Gergely Gulyás and Alexandra Szentkirályi also held their usual press conference on Thursday. The government information was preceded by a longer wait than usual, since we can reach 3.5 million vaccinated in the next few days, and the government tied the next step of the gradual easing, the opening of the terraces of restaurants/hospitality places, to this number.

Within a short time, we can reach 4.5 million vaccinations. Not in the number of deaths, but a slight decrease in the number of those treated in the hospital, those on ventilators and the number of new daily cases can be observed compared to the previous weeks.

We will probably reach the number of 3.5 million on Friday, said Gergely Gulyás, adding that the terraces could open the next day. This will presumably be established by the Minister of the Interior

he added.

In the next one week, one million Chinese vaccines will arrive, and in April we will receive 600,000 more than according to the contract - it was revealed from the words of the minister, who said that the four millionth vaccinated could soon be reached, and after a little while we will reach the number of 4.5 million. "200,000 of the first Russian vaccines will also arrive, and more than 300,000 of the Pfizer vaccines may also arrive," detailed Gulyás. "I want to extinguish the vaccines that have arrived as quickly as possible," he stated.

6 million of our compatriots need to be vaccinated to achieve herd immunity

As he said: we have a good chance of crossing the 4 million vaccination threshold next week.

Anyone who registers now can be vaccinated within a week or two"

- added the minister, who encouraged everyone to register. As informed: 6 million of our compatriots need to be vaccinated to achieve herd immunity. The minister also said that there are already 4.6 million people who have received the vaccine or will receive it in the future. He said that the online vaccination registration is working as a test. "60 percent of kindergarteners and 75 percent of schoolchildren used attendance education, and their proportion may increase day by day. There were many people, especially the opposition, who wanted to create uncertainty," said Gulyás.

66,000 more people worked in March than in February

The minister in charge of the Prime Minister's Office announced that the amendment of the 2021 budget and the 2022 budget will also be the budget for the restart. The government allocated HUF 6,000 billion to restart the economy, he added. As he said, there are encouraging signs: 66,000 more people worked in March than in February.

The goal of having the same number of jobs as there were before the epidemic is close

- revealed from the minister's words.

The interiors of the restaurants can be opened as early as May

If the rate of administration of vaccinations continues like this, the interiors of catering establishments can be opened as early as May, the minister informed. Gergely Gulyás added: despite this, the wage subsidy for restaurants will continue until May. "So far, 72.1 billion in subsidies have been awarded and 71.6 billion have been paid out for wage subsidies," the head of the ministry added.

"The extension of the state of emergency is necessary because the epidemic is not over yet. This extension serves to ensure the country's ability to act. The deadline for the state of emergency is the 15th day before the start of the fall session of the Parliament," said Gulyás.

The head of the ministry also spoke about the fact that we were still unable to create political unity in the area of ​​defense.

It is not a political achievement that they want to discredit the healthcare sector with fake news and fake videos during the defense period

Gulyás stated. "The left should give up anti-vaccination," the minister finally called on the opposition parties.

Source: MTI

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