New COVID Variant on the Horizon According to Zsolt Boldogkői, Director of the Institute of Medical Biology at the University of Szeged, the new omicron variant,... 2023.08.10.
First Shipment of Omicron Vaccine Arrives in Hungary In Budapest on Wednesday, the head of the epidemiology department of the National Public Health Center announced that a new... 2022.09.08.
What Can Be Expected from COVID Now? The epidemic never really disappeared, but by the third year people had gotten used to it, especially as the Ukrainian... 2022.07.25.
Sixth Wave of Coronavirus May Arrive in Hungary in a Few Months Hungary could be hit by another, the sixth wave of the coronavirus epidemic in a few months, reports Index. Imre... 2022.06.22.
IMF Expects Best GDP Growth in Region for Hungary and Poland As recently as January, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) had assumed that the global economy would recover from the second... 2022.04.21.
Omicron Responsible for 98% of Infections, Chief Medical Officer The Omicron variant of the coronavirus caused 98 percent of all infections last week, Hungary's chief medical officer said on... 2022.02.10.
Coronavirus: Infectologist Hopeful Hungary can Soon ‘Breathe Sigh of Relief’ With concentrations of the coronavirus in Hungary's wastewater systems still rising "it will be another 1-2 weeks before we can... 2022.02.05.
Gov’t Suddenly Changes New Rules on Vaccine Certificates The Hungarian government will extend the validity of COVID vaccination certificates for people who have already received two doses of... 2022.02.03.
Virologist Ferenc Jakab Expects Decades of Epidemics After Covid Ferenc Jakab believes Covid is just the beginning of a series of epidemics, noting that the Omicron variant significantly differs... 2022.01.24.
Omicron Spreading Quickly, More and More Schools Affected More and more schools and kindergartens are reporting that they have to close classes or groups or "hybridize" them because... 2022.01.20.
Chief Medical Officer: Omicron Now Dominant Variant in Hungary The Omicron variant of the coronavirus now accounts for 87 percent of infections in Hungary, according to the chief medical... 2022.01.20.
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... 2022.01.18.
Infectologist: Hungary’s Health Experts Assessing Fourth Jab Eligibility Hungary's health experts are assessing who should be administered a fourth dose of the coronavirus vaccine, the leading infectologist of... 2022.01.15.
Booster Jabs Conditional for Vaccination Certificate from February 15 From February 15th, Hungarians will only be eligible for a vaccination certificate if they have received the third, booster jab... 2022.01.13.
Gov’t to Make Decision Soon on Possible Introduction of 4th Vaccine Dose Although a growing number of Hungarian experts have been suggesting it over the past few weeks, the Hungarian government seemed... 2022.01.12.
Omicron Identified in 90% of Positive Cases in Private Laboratory Just over a week ago, the omicron variant was detected in 78 percent of positive cases at the Neumann Labs... 2022.01.12.
Human Resources Minister Predicts 200 Daily Fatalities for Peak of Fifth Wave The fifth wave of the coronavirus epidemic has begun in Hungary, and if there is no new mutation and no... 2022.01.10.
Fifth Wave Begins in Hungary with Omicron Spreading Quickly Experts say that the fifth wave caused by the omicron variant has started in Hungary as well. So far, the... 2022.01.07.
Heated Debate Surrounds 4th Vaccine Dose in Hungary As in other European countries, the fourth vaccine dose is becoming an increasingly debated topic in Hungary. Although some Hungarian... 2022.01.06.
Omicron Wave Expected to Surge in Budapest Next Week Hungarian experts believe that the fifth wave of the epidemic will reach Budapest as early as next week, causing the... 2022.01.06.
Covid in December: 4th Wave Peak, Easing Epidemic Situation, Appearance of Omicron Looking at the data from December, it is clear that the fourth wave of the coronavirus epidemic peaked in Hungary... 2022.01.05.
