Health

The Omicron variant of Covid is highly infectious, and full protection is only provided by a booster jab, the rector of Semmelweis University said on Friday, in Kossuth Radio's Good morning, Hungary programme.

Eighty doses of the Russian Sputnik Light coronavirus vaccine arrived in Hungary for testing, prior to purchase talks with the manufacturer, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Friday.

Altogether 101 patients died of a Covid-related illness during the past 24 hours, while 6,524 new coronavirus infections were registered, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Friday.

The Hungarian government has been allocated nearly 900 million forints (EUR 2.3m) in European Union funding to provide "cheap or even free" Covid tests, an MEP of the Socialist-Parbeszed parties said on Thursday, adding that "we do not know how the government has spent ...

Altogether 80 patients died of a Covid-related illness during the past 24 hours, while 6,454 new coronavirus infections were registered, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Thursday.

Altogether 82 patients died of a Covid-related illness during the past 24 hours, while 5,270 new coronavirus infections were registered, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Wednesday.

The highly mutated Omicron variant now accounts for more than 11 percent of new Covid infections in Hungary, data from the National Public Health Centre (NKK) show, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Tuesday.

Altogether 83 patients died of a Covid-related illness during the past 24 hours, while 2,429 new coronavirus infections were registered, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Tuesday.

Air quality has deteriorated in north-east Hungary due to a high concentration of airborne particles, the National Public Health Centre (NNK) said on Monday.

Altogether 94 percent of Hungary's public school teachers are vaccinated against the coronavirus, with 1 percent having refused to get inoculated so far, the human resources ministry said on Monday.