Nurses to receive pay rise of 18% from July
The government has set aside 50 billion forints (EUR 135.4m) for wage hikes this year.
The government has set aside 50 billion forints (EUR 135.4m) for wage hikes this year.
5,000 Hungarian staff members in the nursing sector were thanked for their contribution to fighting the coronavirus pandemic.
Cecília Müller said a total of 12,113 people have died of complications of the coronavirus since March. Four percent of them had no known underlying conditions.
Healthcare workers can now get inoculated against Covid-19 at one of 25 vaccination points in the country.
The first shipment of Pfizer-BioNTech’s vaccine, which arrived in Hungary early on Saturday, contained 9,750 doses, enough to inoculate 4,875 healthcare workers.
Gergely Gulyás, Head of the Prime Minister’s Office, said doctors and nurses providing intensive care to coronavirus patients will be the first to be inoculated.
PM Orbán has saluted nurses, doctors, healthcare staff and school employees, thanking them for their enduring efforts in coronavirus protection.