Coronavirus – Operative board sees no need to introduce specific measures for Budapest

The operative board coordinating Hungary’s response to the novel coronavirus epidemic sees no reason to introduce any special rules in Budapest beyond those that apply in the country as whole, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Thursday.

Responding to a letter from Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony, Orbán said the government would not discuss such a proposal without involving Karácsony.

The prime minister noted that all information about the virus relayed to the government since the start of the epidemic passed through the operative board headed by Interior Minister Sándor Pintér. The board’s job is to submit proposals regarding the handling of the epidemic to the government, he added.

“Anyone can access the results of the work carried out by the operative board, including the metropolitan council and the mayor,” the prime minister wrote.