Until the end of the school year, 15 June, digital education outside the classroom will be maintained. However, nursery schools and creches will return to normal operations already from the second half of May, the Minister of State for Public Education announced on the Hungarian government’s Facebook account on Wednesday.
Minister of Agriculture István Nagy and Government Spokesperson Alexandra Szentkirályi encourage everyone to buy Hungarian products.
“Another crossing point was opened on the Austrian-Hungarian border on Wednesday morning”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó announced on his Facebook page.
“The government regards the protection of workplaces as just as much its duty as overcoming the epidemic”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared at a presentation of competitiveness program funding certificates in Budapest on Wednesday.
The Szekler National Council’s European Citizens’ Initiative will be given a new chance, Justice Minister Judit Varga wrote on her Facebook account on Wednesday.
Today representatives of the government will not attend the meeting of the Committee on Social Welfare; naturally, at a later date, after the end of the state of danger, they will be happy to oblige the committee in order to render an account of the status of the coronavirus epidemic to members of the committee.
“Seven hundred respirators arrived in Hungary on Tuesday and Wednesday; the instruments will be going to hospitals”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said in a statement to Hungarian news agency MTI.
At an online press conference held on Wednesday, a staff member of the duty centre of the Operational Group responsible for the containment of the coronavirus epidemic asked everyone to observe the protective measures currently in place.
A complex analysis and evaluation of data, including the number and percentage of fatalities can take place after the epidemic, the Chief Medical Officer said at the Wednesday online press conference of the Operational Group responsible for the containment of the coronavirus epidemic.
“Applications by enterprises for competitiveness funding have now exceeded 100 billion forints (EUR 284 million), and accordingly the government could increase the budget for competitiveness contributions for a second time”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó announced on Tuesday evening in Budapest after presenting funding certificates to three enterprises.