Hungary closes schools, bans entry from Israel over coronavirus
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announced a number of new measures his government will take to combat the coronavirus in Hungary.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announced a number of new measures his government will take to combat the coronavirus in Hungary.
School closures, protective equipment, and border checks were the main questions of the government coronavirus task force's press conference on Friday.
Earlier, police presence was requested at the quarantine where Iranian students complained about a lack of information and 3 to 5 beds in a ward.
An undiagnosed coronavirus patient was treated at a Budapest hospital for days, the doctors were unprotected.
Just like almost all other events scheduled for the upcoming weeks and months, the first three stages of the 2020 Giro D'Italia were cancelled.
The surgical masks available in most medical institutions will not protect the wearer, Hungarian Medical Chamber says.
Three Hungarian men tested positive for the coronavirus.
One of the Iranian students is the first to recover from Covid-19 in Hungary, the first Hungarian infected on the Diamond Princess also recovered in Japan.
One of the newly diagnosed people is not known to have not had contact with previously confirmed coronavirus patients.
The state of emergency allows the government to take a number of extraordinary measures and suspend the application of certain laws.
The 13th patient to test positive is a Hungarian woman who was already in quarantine.
No extraordinary measures in Hungary yet, people above 60 advised against attending mass events.
The students were all contacts of the first patient in Hungary.
Private clinics may soon start offering coronavirus tests but they will be considered "unaccredited," police presence at Budapest hospital extended.
Another Iranian student and the 74-year-old wife of the 70-year old Hungarian patient tested positive, bringing the total number of infected to 9.
Air traffic to Italian areas under lockdown will be shut down after midnight, 70-year-old Hungarian patient is being treated at the ICU.
Students initially denied testing are now quarantined, authorities warn that disobeying quarantine orders is a crime.
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The patient is a severely ill 70-year-old Hungarian man.
Authorities are investigating the contacts of confirmed patients, they are also running tests on the 15 Japanese tourists quarantined yesterday.
Third patient is a British man working in Milan. Meanwhile, 15 Japanese tourists were hospitalized in Budapest.
PM Viktor Orbán and the government's coronavirus task force informed the press about the latest information on the coronavirus situation in Hungary.
Two Iranian citizens studying in Hungary have tested positive for Covid-19.
Four students from Milan visited Budapest at the end of February, three of whom have since tested positive for Covid-19.
The two women studying in Milan tested positive for Covid-19 in the Czech Republic. Before Prague, they also visited Vienna, Brno, and Budapest.
One of the three Hungarian citizens working on the cruise ship Princess Diamond tested positive for COVID-19. No cases yet in Hungary.
The seven Hungarian citizens requesting evacuation from quarantined Chinese province return while government begins implementing preventive measures.