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ORBÁN: HUNGARY ON VERGE OF 5.5 M VACCINATIONS

The number of people inoculated against the coronavirus is expected to reach 5.5 million in Hungary today, allowing the further easing of restrictions, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told public broadcaster Kossuth Rádió.
 

According to this morning’s coronavirus statistics, no one with Covid-19 has died in the past 24 hours, Orbán said. Of those suffering from Covid-19, 76 are hospitalised without respiratory assistance, and 22 are on ventilators, he said.
All restrictions on shops will be lifted, Orbán said. Masks will not be mandatory indoors or outdoors, he said. Mask-wearing in shops and on public transport will no longer be mandatory, though the rule remains in force in social care settings and hospitals. Shops, hotels, leisure facilities and cultural events can be entered with a pre-booked seat without an immunity certificate. One hundred people will be allowed to attend private events, up from 50, and the limit for weddings will go up from 200 to 400 people, he said. Restrictions will still apply in the case of sporting, music and dance events, as well as concerts held indoors. Hungary, he said, was fully prepared for a possible fourth wave of the epidemic. On the subject of the possibility of third booster shots, Orbán said experts would assess whether a third vaccine could be administered.