Virologist predicts the end of the third wave in Hungary – could it be true?

Hungary is still facing difficult days and weeks ahead because of the third wave of the coronavirus pandemic, a health authority official has warned.

The third wave of the pandemic has yet to peak, Ágnes Galgóczi, the head of the epidemiology department of the National Public Health Centre (NNK), told public media on Sunday, urging people to continue to observe social distancing guidelines and hygiene regulations.

The important thing now is to contain further transmissions of the virus and to ease the burden on the country’s health-care system, she said.

So far, some 1,900,000 people have received their first dose of a Covid vaccine, and more than 600,000 have been fully inoculated, Galgóczi said.

She called on the public to avoid crowded areas during the Easter holiday.

MTI also reported that school, kindergarten and preschool teachers have until midnight on Monday to register for the coronavirus vaccine, according to koronavirus.gov.hu.

Around 102,000 of Hungary’s 180,000 teachers working in public education registered for the jab until March 24, and 20,000 of them have already received their first shot.

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On another note, the inoculation of pregnant women can be started, the Hungarian Minister of Family Affairs said on Facebook on Sunday.