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Coronavirus – Mayor: Budapest’s cinemas, theatres, museums, libraries to be closed
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Budapest’s cinemas, theatres, museums and libraries are being closed down for the time being in connection with the new coronavirus, Gergely Karácsony, the city’s mayor, announced on Thursday.
Performances will be suspended in all cinemas and theatres maintained by the municipality, while museums and all branches of the Szabó Ervin Library will be closed, the mayor told a news conference.
Whereas the decision will have “a severe impact” on the capital’s institutional network, it is necessary to minimise the risk of an epidemic, he added.
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Efforts are being made to reduce the risk of the virus’s spread on public transport, with ticket sales on vehicles stopped on Friday. Meanwhile, passengers can board buses using all doors.
He said the municipality urged the government and employers to think about introducing staggered work times so that fewer people use public transport at peak times.
Employers, he said, should allow as many employees as possible the chance to work from home.
I’m going today to Budapest, I was hoping to see celebrations during the hungarian revolution aanniversary, but it’s bad timing for me. Now, the museums will be closed… Really sad. Tell me if you can, where there will be biggest local celebrations that are not cancel ust? Debrecen? Greeting and thanks for the news.