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The past few days have seen an “unprecedented upsurge” of the coronavirus epidemic in Hungary, making the situation “extremely grave,” the Chief Medical Officer said at an online briefing on Tuesday.
Cecília Müller noted that the number of active infections has grown by “five to ten thousand people in the past couple of days.”
The healthcare system is hit hard by the high patient numbers, with new wards being opened for Covid patients every day, Müller added.
Meanwhile, trace amounts of coronavirus in the waste water have grown in every Hungarian city, she said, forecasting a further increase in case numbers.
Müller called on everyone to observe hygiene guidelines carefully and to accept the vaccine when offered.
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Otherwise, the effects of third wave may become very severe. According to epidemic modeling experts at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) supported by the Bill Gates Foundation, in the third wave of the epidemic, more people could be infected and die in Hungary than ever before.
The projection estimates that nearly 500 people will die every day in Hungary due to the coronavirus at the end of March, and more than 40,000 people could die from the epidemic by July.
Calculations depict that the epidemic may peak in Hungary at the beginning of April, and at best the numbers will decrease drastically towards the end of June.
