{"id":5164,"date":"2020-10-05T11:16:37","date_gmt":"2020-10-05T11:16:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovefromhungary.com\/fr\/covid-19-update-october\/"},"modified":"2020-10-08T06:53:31","modified_gmt":"2020-10-08T06:53:31","slug":"covid-19-update-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovefromhungary.com\/fr\/covid-19-update-october\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 update – October"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I’m aware that some of you were planning to visit Budapest in November and December and decided to cancel or postpone your visit, although it’s hard to see what we can expect the next weeks and months and the government’s actions are also hard to anticipate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yes, we’ve been experiencing the resurgence of the COVID-19 virus since the middle of August after successfully slowing the outbreaks earlier in the year. The last time<\/a> I shared information about the numbers was in June, four months ago there were 3892 confirmed cases and 527 people died. As of today, there are 31480 confirmed cases (+ 700%) and 833 people died (+60%). Because of the limited testing capacities we are not sure about the accuracy of these numbers but they are worrying nevertheless. Because of the increasing numbers many countries around the world advise their nationals against all but essential international travel to Hungary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lockdowns and other strict measures to protect public health were imposed quickly in spring and that led to record low number of registered cases and deaths. This is a very different situation now, as the government refuses to re-impose strict health measures and at the same time to offer financial help to businesses badly affected by COVID-19. A personal note: self employed tour guides can’t expect any help from the government, financial or other<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, here are the rules:<\/p>\n\n\n\n