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Hungarian PM Viktor Orban announced sweeping measures to stem the spread of
the coronavirus, in a policy reversal triggered by new cases threatening to overwhelm hospitals.
The government will ban public gatherings, expand a curfew to between 8 pm and 5 am, shut restaurants except for take-away and switch secondary schools and universities to distance learning, Orban said on Monday in a Facebook post. Gyms, theatres and museums will close and sports events must be held in empty stadiums, he said. The measures will be in effect from Wednesday for at least 30 days.
Hungary reported record coronavirus cases and deaths over the weekend, and the country has logged the third-highest number of deaths per capita in the EU. “If the number of infected continue to grow like this, our
doctors and nurses, that is to say our hospitals, won’t be able to handle the burden,†Orban said.