More than 131,000 people were vaccinated against the coronavirus on the first day of the vaccination campaign. National Chief Medical Officer Cecília Müller said 18,000 of them had taken the first vaccinations. He recalled that people would be waiting for vaccinations at the vaccination action week from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

In the last 24 hours, 171 coronavirus patients have died, and 6518 new infections have been confirmed in Hungary. 6,830 people are being hospitalized, 663 of whom are on ventilators. The number of active infected people is 147 thousand. The number of vaccinated 6 million 43 thousand, of whom 1 939 thousand have already received the third vaccine.

Coronavirus hereditary material is still present in large amounts in wastewater, the National Center for Public Health said. The worst data were measured in Békéscsaba and Debrecen. A decrease can be observed in two cities, Szekszárd and Szolnok.

48 percent of care for beds prepared for covidos patients is empty and similar to intensive care units, Raz’s human resources minister said. Miklós Kásler talked about InfoRádió Aréna about the fact that if someone gets infected, the most important risk factor is age, even though it is a group of accompanying diseases. The minister also pointed out that surgical waiting lists could be reduced again if vaccinations become massive because it relieves hospitals. At the start of the epidemic, 24,000 people were waiting for some kind of intervention, a number that has risen to 35,000 due to the pandemic.

From December, those who do not work can only enter schools with a security card. According to a statement from the Ministry of Human Resources, this is necessary to protect children and teachers and to ensure the smooth running of education due to the epidemic situation. The provision also applies to outsiders, that is, employees not employed by the school.

The Hungarian healthcare industry, together with the newly created capacities, will generate an expected value of HUF 500 billion a year, the Minister of Finance said at the exhibition of Hungarian companies participating in the Healthcare Support Program. Mihály Varga talks about the fact that the foundations of a new industry have been laid with the support of the program, which is expected to reach HUF 180 billion in sales this year. He added that new investment in the sector could increase one and a half times compared to the pre-program period.

The districts of the capital will soon receive a total of more than HUF 10 billion in the framework of the Healthy Budapest Program, the state secretary responsible for the development of Budapest confirmed. Balázs Fürjes said: the money is from the Ministry of Human Resources, the transfers can start. The money could be used by the districts to renovate, build, expand, treat general practitioners and specialists, to provide diagnostic equipment, or to developments that are critical during a coronavirus epidemic, such as telemedicine.

The largest frozen vaccine storage facility in the European Union will be established in Monor, where Ceva-Phylaxia Oltóanyagtermelő Zrt. Will build a veterinary vaccine factory worth HUF 8 billion. The state supports the investment with HUF 1.6 billion. Péter Szijjártó’s economy and foreign minister warned that animal and human health are extremely closely linked, and the success of the latter begins with the former.

The Visegrad Four are urging the European Union not to support a country that is involved in migratory pressure at the Union’s external borders. After the meeting of the Prime Ministers of the V4s in Budapest, the Hungarian Prime Minister said that the European Union had never been under such migratory pressure, it was never worth it from three directions. According to the Prime Minister, it would be fair to at least halve the cost.

The European Commission is proposing to triple the amount of border protection aid for Lithuania, Latvia and Poland. The panel recommends that the European Union continue to smuggle in to prevent and restrict the activities of hauliers and to suspend the right to use or maintain fuel.

MVM Next announces a shutdown moratorium for its retail customers from Sunday to January 8th. The moratorium applies not only to the protected, but also to residents who have an account debt for more than 60 days. Just indicate that the moratorium does not apply to customers who have previously been excluded from the service.