronavirus in Hungary – Number of infections on the decrease?

Fully 104 Covid patients, generally elderly and suffering from an underlying illness, died over the past 24 hours, while 2,610 infected were officially registered, bringing the total number of infections to 314,164, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Thursday.

The death toll has risen to 8,833, while the number of people who have made a recovery has increased to 123,989. The number of active infections stands at 181,342, while there are 6,006 hospitalised Covid patients, 489 on a ventilator.

The number of people cared for in the hospital has dropped by 376 since yesterday, the number of people on ventilators by two.

18% of the actively infected, 20% of the dead and 20% of the recovered are from Budapest.

Hungary’s restrictions to stay in place, but…

As we wrote, Hungary’s current, strict coronavirus-related restrictions will be kept in place until January 11, PM Orbán said.

Orbán added, however, that December 31 would be no exception, with a ban on New Year’s Eve parties. The government has decided to suspend the night curfew introduced as a result of coronavirus for one night on December 24.

The cabinet has also decided to ban as of midnight December 22 all passenger flights, including private planes for business travel, arriving from Britain, details HERE.

Restrictions in Hungary

On November 10, lawmakers extended the government’s special powers by 90 days, allowing the government to suspend the application of some legislation, diverge from legal provisions and take other extraordinary measures by decree. A decree made commercial P+Rs, parking garages and parking lots in residential areas free of charge from 7:00 in the evening until 7:00 in the morning.

Soldiers are helping the police in carrying out their duties in public areas. Soldiers have also been assigned to help out staff in 93 hospitals around Hungary.

The curfew is in force between 8pm and 5am, and work carried out beyond the home must be justified. With the exception of pharmacies and petrol stations, shops can be open until 7pm. Hairdressers, masseurs and personal trainers must observe general curfew rules. Family and private events including birthday celebrations can be held with a maximum of ten people attending, children do not count in the headcount.

A major new rule is that face masks must be worn in public spaces in localities with more than 10,000 residents, though it is up to local mayors to decide which spaces the rule applies to.

Also, leisure facilities such as fitness gyms, indoor swimming pools, museums, libraries, cinemas, zoos and skating rinks must suspend their services. Events, including cultural events and Christmas fairs, cannot be held under the special rules.

December 25, 2020

Coronavirus being totally harmless to children is a huge misconception

Some weeks after the active phase of the infection, patients develop an inflammation that attacks several organs. This state requires serious and intensive therapy, occasionally even ventilation, said Dr György Velkey, director-general of Bethesda Children’s Hospital to InfoRádio.

The doctor talked about the general situation in children’s hospitals, the fears these sick kids have, how the pandemic changed their lives, and how to explain this crazy situation and the importance of following the rules to little kids whose everyday routine was changed from one day to another.

Children need increased attention and care during a pandemic; primarily, their fears need to be paid attention to,

writes infostart.hu. Dr György Velkey says the fear of going to a hospital and having the possibility of catching the virus from each other is very high in the case of children as well. The hospital does everything they can to make them feel safe and taken care of. Of course, the first step is respecting basic measures such as wearing a mask properly, hand sanitation, and keeping the distance from each other, but properly ventilating areas plays an important role, too. Moreover, the Bethesda Hospital works with more staff on duty in order to decrease the waiting time. He says this measure proved to be successful as they can protect each other inside the hospital from transmitting the disease.

Since the first wave of the virus and the lockdown started, the number of playground accidents have changed significantly. The usual high number of these accidents around spring and autumn was very low this year, whereas smaller, at-home accidents, such as falling from a chair, a table, or smaller burns or scalds, happened much more often. The director-general mentioned that altogether, the number of accidents was lower this year since by keeping the distance, infections, in general, are less likely to be passed on. This, however, does not mean that the hospital staff has less work; it simply shows how the general lifestyle has changed these past months.

He goes on pointing out that the main children’s hospital treating young coronavirus patients is the Heim Pál Children’s Hospital in Budapest, which means that the Bethesda Hospital accepts children from all over the country in the case their local hospital is not able to tend to them. However, they also do have some coronavirus patients from time to time, depending on the kid, whether they have an underlying disease or had been treated there previously and doctors know them.

A common misconception is that the coronavirus is less dangerous to children, and its more serious variation is rare when it comes to them. However, there is a disease, an inflammation that attacks several organs at once, that appears a couple of weeks after the active phase of the infection, requiring particularly serious and intensive therapy that can result in the need of ventilation. He goes on to add that

Right now, we do have a patient who is doing much better at the moment, but in the past days, we had to fight for his life. We talk to colleagues in other facilities who mention that this case can happen from time to time in other, bigger emergency units as well.

It is not possible to prevent this phase, as in most cases, children do not show symptoms of the coronavirus, and only after the appearance of the inflammation can they tell that the virus had been the cause triggering it. Usually, these children feel a bit sick, have less energy, spend more time in bed, and maybe their limbs feel a bit colder. All these symptoms appear rather quickly. It is very important to take them to hospital at this point to avoid further consequences.

So, it is a misconception that the virus is totally harmless to children.

It is very important to know that kids are smart; they observe and detect all changes happening around them. We need to listen to them, to their fears and questions and answer them directly and with the truth. A hyperactive kid, for instance, will become more intense if he is locked inside. More sensitive children, on the other hand, can develop physical symptoms as they react to changes in the family and society. Especially in the case of teenagers, conflicts within the family can intensify that can affect both kids and parents mentally. As we wrote about it, these tensions intensifying can lead to physical abuse. So, it is extremely crucial to know that children, in general, require more attention and care during these times.

Read alsoHungarian hospitals ventilate coronavirus patients with the help of a snorkelling mask

December 25, 2020

Coronavirus in Hungary – 113 fatalities, infections up 3,292

Fully 113 Covid patients, generally elderly and suffering from an underlying illness, died over the past 24 hours, while 3,292 infected were officially registered, bringing the total number of infections to 308,262, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Thursday.

The death toll has risen to 8,729, while the number of people who have made a recovery has increased to 120,529.

The number of active infections stands at 182,296, while there are 6,382 hospitalised Covid patients, 491 on a ventilator.

Altogether 29,019 people are in official home quarantine, and the number of tests carried out has risen to 2,575,650.

Most infections have been registered in Budapest (60,125) and Pest County (39,332) so far, followed by the counties of Győr-Moson-Sopron (18,292), Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén (17,869), Hajdú-Bihar (17,660) and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg (15,510). The county least affected by the infection is Tolna (6,018).

Hungary’s restrictions to stay in place, but…

As we wrote, Hungary’s current, strict coronavirus-related restrictions will be kept in place until January 11, PM Orbán said.

Orbán added, however, that December 31 would be no exception, with a ban on New Year’s Eve parties.

The government has decided to suspend the night curfew introduced as a result of coronavirus for one night on December 24.

The cabinet has also decided to ban as of midnight December 22 all passenger flights, including private planes for business travel, arriving from Britain, details HERE.

Restrictions in Hungary

Soldiers are helping the police in carrying out their duties in public areas. Soldiers have also been assigned to help out staff in 93 hospitals around Hungary.

December 24, 2020

Hungarian hospitals ventilate coronavirus patients with the help of a snorkelling mask

The new innovative technique was first used in Szolnok by a young local doctor, based on the suggestion of a colleague from the isolation hospital of Kiskunhalas.

Hetényi Géza Hospital of Szolnok is doing the ventilation of coronavirus patients in a distinctive way. Dr László Juhász, anaesthetist and intensive care specialist, gave an interview, shedding light on the innovative and successive method used by the care unit.

“We got the idea from a doctor of the isolation hospital in Kiskunhalas who himself saw the technique in action in Italy. They told us in details on the phone how it is executed. With the supervision of Dr Gábor Bencsik, chief physician, we introduced the method that is used in several hospitals in Hungary” – told the doctor, who has recently passed the bar exam, to szoljon.hu.

Then he went on explaining that the condition of patients suffering from pneumonia caused by Covid or any other illness can get so severe that conventional methods of oxygen therapy can not guarantee the appropriate level of oxygen in their body. This is when ventilation enters the scene.

“The conventional method is called invasive ventilation when a plastic tube is inserted in the windpipe of the patient through which we do the ventilation. The patient needs to be anaesthetised. Moreover, the process itself can have critical complications, so we try to avoid it whenever it is possible to do so.”

According to the doctor, a better method for this is the so-called non-invasive ventilation performed by the use of a mask.

“In this case, we put a mask on the patient that fits the face perfectly, through which we supply him with air containing a high level of oxygen. Meanwhile, we can control pressure in the windpipes as well. No sedation is needed, and all side-effects and consequences of ventilation can be avoided.” – as Dr Juhász explained.

Several masks to perform this procedure exist on the market, but according to the doctor, these are almost impossible to purchase right now. In normal conditions, the hospital of Szolnok uses four pieces a month, but lately, it has occurred that they needed eight pieces a day.

“Italian doctors started to utilise these diving masks originally used for snorkelling. We need the air pumped into the mask to stay inside when the diver needs water not to get inside. The problem is similar. So I went into a popular store of sports equipment, and I bought some masks. Then I bumped into the next problem. The pipe of the snorkel mask is rectangular when that of the ventilation machine is round.” – said the doctor.

Then he was told by a colleague how a group of locals helped the hospital in Spring with a 3D printer printing face shields, so he contacted them, and by the afternoon they had the solution in their hands in the form of a printed adapter fitting the mask and the ventilator pipe perfectly. The prototype ready to be used and tested was done in 12 hours.

“This printed adapter can be mass-produced in the fastest, simplest way. It was the best choice in this situation. Since then we can produce it very quickly, even in 3 hours, the only question left is the colour of the component.

We have been recently told that one of the patients who was supplied with oxygen using the new mask is already recuperating at home. It feels good that the work in which we took a small part has a positive outcome.”

– said Ádám Csaba, who produces the component for the masks.

With the current situation in view, the coronavirus related state of medical preparedness is expected to be maintained in the country—more information to be found here.

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December 22, 2020

This guy is the best-looking Hungarian man, and he was chosen the Hero of Baja – PHOTOS

Martin Bölcskei was chosen the best-looking Hungarian guy in September. Now, he won the title of the “Hero of Baja”. He works as a paramedic in the South-Hungarian city.

According to Szeretlek Magyarorszag, Mr Bölcskei leads the bodybuilding department of the National Ambulance Service and works as a paramedic. He is called the superman of Baja in the South-Hungarian city. The 25-year-old sportsman won his first fitness competition in September to become the best-looking Hungarian man of 2020.

Hungary ambulance man hero — facebook.com/orszagosmentok

They posted the video you can watch below about the new fitness star:

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=662706771309432

Now he won another award: he became the hero of Baja based on the residents of the city with more than 2.5 thousand votes. The National Ambulance Service wrote that Martin Bölcskei is astonishing both in sports and his job. He is very committed to learning new things every day, and

he can become an inspiration for all young people living in the region.

Hungary ambulance man hero2 — facebook.com/bolcskei.martin

We reported HERE about Anita Herbert, a Hungarian girl born and raised in a town near Budapest, who went on to become a very popular fitness guru.

Anita was born in Hungary and graduated from a university in Budapest. However, she claims to have led a very unhealthy life, partying and drinking every weekend during that time. Feeling aimless after her education, she went to visit a friend in Miami and was so taken by the whole place that she never looked back. But that is still not when Anita

became dedicated to the gym life.

It was when she met her now-husband that she entered a gym for the first time. She had a strong metabolism and good genetics that had let her stay lean throughout her partying days, but she had a long way until she was healthy. Her husband was a strong influence in her life and was one of the main supporters on her journey to becoming healthy.

Under her husband’s guidance, Anita sculpted an incredible physique and met one of her heroes, Michelle Lewin, who encouraged her to start competing as a female bodybuilder. Later that year, she entered her first competition and took home the trophy. She went on to win all four competitions she subsequently participated in. However, she had yet to get her Pro Card. In 2016, she finally got her Pro Card after coming second in the final competition.

At 27, she decided she wanted to be a professional Bikini Athlete.

December 20, 2020

Almost 100 thousand Hungarians have already recovered from COVID-19 – restrictions remain

185 Covid patients, generally elderly and suffering from an underlying illness, died over the past 24 hours, while 2,967 infected were officially registered, bringing the total number of infections to 302,989, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Sunday. Restrictions remain.

The death toll has risen to 8,099, while the number of people who have made a recovery has increased to 97,443.

The number of active infections stands at 197,447, while there are 7,022 hospitalised Covid patients, 520 on a ventilator.

Altogether 44,010 people are in official home quarantine, and the number of tests carried out has risen to 2,480,804.

22 pc of the infected, 20 pc of the dead and 22 pc of those who have made a recovery are from Budapest. The number of those who want the vaccine reached 200 thousand. Meanwhile, the government bought 17.5 million vaccines from multiple suppliers.

Hungary’s restrictions to stay in place

As we wrote, Hungary’s current, strict coronavirus-related restrictions will be kept in place until January 11, PM Orbán said. The central board coordinating efforts against the epidemic will decide about a possible exception for Christmas Eve on December 21, in view of the situation then.

Orbán added, however, that December 31 would be no exception, with a ban on New Year’s Eve parties.

Read more HERE!

Restrictions in Hungary

December 20, 2020

CNN praises this Hungarian doctor for the COVID-19 vaccine

CNN says that Katalin Karikó was at first demoted, doubted, and rejected. However, she was steadfast enough, and now her work provides the basis for the Covid-19 vaccine.

According to cnn.com, a lot of countries started to receive the first packs of the new COVID-19 vaccines which the media outlet regards as a momentous breakthrough enabling the world to get rid of the deadly virus in the foreseeable future. “For Katalin Karikó, the moment is particularly special,” they say.

Karikó has been researching the therapeutic possibilities of mRNA during her career already ranging decades. That component of the DNA is considered to be one of the main building blocks of life. She had to overcome a lot of setbacks, job losses, doubt, and a transatlantic move, but now

her work is essential to making the vaccine against the coronavirus.

The 65-year-old researcher began her career in Hungary, in the 1970s, when mRNA research was new, and the possibilities seemed endless. In 1985, she and her family left the country accepting the invitation of the Temple University in Philadelphia. There, she had more researching and funding opportunities than in Hungary, so she could extend her work.

“We had just moved into our new apartment, our daughter was two years old, everything was so good, we were happy,” Karikó told the Hungarian news site G7 about her family’s departure. “But we had to go.” They sold their car, Karikó told The Guardian, and

stuffed the money – an equivalent of about $1,200 – in their daughter’s teddy bear for safekeeping.

She worked at Temple and then at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Medicine. She believed that with the help of mRNA, they could fight diseases, but such ideas were deemed too radical and financially too risky in the ’80s. She kept applying for grants, but everybody rejected her and her project.

In 1995, she was demoted from her position at the university and was diagnosed with cancer around the same time.

“Usually, at that point, people just say goodbye and leave because it is so horrible,” she said in November. “I thought of going somewhere else or doing something else. I also thought maybe I’m not good enough, not smart enough.” But she could not leave her project.

Thanks to that, Karikó and a former colleague of hers at the University of Pennsylvania, Drew Weissman, developed a method of utilising synthetic mRNA. That enables fighting diseases by changing the way the body produces virus-fighting materials. This discovery is now the basis for the new COVID-19 vaccines, and a senior vice president of the Germany-based BioNTech already said that

they deserve the Nobel Prize.

“That fundamental discovery is going to go into medicines that help the world,” he added. “While recognition, after all of this time, must be nice, Karikó says scientific glory isn’t what’s on her mind right now,” CNN says.

“We will celebrate when this human suffering is over, when the hardship and all of this terrible time will end, and hopefully in the summer when we will forget about the virus and vaccine.

And then I will be really celebrating,”

she told CNN’s Chris Cuomo.

Karikó said she plans to get the vaccine soon, along with Weissman, and she said she is “very, very confident” it will work. After all, it was their discoveries that contributed to it.

In the meantime, Karikó said she allowed herself a little treat to celebrate the vaccine news: a bag of Goobers, her favourite candy.

Featured image: illustration

December 19, 2020

Coronavirus in Hungary – Number of infected exceeds 300,000

Fully 189 Covid patients, generally elderly and suffering from an underlying illness, died over the past 24 hours, while 4,045 infected were officially registered, bringing the total number of infections to 300,022, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Saturday.

The death toll has risen to 7,914, while the number of people who have made a recovery has increased to 93,323.

The number of active infections stands at 198,785, while there are 7,295 hospitalised Covid patients, 538 on a ventilator.

Altogether 44,010 people are in official home quarantine, and the number of tests carried out has risen to 2,480,804.

Most infections have been registered in Budapest (58,454) and Pest County (38,076) so far, followed by the counties of Győr-Moson-Sopron (17,827), Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén (17,402), Hajdú-Bihar (16,928) and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg (15,015). The county least affected by the infection is Tolna (5,742).

Hungary’s restrictions to stay in place

Orbán added, however, that December 31 would be no exception, with a ban on New Year’s Eve parties.

Read more HERE!

Restrictions in Hungary

December 19, 2020

The tragedy of a Hungarian widower: raising his son alone while being sick himself

Losing your wife, the mother of your son, is an incredibly difficult tragedy to handle on its own, but raising your son alone while being sick is even harder. László lost his wife to leukaemia, and now he needs to spend 6 months in hospital due to being sick himself. He and his 3-year-old son are left alone and in need of help.

Femina visited László and his son, Nimród, to learn about their story. Even in this difficult situation, Laci keeps on smiling and joking about his heavy breathing, saying his Covid-19 test has just come back negative. Their kitchen does not give the impression of that of a single-parent family. There is a picture of his late wife on the wall, old but loving messages on the fridge, together with photos of the whole family. A happy mother smiling back.

Katalin had waited 14 years to become a mother.

Doctors told them they would never be able to have kids. Nimród was only 4 months old when she was diagnosed with leukaemia. She did not live to see his son turn 2.

“She had been in the hospital for 10 months during which time she spent 8 days at home,” Laci starts telling their story. He raised their son alone while visiting his wife regularly. Laci lost his job and got into the public work program while getting a sterilised room ready for Katalin who had just received a bone-marrow transplant. The whole community of their village helped them, even by raising money for the family.

“This was not even the hardest part. But to forbid a mother to hug his child for 100 days! Can you imagine that?!”

he said.

I do not think anyone can.

During these trying times, another tragedy hit the father. His parents passed away while they were fighting for Katalin’s life. Unfortunately, his mother could not see the day of his grandson’s birth. To make matters worse, Laci faced further problems. He has to carry the weight of the loans taken out by his late parents on the old house where he grew up.

They had to keep fighting for Katalin who did not feel the strength to go through another set of treatments, so she decided to spend her last days with her loving husband and son.

“He certainly felt something was not right, that his mother was sick. He was very quiet and hugged her so tenderly, like he was trying to help in this way,” said Laci about his son.

Father and son were left all alone. Laci successfully applied for a job and started to work while Nimród was sent to kindergarten. It was tough, but they believed life was not going to get even harder. They were wrong. One day, after feeling sick for several weeks, Laci suddenly collapsed in his kitchen. Tests run on him showed he had an aneurism and an autoimmune disease.

“The aneurism requires an operation, but it was delayed because of the virus situation, together with some further neurological and other types of tests. In order to give me the appropriate medication and treatment, more tests need to be run.”

As soon as the pandemic allows it, he has to go to the hospital for 6 months. He has been relocated in his job since there are some tasks he cannot do anymore. With an aneurism in the brain, it is possible to live 100 years, but even a little cough or lifting a heavier bag can be lethal. His symptoms are caused by the autoimmune disease.

“It attacks the nervous system, but my sight has been failing as well. Often, the whole left side of my body becomes numb to the point where I can barely walk. I have memory problems and difficulties breathing. Sometimes, it gets better, other times, it is worse. I have alerted everyone I could,” he adds, referring to his son who will be taken care of by godparents and step-grandparents.

He reassures us by saying that he has everything: he receives his salary, the loans on the house will be paid back one day, they have a roof over their heads, he can feed his son and occasionally give him some sweet treats as well. He looks at the picture hanging on the wall and says:

“What I want cannot come true. I want my wife. I want my son to get his mother back. I want her to see her son grow up. The rest… we will figure that out. I hold on to what my wife always used to say: ‘The most important thing is to live through another day’.”

If you have the means and want to help Laszlo and his son, below you can find every detail to give some financial help to cover medical bills, the stay in the hospital, medications, and the expenses to provide for Nimród for the time being.

Bank account number of the Foundation for Feeding Kids: 12010659-01635200-00100000
Bank: Raiffeisen Bank
IBAN: HU96-12010659-01635200-00100000
SWIFT: UBRT HUHB
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December 18, 2020

Coronavirus in Hungary – 187 victims in the past 24 hours

Fully 187 Covid patients, generally elderly and suffering from an underlying illness, died over the past 24 hours, while 4,428 infected were officially registered, bringing the total number of infections to 295,977, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Friday.

The death toll has risen to 7,725, while the number of people who have made a recovery has increased to 89,814.

The number of active infections stands at 198,438, while there are 7,335 hospitalised Covid patients, 564 on a ventilator.

Altogether 45,075 people are in official home quarantine, and the number of tests carried out has risen to 2,456,600.

Most infections have been registered in Budapest (58,036) and Pest County (37,623) so far, followed by the counties of Győr-Moson-Sopron (17,693), Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén (17,173), Hajdú-Bihar (16,694) and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg (14,870). The county least affected by the infection is Tolna (5,659).

Hungary’s restrictions to stay in place

Orbán added, however, that December 31 would be no exception, with a ban on New Year’s Eve parties. Read more HERE!

Restrictions in Hungary

The curfew is in force between 8pm and 5am, and work carried out beyond the home must be justified. With the exception of pharmacies and petrol stations, shops can be open until 7pm.

Hairdressers, masseurs and personal trainers must observe general curfew rules. Family and private events including birthday celebrations can be held with a maximum of ten people attending.

December 18, 2020

Heart-breaking story! 29-years-old woman dies from Covid-19 after giving birth

A 29-years-old woman from the Western part of Hungary gave premature birth with Caesarean section and died two weeks after from Covid-19.

The 29-years-old woman, Adrienn and her husband got married three years ago, Bors Online reports. They were happily planning their future together until the coronavirus tragically tore them apart. After Adrienn was taken to the hospital with a high-risk pregnancy, her husband visited her every single day. As we reported earlier, coronavirus complications can also lead to miscarriage or premature birth. They were hoping that everything will be all right after these difficult times and were expecting the baby in January.

After Adrienn has been in the hospital for two months, she started to feel worse and worse and was developing suspicious symptoms, so she got tested for Covid-19. It is unclear how she got infected, but she did test positive, and she soon was in a critical condition.

The doctors said the only way to save the baby was to apply Caesarean section immediately. Even though the operation was successful, Adrienn did not get better and had to be put on a ventilator. The doctors were fighting for her life, but the 29-years-old woman died after two weeks.

The baby was born with 1300 grams, in the 31st week of pregnancy and was placed in an incubator. Hopefully, the dad, Róbert, who is now suddenly left alone with his son, can take him home in January. Still, in this unexpected situation, he first needs to adjust and create a suitable environment before he can do so. Even though he has a well-paying job, he is not sure when will he be able to go back to work, so they are trying to find a possibility where a close relative stays home with the baby instead of him.

To make things even worse, the woman’s birthday was coming not long after her death. “My dear honey bunny. You would turn thirty-years-old today… Unfortunately, you are not able to see this wonderful boy that you gave me, but I promise to be the best dad that I can be, and do everything the way we would have done it together. We will always remember you. We love you. Take care of us from up there.” – shared the husband after the tragedy on his social media.

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December 18, 2020

Coronavirus in Hungary – Number of fatalities continues to rise!

Fully 181 Covid patients, mostly elderly and suffering from an underlying illness, died over the past 24 hours in Hungary, while 4,153 infections were registered, bringing the total over the course of the pandemic to 280,400, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Sunday.

The death toll stands at 6,965, while 80,753 have made a recovery. The number of active infections stands at 192,683, while 7,646 patients are in hospital, 606 on ventilators.

Fully 47,486 people are in official home quarantine, while the number of tests carried out has risen to 2,301,174.

Most of the infected have been registered in Budapest (55,801) and Pest County (35,776), followed by the counties of Gyor-Moson-Sopron (17,090), Borsod-Abauj-Zemplen (16,465), Hajdu-Bihar (15,612) and Szabolcs-Szatmar-Bereg (14,125). Tolna County (5,121) has the least number of infections

Hungary’s restrictions to stay in place

As we wrote on Monday, Hungary’s current, strict coronavirus-related restrictions will be kept in place until January 11, PM Orbán said.

The central board coordinating efforts against the epidemic will decide about a possible exception for Christmas Eve on December 21, in view of the situation then. Orbán added, however, that December 31 would be no exception, with a ban on New Year’s Eve parties.

Read more HERE!

Restrictions in Hungary

Family and private events including birthday celebrations can be held with a maximum of ten people attending.

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December 13, 2020

Coronavirus in Hungary – 162 fatalities, infections up by 5,047

Fully 162 Covid patients, mostly elderly and suffering from an underlying illness, died over the past 24 hours in Hungary, while 5,047 infections were registered, bringing the total over the course of the pandemic to 276,247, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Saturday.

The death toll stands at 6,784, while 79,769 have made a recovery. The number of active infections stands at 189,694, while 7,807 patients are in hospital, 610 on ventilators.

Fully 49,365 people are in official home quarantine, while the number of tests carried out has risen to 2,275,935.

Most of the infected have been registered in Budapest (55,310) and Pest County (35,351), followed by the counties of Győr-Moson-Sopron (16,903), Borsod-Abaj-Zemplén (16,196), Hajdú-Bihar (15,387) and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg (13,959). Tolna County (4,976) has the least number of infections.

Hungary’s restrictions to stay in place

As we wrote on Monday, Hungary’s current, strict coronavirus-related restrictions will be kept in place until January 11, PM Orbán said. The central board coordinating efforts against the epidemic will decide about a possible exception for Christmas Eve on December 21, in view of the situation then.

Orbán added, however, that December 31 would be no exception, with a ban on New Year’s Eve parties.

Read more HERE!

Restrictions in Hungary

A decree made commercial P+Rs, parking garages and parking lots in residential areas free of charge from 7:00 in the evening until 7:00 in the morning.

Soldiers are helping the police in carrying out their duties in public areas. Soldiers have also been assigned to help out staff in 93 hospitals around Hungary.

The curfew is in force between 8pm and 5am, and work carried out beyond the home must be justified.

major new rule is that face masks must be worn in public spaces in localities with more than 10,000 residents, though it is up to local mayors to decide which spaces the rule applies to. Restaurants are limited to offering takeaways, while hotels are not allowed to cater to tourists, only guests arriving for business, economic or educational purposes. Sports events must be held behind closed doors.

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December 12, 2020

Tragedy! Patient receives wrong injection and dies in Hungarian Hospital

A 93-year-old man died in a Hungarian hospital seconds after the nurse mistakenly gave him the wrong medication in last September. The local Prosecutor’s Office of Zalaegerszeg pressed charges against the nurse.

Charges were pressed against the nurse who gave a patient a wrong medicine, not the one that the doctor previously prescribed, at Saint Rafael Hospital in Zala County, Hungary. The patient, who was an old man, died not long after receiving the wrong injection.

As Blikk reported, Csaba Pirger, spokesman of the Prosecutor’s Office of Zalaegerszeg explained that the nurse was a thirty-year-old woman from Zalaegerszeg. She worked in the hospital in the form of sole proprietorship in liberal profession. Usually, after a doctor prescribed the medication, she gave it to the patients independently.

The local Prosecutor’s Office of Zalaegerszeg pressed charges against her for reckless endangerment within the course of one’s profession.

What happened exactly?

A 93 year-old-man was taken to the Saint Rafael Hospital’s emergency room by ambulance last September. He was experiencing increased shortness of breath, for which the doctor prescribed two capsules of medicine and an ampoule of intravenous injection. The doctor notified the nurse about this orally, but the medical transcriptionist who was also present, wrote the prescription down on the patient’s treatment paper.

Out of inattention, however, instead of the two capsules, the nurse gave an intravenous injection to the patient that was never prescribed by the doctor.

After this, within just a couple of seconds, the old man’s blood circulation collapsed, and he got sick. Even though the nurse, as well as others, did everything they could to try to save him, after two times of resuscitations, the patient died.

It was later established that the mistaken injection that caused the cardiac arrest and the acid-base imbalance that evolved after the resuscitation led to the acute circulation failure – which is referred to as the direct cause of the old man’s death. His already existing illnesses, however, also contributed to the unsuccessful resuscitation.

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December 10, 2020

Coronavirus in Hungary – 25 hospitals selected to inoculate health staff

Twenty-five hospitals nationwide have been selected to vaccinate health-care workers against Covid-19, the government’s coronavirus press centre told MTI on Wednesday.

Budapest’s Honvéd, South-Pest Centrum, Szent János and Szent Imre hospitals, the Korányi Pulmonology Institute and Semmelweis University will serve as vaccination facilities, while in the provinces the central hospitals of each county will serve the purpose.

The hospitals have been selected to allow for timely preparations before the vaccine arrives in Hungary, the press office said.

Over 100,000 register for vaccine on first day

The number of registrations for the coronavirus vaccine has exceeded 100,000 on the first day after the registration was opened on Tuesday, a government official said on Wednesday.

Csaba Dömötör, a state secretary of the cabinet office, said in a video on Facebook that the government had contracted 17 million doses of various vaccines from various manufacturers.

Mass inoculation will start once the public health authority has approved the vaccines, he said.

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December 9, 2020

Coronavirus in Hungary: 162 patients die, number of people cured constantly increasing

Fully 162 Covid patients, generally elderly and suffering from an underlying illness, died over the past 24 hours in Hungary, while 6,697 infections were registered, bringing the total over the course of the pandemic to 250,278, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Sunday.

The death toll stands at 5,868 while 71,682 have made a recovery. The number of active infections stands at 172,728, while 7,709 patients are in hospital, 656 on ventilators.

Fully 50,283 people are in official home quarantine, while the number of tests carried out has risen to 1,941,724.

Most of the infected have been registered in Budapest (51,753) and Pest County (32,317), followed by the counties of Győr-Moson-Sopron (15,762), Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén (14,970), Hajdú-Bihar (13,836) and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg counties (12,813). Tolna County (4,227) has the least number of infections.

Restrictions in Hungary

Between 9am and 11am on weekdays and 8am and 10am on weekends, customers below that age are banned from shopping in grocery shops, household chemists and pharmacies. Senior citizens have the right to shop at any time.

A decree made commercial P+Rs, parking garages and parking lots in residential areas free of charge from 7:00 in the evening until 7:00 in the morning, more details HERE.

Soldiers are helping the police in carrying out their duties in public areas. Soldiers have also been assigned to help out staff in 93 hospitals around Hungary. The curfew is in force between 8pm and 5am, and work carried out beyond the home must be justified. With the exception of pharmacies and petrol stations, shops can be open until 7pm.

Hairdressers, masseurs and personal trainers must observe general curfew rules. Family and private events including birthday celebrations can be held with a maximum of ten people attending. A major new rule is that face masks must be worn in public spaces in localities with more than 10,000 residents, though it is up to local mayors to decide which spaces the rule applies to.

Restaurants are limited to offering takeaways, while hotels are not allowed to cater to tourists, only guests arriving for business, economic or educational purposes. Sports events must be held behind closed doors. Also, leisure facilities such as fitness gyms, indoor swimming pools, museums, libraries, cinemas, zoos and skating rinks must suspend their services. Events, including cultural events and Christmas fairs, cannot be held under the special rules.

December 6, 2020