The Hungarian government has decided to re-introduce the emergency legal order due to the coronavirus epidemic. As Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced on Tuesday (3 November), it was also decided that from midnight to 5 am it would not be possible to go out into the street.
Viktor Orban
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“If the virus is spreading at a fast pace, we need to act fast too.” That is why the government has decided that from today, from midnight, we will re-introduce the extraordinary legal order and ask the parliament to extend this extraordinary situation for 90 days, said the Prime Minister.
He added that at the request of the operational staff for combating the coronavirus, it was decided to close entertainment venues and it would be impossible to go out into the street from midnight to 5 am.
Orban also said that at sports events, in cinemas and theaters it will be possible to sit only in every third seat and that it will be obligatory to wear protective masks. – The authorities will control all events, impose fines if necessary, and places where the rules are not respected will be closed immediately – he announced.
Orban justified the necessity of introducing new restrictions on the grounds that the epidemic situation in Hungary is developing with a delay of five or seven days in relation to Austria, and if it continues to do so, hospitals in Hungary will reach the limit of their capacity in mid-December.
During the morning and midday rush hours, public transport would run more frequently and free parking would be introduced again, he added.
An extraordinary legal order was already in force in Hungary during the spring wave of coronavirus infections. On March 11, the government introduced an emergency in connection with the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic throughout the country. On March 30, the parliament adopted a law under which the government could, in times of emergency, “suspend the application of certain laws, depart from the provisions of laws and take other extraordinary measures to guarantee the life and health of citizens, legal security and the stability of the national economy.”
Hungary recorded the highest number of new coronavirus infections (3,989) and COVID-19 deaths per day (84) on Tuesday. In total, almost 87 thousand. coronavirus infection. 1,973 people with COVID-19 died, and almost 21,000 the infected have recovered.
From Budapest, Małgorzata Wyrzykowska
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