
Organ transplants back to pre-pandemic levels in Hungary
After a decline during Covid, the number of organ transplants is returning to pre-pandemic levels in Hungary, health experts said in a joint statement on Tuesday.

Food safety authority orders control over imported cattle
Hungary's National Food Chain Safety Authority (Nebih) has ordered the monitoring of cattle imported to Hungary after reports from the Netherlands, Germany, and Belgium of cases of bluetongue disease.
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Mi Hazank: Government should reject global pandemic pact
The opposition Mi Hazank movement has called on the government to register an objection to the World Health Organisation's planned pandemic pact, arguing that it undermined national sovereignty and curbed human freedom.

Ministry: Hungary doesn’t want to legalise euthanasia
Euthanasia is not legally permitted in Hungary, and the government does not want to legalise it, the justice ministry said on Tuesday in connection with a case before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

Bird flu detected in Bekes County
H5N1 bird flu has been detected in Bekes County, in south-eastern Hungary, the national food safety authority (Nebih) said on Monday, after the virus was confirmed in a sample taken from a poultry farm in Oroshaza rearing 7,400 mallard geese, which are in the ...

Bird flu detected in eastern Hungary
H5N1 bird flu has been identified at a turkey farm in Jasz-Nagykun-Szolnok County, in eastern Hungary, food safety authority Nebih said on Thursday.

Bird flu detected in SE Hungary
Food safety authority Nebih on Tuesday said it has detected a highly pathogenic strand of bird flu at a goose farm in Csongrad-Csanad County, in south-eastern Hungary.

Bird flu detected in NE, S Hungary
The food safety authority Nebih has detected a highly pathogenic strand of bird flu in Borsod-Abauj-Zemplen and Bacs-Kiskun counties, in north-east and southern Hungary, respectively, the authority said on Monday.

Bird flu detected in eastern Hungary
A highly pathogenic strand of bird flu, H5N1, was detected at a duck farm in Hajdunanas, in eastern Hungary, food safety authority Nebih said on Tuesday.

WHO recognises National Public Health Centre’s excellence
The World Health Organization (WHO) has donated a next generation genome sequencer to the National Public Health and Pharmaceutical Centre (NNGYK) and a certificate designating the institute an international collaborating centre in recognition of its excellence.
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Bird flu detected in NE, S Hungary
The food safety authority Nebih has detected a highly pathogenic strand of bird flu in Borsod-Abauj-Zemplen and Bacs-Kiskun counties, in north-east and southern Hungary, respectively, the authority said on Monday.

Food safety authority orders control over imported cattle
Hungary's National Food Chain Safety Authority (Nebih) has ordered the monitoring of cattle imported to Hungary after reports from the Netherlands, Germany, and Belgium of cases of bluetongue disease.

Bird flu detected in eastern Hungary
H5N1 bird flu has been identified at a turkey farm in Jasz-Nagykun-Szolnok County, in eastern Hungary, food safety authority Nebih said on Thursday.
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Egis favipiravir drug licenced for Covid-19 treatment
A new drug with the active ingredient favipiravir manufactured by Hungarian pharmaceutical company Egis has been licenced for treatment of Covid-19 by the National Institute of Pharmacy and Nutrition (OGYEI), the institute said on Saturday.

Foreign minister tests positive during Asian trip
Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has tested positive for coronavirus during official engagements in Asia but is asymptomatic, according to a ministry spokesman.

Local council-run outpatient clinics to be overseen by hospitals
Hungary vaccination rate one of Europe’s highest
Hungary's vaccination rate is one of the highest in Europe, an official of the Prime Minister's Office told a briefing on Tuesday. In the next week, it is planned that 215,000 registered elderly people will be vaccinated, Istvan Gyorgy told an online briefing of ...