At the press conference of the Operational Group held on Sunday in Budapest, on behalf of the Hungarian government, the Minister of State for International Communication and Relations-head of the communications task force offered his condolences and sympathy after he announced that the coronavirus epidemic had claimed its first Hungarian victim.

Mr Kovács highlighted that health care workers are fighting for human lives.

He stressed that all means and financial resources necessary for the containment of the coronavirus epidemic are available; the government is providing all necessary resources.