News tagged with: coronavirus test

Change in COVID Testing: Paramedics No Longer Perform PCR Tests

The operational staff has made the decision that paramedics will no longer be involved in PCR testing for suspected COVID...

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Pharmacy Institute Projects Drop in Price of Rapid Antigen Tests

The price of rapid coronavirus antigen tests could drop as a result of retail shops being allowed to sell them...

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Coronavirus Rapid Tests Soon to Be Commercially Available

On Tuesday evening, a decree was published in the Hungarian Gazette (Magyar Közlöny) allowing the sale of coronavirus antigen rapid...

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EU Support for Testing Canceled by Government

Hungary could have applied for free or low-cost covid tests from a 900 million forint (more than 2,500,000 euros) EU...

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Socialists Challenge Govt’s Withdrawal of EU Bid for Covid Testing Kits

The Socialist party has demanded the government explain why it decided to forego EU support of 900 million forints (EUR...

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Coronavirus Rapid Tests Too Expensive in Hungary, Competition Authority Calls for Intervention

According to the latest investigation by the Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH), rapid coronavirus tests in Hungary are too expensive because...

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Experts: Mandatory Mask Wearing and Free Testing More Important Than Fourth Vaccination

The general introduction of a fourth vaccination is not justified in the current epidemiological situation, according to the professional opinions...

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Oxford University: Hungary Has Loosest Coronavirus Measures in Europe

Omicron, the new, aggressive mutation of the coronavirus, is spreading rapidly in Hungary, increasing the number of cases. The phenomenon...

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Gov’t Still Opposes Mass Covid Testing

In Hungary, the number of tests is very low, and the government does not plan to introduce free testing, as...

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Socialist MEP Demands Information on EU Funds for Covid Testing

The Hungarian government has been allocated nearly 900 million forints (EUR 2.3m) in European Union funding to provide "cheap or...

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New Vaccination Recommendations Published

On December 23, a new technical recommendations on coronavirus vaccination was published on the website of the National Centre for...

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Rise of Omicron in Hungary May Be Faster Than Official Reports Suggest

On Monday, Hungary’s National Public Health Center (NNK) said that so far, 15 cases of the omicron variant of the...

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PM Orbán on Mandatory Vaccination: ‘Convincing gets you closer to people’s minds and hearts than giving orders’

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has said he "would like to avoid" making coronavirus vaccination mandatory in Hungary. Speaking at an...

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To Test or Not to Test? Government under Fire for Discarded PCR Tests

The government recently destroyed some HUF 5 billion (EUR 14.7 million) worth of PCR tests, generating criticism. While officials say...

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Expired PCR Tests Destroyed, but Cheaper than First Reported

The opposition is outraged by the news in Jelen that 5 billion forints worth of expired PCR tests had to...

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Coronavirus: DK Demands Free Mass Testing for Covid

The opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) on Monday called on the Orbán government to launch free mass testing for Covid infection...

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Fight Against Agressive Delta Variant Needs Three Main Pillars: Vaccination, Mask-Wearing, and Testing, Experts Say

The independent, professional coronavirus information channel, KOVIDők, led by two researchers from Szeged - Dr. Péter Horváth, computer scientist, and...

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At Least One Hundred People Unknowingly Purchased Fake COVID Tests

A Hungarian company is suspected to have advertised and sold COVID-19 PCR tests, which were counterfeit and completely unfit for...

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DK to Request Access to Contracts on Ventillators and Covid Tests ‘Locked Away in Warehouse’

The Democratic Coalition (DK) will submit to Hungarian authorities a request for information of public interest on state contracts covering...

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DK: 1.5 m Coronavirus Tests ‘Locked Away from Public’

Some 1.5 million coronavirus tests are warehoused in Hungary, "locked away, unused, from the public," a board member of the...

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Elective Surgeries Resume, Waiting Lists Unlikely to Soon Diminish

Although officially Hungarian hospitals are resuming elective surgeries and rehabilitation services from this Thursday, due to the workload, altered circumstances,...

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