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Coronavirus: 130,722 active infections in Hungary
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Fully 91 Covid patients, mostly elderly and suffering from an underlying illness, have died in the past 24 hours and coronavirus infections have risen by 3,334 to 177,952, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Monday.
Altogether 3,891 Covid patients have died since the appearance of coronavirus in Hungary, while 43,339 have made a recovery. There are currently 130,722 active infections and 7,461 patients are in hospital, 627 on ventilators.
Fully 42,071 people are in official home quarantine, while the number of tests stands at 1,518,158.
Soldiers have also been assigned to help out staff in 93 hospitals around Hungary.
A sample of Russia’s coronavirus vaccine has arrived in Budapest on Thurday, read details HERE. However, the European Commission does not like the idea that part of Hungary’s population would be immunised with Moscow’s vaccine. It seems that the issue will develop into a further conflict between the Hungarian government and the different institutions of the European Union.
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.