COVID-19 pandemic in Hungary

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COVID-19 pandemic in Hungary

COVID-19 cases in last 7 days per 100K inhabitantsTotal cases per

100K inhabitantsTotal number of cases in Hungarian districtsShow all

Disease COVID-19

Virus strain SARS-CoV-2

Location Hungary

First outbreak Wuhan, Hubei, China

Index case Budapest

 Arrival date 4 March 2020 (2 years, 2 months and

11 days)

Confirmed cases 1,909,948[1]

Hospitalized cases 1015

Ventilator cases 29

Recovered 1,821,435

Deaths 46,343

Fatality rate 2.43%

Government website

koronavirus.gov.hu

The COVID-19 pandemic in Hungary is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of

coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). On 4 March 2020, the first cases in Hungary were
announced.[2] The first coronavirus-related death was announced on 15 March on the
government's official website.[3]
On 18 March 2020, Surgeon general Cecília Müller announced that the virus had
spread to every part of the country.[4] As of June 2021, Hungary has the second-highest
COVID-19 death rate in the world.[5]

Contents

 1Background
 2Timeline
o 2.1Graph charts
o 2.2Infections by county
 3Vaccination
 4Government response
o 4.1State of emergency
 4.1.1Rule by decree
o 4.2Travel and entry restrictions
o 4.3Economic decisions for managing the emergency
o 4.4Use of vaccines from China and Russia
  5Impact on sport
 6See also
 7References
 8External links

Background[edit]
At the end of January 2020, a Hungarian operational task force was formed, which was
led by Sándor Pintér, Interior Minister and Miklós Kásler, Minister of Human Resources,
and included:[citation needed]

 Surgeon General Cecília Müller,

 Károly Papp, Director of Security Department of Interior Ministry,
 János Balogh, National Police Leader, and the directors of National High
Directorate of Disaster Management, Anti-Terrorism Center, Central Hospital
of South Pest, National Healthcare Supplying Service and National
Ambulance.[6]
Staff has immediately announced its plan for security against the spread of virus. [7] After
detecting the virus in the country, they announced that operational staff would hold daily
meetings at noon.[8]
On 1 February, the spokesperson of National Command of Penalty Execution (BVOP)
announced that prisoners of Debrecen and Sátoraljaújhely[9] had started the production
of sanitary masks. They produce 20 000 masks daily in a 12-hour shift, which are stored
in different repositories all around the country,[10] and continually delivered to general
practitioners.[11]
At the beginning of the pandemic, the virus was concentrated in and around Wuhan.
Seven Hungarians living in Wuhan, who wanted to move back to Europe, were
transported through France and placed in quarantine for two weeks.[12] They remained
healthy during those two weeks and were released on 16 February. [13]
Due to the events and news connected to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, in
February 2020, several goods—such as antiseptic arm cleaning materials, masks and
non-perishable food – were in short supply in a lot of shops in Hungary. [14] Tamás
Schanda, strategical and political under-secretary of Innovation and the Science
Ministry said "The Government understands the concerns of the people, but experts say
it is unnecessary and pointless to hoard non-perishable food." [15] The accumulation of
goods declined quite quickly, and the detection of the virus in March did not cause
measurable problems in shops.[16]
The Government of Hungary launched its official webpage and official Facebook page
about the novel coronavirus, both on 4 March 2020. [17][18]

Timeline[edit]
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