PM Orbán: We will vaccinate 7 million people by early June
The “British mutation” is much more aggressive than the virus we faced last year, PM Orbán said, adding that the vaccine is the only way to “kill” this virus.
The “British mutation” is much more aggressive than the virus we faced last year, PM Orbán said, adding that the vaccine is the only way to “kill” this virus.
The prime minister thanked doctors and nurses for their work and repeatedly asked Hungarians to register and get vaccinated.
Hungary’s government will start easing pandemic restrictions gradually after 2.5 million Hungarians have received at least their first jab of Covid vaccine.
PM Orbán said the ratio of Covid sufferers, the amount of vaccines available and the number of vaccinated “will improve nicely” in the next few weeks.
The prime minister said the high number of daily infections and the number of available vaccines were “too much in contrast with each other for the time being”.
If we disobey the regulations during Easter, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán warned, “we could find ourselves in big trouble.”
1 April 2021, Budapest
The prime minister revealed in his Friday morning interview that there will be a new regulation for stores based on people allowed per square meter and said that schools “have a very good chance” of opening on April 19.
“We had no choice," Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said, providing details of the tightened restrictions necessitated by the third wave of the pandemic.
“The number of infections is expected to grow drastically in the next two weeks. This is why a high level of preparedness had to be ordered in hospitals,” PM Orbán said
The prime ministers of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia met European Council President Charles Michel on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Visegrad Group.
"There’s only one kind of vaccine: the kind which cures people quickly and effectively and to politicize this issue when people’s lives are at stake is irresponsible,” PM Orbán said.
Both leaders were in agreement that it is worth investing in the development of Hungarian-Uzbek economic ties.