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CORONAVIRUS: Here's the latest

A regularly updated feed of the latest information about coronavirus in Hungary.

PM Orbán: Hungarians need the vaccine, not an explanation

“Restrictions cannot be lifted until mass vaccination begins,” said Prime Minister Viktor Orbán this morning adding that a Hungarian vaccine factory will be built in Debrecen, which will reduce the country's vulnerability in the future.

Everything wrong with Věra Jourová

2020 has been quite the year for Věra Jourová, the European Commissioner for Values and Transparency.

PM Orbán: Hungary’s vaccination capacity is far beyond the number of doses arriving from the EU

Prime Minister Orbán said that Hungary has so far inoculated 105,728 people, and the number of newly confirmed infected is on the decline, with a rising number of those who have recovered from the coronavirus.

Is Brussels failing the COVID vaccine challenge?

So, what’s really happening? Has the EU reserved enough vaccines? Did they arrive late to the party? Why does the supply seem so unreliable? These are just a few of the tough questions for Brussels.

WaPo, the failed opposition leader and a story of blatant hypocrisy

“Independent” MP Bernadett Szél, former leader of LMP (the failed green-liberal party in Hungary) and 2018 opposition prime minister candidate, can’t sleep at night worried about “populists,” forgets about her own violent demonstrations.