WHO recommends this Hungarian method to predict COVID spread
The Omicron variant of the coronavirus caused 98 percent of all infections last week, Hungary’s chief medical officer said on Thursday, and called on Hungarians to take the third jab to bolster protection, which she said waned four months after the second jab.
Cecília Müller told news channel M1 that the “stealth” subvariant of omicron, which is more difficult to detect than other subvariants, is more infectious than other subvariants but its clinical symptoms are similar.
Meanwhile, trace amounts of the coronavirus in waste water, an indicator of trends of the epidemic in the coming weeks, stagnated last week, Müller said.
The method was developed by Hungary’s National Public Health Centre (NNK), and the WHO is recommending it for use in other countries,
Müller said.
Altogether 99 patients died of a Covid-related illness in the past 24 hours, while 12,885 new coronavirus infections were registered, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Thursday. So far 6,376,902 people have received a first jab, while 6,127,609 have been double-jabbed. Fully 3,746,680 Hungarians have received a booster shot.
The number of active infections stands at 231,613, while
hospitals are treating 5,198 Covid-19 patients, 198 of whom are intubated on a ventilator.
Since the first outbreak, 1,684,432 have been registered with the virus, while 42,269 deaths have been recorded. Fully 1,410,550 people have made a recovery.
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Panic in Nyíregyháza, masses get sick in the school
On Tuesday afternoon, due to masses feeling sick, several children and adults were transported to the hospital from the József Eötvös Primary School and Grammar School, which belongs to the University of Nyíregyháza. A spokesman for the ambulance service said they took 12 children and 2 adults to the emergency department of the Nyíregyháza hospital for observation. They all complained about scratchy throats and a milder cough. Fortunately, no other symptoms appeared later in the hospital.
270 children in front of the school
Firefighters arrived at the scene with large units, but the disaster management unit did not register any signs of hazardous materials at the scene or inside the school building, a spokesman for the Szabolcs-Szatmár County Disaster Management Directorate told MTI. Szabolcs Online says that more than 270 children waited in front of the school while the police, firefighters, and ambulances investigated what caused the masses of people to get sick. Eyewitnesses said the area around the school looked completely chaotic during the afternoon, after the arrival of the firefighters and then during the investigation. Where, on a regular day, parents arriving for their children are parked, now police cars, fire trucks, ambulances, and special vehicles for disaster management were lined up.
Chaos and possibly pepper spray caused the masses to get sick
According to hellomagyar.hu, the first pieces of information suggested chlorine gas poisoning, but the students and teachers interviewed did not smell the characteristic smell of the compound. Several complained that while they were leaving the school building, they felt something irritating their throats, causing them to cough. According to the report, one of the students said someone was “having fun” with pepper spray, and he sprayed most of the school with pepper spray, which caused the problem.
Pepper spray is a legal self-defence tool, used illegally in this case
Pepper spray is a self-defence tool that can be bought legally in Hungary and has an extremely unpleasant effect. It mainly causes tears and coughing; it has a strong effect in almost all cases. Of course, in self-defence situations, a smaller amount of it is used. In this situation, a larger dose may have been sprayed on the school grounds. We have no official information yet on whether the police are investigating the case, but it is likely that they will try to find the person who caused the situation.
More than 5,000 Hungarians in hospital due to COVID
Altogether 101 patients died of a Covid-related illness in the past 24 hours, while 13,932 new coronavirus infections were registered, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Wednesday.
So far 6,375,808 people have received a first jab, while 6,125,019 have been double-jabbed. Fully 3,741,717 Hungarians have received a booster shot.
The number of active infections stands at 229,240, while
hospitals are treating 5,108 Covid-19 patients, 193 of whom are intubated on a ventilator.
Since the first outbreak, 1,671,547 have been registered with the virus, while 42,170 deaths have been recorded. Fully 1,400,137 people have made a recovery.
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Woman claims nurses hit, humiliated, and starved her mother before her death
A woman shared a tragic and horrifying story with RTL Klub, the most-viewed TV channel in Hungary. The hospital where her mother died claims that they did not find any irregularities.
According to blikk.hu, the woman claims that the nurses and healthcare workers at Ferenc Jahn Hospital Budapest humiliated, hit, and starved her mother in the intensive care department. Later, her mother died. However, the daughter felt
she had to share her mother’s terrifying story with RTL News.
She said that her mother suffered from chronic inflammatory lung disease (COPD) and was put on a ventilator the moment she was hospitalised. Then, doctors performed a laryngectomy on her. As a result, she could not communicate. She got weaker and weaker with each day. Her daughter claims that the healthcare workers did not pay attention to her. She particularly mentioned two nurses. Interestingly, two hospital workers, who wanted to remain anonymous, confirmed that suspicion. They said that they also noticed the rudeness of the two nurses, but they were not brave enough to report it.
“This silence and quiet that is around what had happened… I am, and we all are guilty because we tolerated it,” one of them said in an altered voice to the TV channel’s news.
The nurses said to the woman’s mother that it was useless to pay attention to her because she would inevitably die. Therefore, she decided to take her mother home. That is when she noticed the bruises and bedsores on her mother’s body. Her mother said that the nurses hurt her. She claims that the family regularly visited her mother. However, her mother kept complaining that she did not receive enough food and drink. Therefore, she was continuously hungry.
One of the family members took a photo of a sterile bowl, in which a dead bedbug was floating. They showed it to RTL News.
The woman filed a complaint to the hospital but received no reply. RTL News asked the hospital as well. The institution said that they conducted an internal investigation but found no irregularities. They did not mention anything about abuse.
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This is when the fifth wave will peak in Hungary
One of the most well-known Hungarian infectologist is hopeful that Hungary can soon ‘breathe sigh of relief’.
With concentrations of the coronavirus in Hungary’s wastewater systems still rising “it will be another 1-2 weeks before we can breathe a sigh of relief”, the leading infectologist of Budapest’s South Pest Central Hospital said on Friday, adding he was hopeful that the situation would soon improve.
János Szlávik told public news channel M1 that although the virus’s Omicron variant was
causing fewer deaths and hospitalisations, it was significantly more contagious than previous variants.
However those who contract Omicron but are vaccinated are likely to experience symptoms similar to the common cold, he added.
Szlávik noted that an even more contagious “stealth” sub-variant of Omicron was identified in the Philippines last November and was likely to replace the variant’s original lineage.
He said immunity from vaccines offered a higher degree of protection than natural immunity, warning that those who are unvaccinated could become seriously ill again after recovering from Covid. Szlávik urged people to get inoculated, warning that even Omicron could cause severe symptoms for the unvaccinated.
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5th wave soon to be past its peak in Hungary?
György Póta said that the fifth wave caused by the Omicron variant would be past its zenith in Hungary. However, he added that, until then, many children and young adults would catch the virus. Meanwhile, MTI published that 105 patients died of a Covid-related illness in the past 24 hours, and 16,435 new coronavirus infections were registered in Hungary.
According to blikk.hu, Mr Póta said it was good news that the number of patients treated in hospitals did not rise in the last few weeks despite the steep rise in the number of new infections. He highlighted that most children produce only light symptoms.
György Póta said that the fifth wave would be over in a couple of weeks thanks to the protective measures the government introduced.
He added that when Hungary would get past the fifth wave’s peak, the number of new infections would steeply decrease.
Many virologists say that the virulent Omicron variant can result in an almost complete immunisation against COVID-19. As a result, future waves would only cause symptoms similar to the common cold. Thus, we could finally say goodbye to any future restrictions.
So far, 6,369,089 people have received the first jab, while 6,111,632 have been double-jabbed. 3,712,974 Hungarians have received a booster shot. The number of active infections stands at 227,407, while hospitals are treating 4,588 Covid-19 patients, 168 of whom are intubated on a ventilator. The website said that the Omicron variant accounts for 94 per cent of all infections.
Since the first outbreak, 1,616,846 patients have been registered with the virus, while 41,741 deaths have been recorded. 1,347,698 people have made a full recovery.
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Here are the latest COVID numbers from Hungary
Altogether 88 patients died of a Covid-related illness in the past 24 hours, while 17,894 new coronavirus infections were registered, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Thursday.
So far 6,366,402 people have received a first jab, while 6,107,843 have been double-jabbed. Fully 3,700,305 Hungarians have received a booster shot.
The number of active infections stands at 227,899, while hospitals are treating 4,451 Covid-19 patients, 163 of whom are intubated on a ventilator.
The website said the Omicron variant accounts for 94 percent of all infections.
Since the first outbreak, 1,600,411 have been registered with the virus, while 41,636 deaths have been recorded. Fully 1,330,876 people have made a recovery.
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Almost 20 thousand new infections in the last 24h
Altogether 77 patients died of a Covid-related illness in the past 24 hours, while 19,690 new coronavirus infections were registered, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Wednesday.
So far 6,365,250 people have received a first jab, while 6,105,342 have been double-jabbed. Fully 3,693,859 Hungarians have received a booster shot.
The number of active infections has risen to 230,549, while
hospitals are treating 4,341 Covid-19 patients, 163 of whom are intubated on a ventilator.
Since the first outbreak, 1,582,517 have been registered with the virus, while 41,548 deaths have been recorded. Fully 1,310,420 people have made a recovery.
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Nr of active infections above 225 thousand in Hungary
Altogether 78 patients died of a Covid-related illness in the past 24 hours, while 17,869 new coronavirus infections were registered, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Friday.
So far 6,351,476 people have received a first jab, while 6,089,784 have been double-jabbed. Fully 3,594,529 Hungarians have received a booster shot.
The number of active infections has risen to 225,801, while hospitals are treating 3,463 Covid-19 patients, 145 of whom are intubated on a ventilator.
Since the first outbreak, 1,508,358 have been registered with the virus, while 41,229 deaths have been recorded. Fully 1,241,328 people have made a recovery.
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Almost 1.5 million people caught the virus since its outbreak in Hungary
Altogether 64 patients died of a Covid-related illness in the past 24 hours, while 19,213 new coronavirus infections were registered, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Thursday.
So far 6,347,426 people have received a first jab, while 6,085,866 have been double-jabbed. Fully 3,573,570 Hungarians have received a booster shot.
The number of active infections has risen to 215,839, while hospitals are treating 3,267 Covid-19 patients, 157 of whom are intubated on a ventilator.
Since the first outbreak, 1,490,489 have been registered with the virus, while 41,151 deaths have been recorded. Fully 1,233,499 people have made a recovery.
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Record high number of new infections in Hungary!
Altogether 69 patients died of a Covid-related illness in the past 24 hours, while 20,174 new coronavirus infections were registered, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Wednesday.
So far 6,345,766 people have received a first jab, while 6,083,949 have been double-jabbed. Fully 3,567,044 Hungarians have received a booster shot.
The number of active infections has risen to 205,376, while hospitals are treating 3,145 Covid-19 patients, 164 of whom are intubated on a ventilator.
Since the first outbreak, 1,471,276 have been registered with the virus, while 41,087 deaths have been recorded. Fully 1,224,813 people have made a recovery.
Meanwhile, the Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) found that the
COVID quick tests in Hungary are more expensive than the EU average.
Index.hu said that the body started a survey last December. Therefore, GVH suggested the government allow selling such tests in the different market chains, drugstores and fuel stations. As a result, their cost could be lower. Provided the government does not agree, GVH suggested introducing a price cap in the case of quick tests.
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Fire broke out in the Szent Imre Hospital in Budapest – PHOTOS, VIDEO
The fire department was alerted that a fire broke out in a hospital in district XI in Budapest at 7:30 in the morning this Sunday. The fire department ordered a large number of official firefighters to the scene.
Máté Kisdi, the spokesman of National Directorate for Disaster Management informed MTI that the fire broke out in the ground floor in a detoxication room in the multi-storey building.
The firefighter rushed to the scene in great numbers; a total of 70 firefighters arrived to the scene with 18 vehicles.
The fire was successfully extinguished by the firefighters and further spreading of the fire was also prevented.
56 patients had to be evacuated from the building. Most of them were reassigned to other departments within the hospital, but four patients had to be taken by ambulance to another hospital.
Pál Győrfi, the spokesman of the Hungarian National Ambulance Service told MTI, that unfortunately, the accident had one victim;
due to serious injuries caused by the fire, a young woman had died.
In total 7 ambulance units rushed to the hospital and two men and one woman had to be taken to a different hospital’s toxicology department due to the suspicion of smoke inhalation.
Máté Kisdi added that the fire had impacted a roughly 5 m2 area, while the smoke affected an approximately 100 m2 area.
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Nr of infections rise, 315 kids of a Buda kindergarten quarantined
Altogether 71 patients died of a Covid-related illness over the past 24 hours, while 15,526 new coronavirus infections were registered, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Thursday.
So far 6,325,143 people have received a first jab, while 6,069,677 have been double-jabbed. Fully 3,437,335 Hungarians have received a booster shot. The website said the omicron variant was spreading rapidly, accounting for 87 percent of all infections.
The number of active infections has risen to 158,424,
while hospitals are treating 2,673 Covid-19 patients, 202 of whom are intubated on a ventilator.
Since the first outbreak, 1,385,500 have been registered with the virus, while 40,757 deaths have been recorded. Fully 1,186,319 people have made a recovery.
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Source: dailynewshungary.com
Telex.hu reported that 18 kindergarten groups are in quarantine in the 3rd district because of the coronavirus. The virus spreads unstoppably among the kids. In the 2nd district, 374 children are at home. In the 12th district, 13 groups are in quarantine out of the 66. The Normafa kindergarten closed because of the virus.
In Gyömrő, a city near Budapest, they had to close a kindergarten because
only four people of the staff work.
In Hódmezővásárhely, where the united opposition’s PM candidate, Péter Márki-Zay is the mayor, two groups are in quarantine. In Zalaegerszeg, seven institutions have kids or kindergarten teachers with a positive test.
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It’s official: 87 percent of new infections caused by omicron
The Omicron variant of the coronavirus now accounts for 87 percent of infections in Hungary, according to the chief medical officer.
Those most at risk of severe illness from the virus are still the unvaccinated, Cecília Müller said in a video message published on the government’s Facebook page on Wednesday.
She urged everyone over the age of 12 who received their second Covid vaccine dose over four months ago to get a booster shot as well.
Müller noted that Hungarians can continue to get jabs without registration on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays.
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Man to sue government because his relatives died of COVID
A Hungarian citizen is to sue the government because he lost two of his relatives in the coronavirus epidemic. He said that his mother did not receive the proper vaccine, and he could not say goodbye to his sister.
According to hvg.hu, Jenő Ferincz lives in Nagykanizsa, Zala county. His sister died of coronavirus in the local Szent Rafael Hospital. His mother died of the complications that followed after she got the virus in the Kanizsai Dorottya Hospital. He talked about his story to today’s Népszava and added that he would sue the government.
Mr Ferincz said that the Kanizsai Dorottya Hospital did not let him say goodbye to his sister. By the time he arrived in the institute, the nurses had already taken his sister to the pathology. Based on the rules, he could not enter there. Moreover, he could only take the last glimpse of his mother in another local hospital through the window glass.
He criticised the measure of the hospitals and highlighted
he was not even sure whether he got the ashes of his relatives from the hospitals.
“There were a lot of cases when hospital staff mixed up the bodies. Thus, I cannot be sure.” Beáta Gasztonyi, the director of the Szent Rafael Hospital, said that they use special disinfection in the pathology department. Therefore, nobody can enter. She added that mixing up bodies could not happen thanks to their relevant, strict protocol.
The man complained that he had to pay for the dressing costs of his sister even though the hospital does not dress people who died of COVID-19.
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An expert of the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union (TASZ) told Népszava that, in the case of patients in the final stadium, hospitals could not ban visits. Beatrix Vissy added that provided the medical professionals realise they cannot save a person’s life, they have to notify the relatives immediately.
In the case of COVID-19 patients, rules might be stricter, but they cannot ban people from saying goodbye to their relatives.
Jenő Ferincz now plans to sue the government. He said that his mother received the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine, which did not provide the needed protection. He added that his mother could not choose because that was the only available type back then. In a radio interview,
PM Viktor Orbán cleared that he and his government bore all responsibility for the decisions during the pandemic.
That is why he wants to sue the government for the deaths of his relatives.
As we reported before, since the first outbreak, 1,355,084 infections have been registered, while 40,601 deaths have been recorded in Hungary. In the past 24 hours, altogether 94 patients died of a Covid-related illness, while 6,851 new coronavirus infections were registered.
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Nr of new infections very high, opposition’s PM candidate caught the virus
Altogether 85 patients died of a Covid-related illness over the past 24 hours, while 14,890 new coronavirus infections were registered, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Wednesday.
So far 6,322,905 people have received a first jab, while 6,066,056 have been double-jabbed. Fully 3,430,445 Hungarians have received a booster shot.
The website said the omicron variant was spreading rapidly.
The number of active infections has risen to 147,573, while hospitals are treating 2,645 Covid-19 patients, 208 of whom are intubated on a ventilator.
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Since the first outbreak, 1,369,974 have been registered with the virus, while 40,686 deaths have been recorded. Fully 1,181,715 people have made a recovery.
As 444.hu reported, Péter Márki-Zary caught the virus and produced a positive COVID test at dawn. Therefore, the opposition’s PM candidate postponed all his official programs and would continue his work from home quarantine. He said that he had light symptoms and received three jabs.
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Semmelweis University: 10 pc of their COVID patients receiving treatment die
Minister Miklós Kásler shared much worse data before. He told Infórádió that, in the 4th wave, 9,485 people died out of 17 thousand patients receiving treatment in the Hungarian hospitals. That would mean 55 pc mortality, which is extremely high. It would mean that the Hungarian healthcare system is very ineffective.
Thus, portolio.hu asked for the data of the Semmelweis University. The institution said that they treated 6,456 people in in-patient and 8,173 people in outpatient care because of coronavirus between 2020 March and 2022 January. Based on their data, they lost 1,521 patients out of the 14,629.
That means a ten pc mortality rate at the university.
According to MTI, altogether 73 patients died of a Covid-related illness during the past 24 hours, while 8,921 new coronavirus infections were registered, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Friday. Fully 29 percent of new infections have been caused by the Omicron variant.
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So far 6,304,323 people have received a first jab, while 6,050,416 have been fully vaccinated. Fully 3,321,659 Hungarians have received a booster jab. The number of active infections has risen to 128,268, while
hospitals are treating 2,611 Covid-19 patients, 243 of whom are intubated on a ventilator.
Since the first outbreak, 1,327,014 have been registered with the virus, while 40,237 deaths have been recorded. Fully 1,158,509 people have made a recovery.
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PM Orbán: 4th dose available for everybody!
Experts have proposed that the government support the promotion of a fourth dose of the coronavirus vaccine, which is now available for anyone after a consultation with their GP, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Friday.
The fourth dose can be taken four months after the third, and it is highly recommended after six months, Orban said in an interview to public broadcaster Kossuth Rádió. The vaccine will be available on Fridays and Saturdays in January in hospitals and in major GP surgeries under a simplified system, with no need for an appointment, he said. GPs will also administer vaccines on weekends this month, he said.
Hungary’s public services and health-care system are prepared to inoculate all citizens,
he said.
Over 2 million Pfizer and 700,000 Moderna vaccines are at hand, he said.
Experts agree that Omicron is much weaker than previous variants of the virus, “but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t protect ourselves”, Orban said, calling on Hungarians to accept the next dose whatever their vaccination status. Meanwhile, the quarantine period will be cut to seven days, and it can be exited after five days in possession of a negative test, he said.
“Last year’s Christmas was almost the way one imagines it,” he said, with families coming together, albeit “under the shadow of the pandemic”. He praised Hungary’s “fantastic hospital capacities, especially in terms of human resources”. Currently, 2,611 Covid-19 patients are hospitalised and 243 are intubated on ventilators, with over 10,000 beds available, he said.