Budapest’s Deputy Mayor: 816 Out of 21,000 PCR Tests Positive

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Out of the 21,000 PCR tests carried out in the capital since September 816 were positive, Ambrus Kiss, a deputy mayor of Budapest, said, adding that data indicate that the number of new cases in the city were below the national average.

Kiss told an online forum that the number of infected people in nursing homes was declining fast, while the number of people recovering from the virus had increased significantly. This possibly indicates that the second wave in nursing homes has hit its peak and is now waning, he added.

Meanwhile, on the topic of the municipality’s recently announced information campaign, he said the campaign would cost Budapest taxpayers 22 million forints (EUR 61,500) plus VAT. Starting next week, information stickers will be pasted on buses, waste bins and the side of garbage trucks drawing attention to public services that could be jeopardised by “government austerity” amid the coronavirus crisis. He said the central government measures to reduce the amount of business tax local councils can collect could result in their insolvency by the end of November.

Addressing the accusation that the municipality was needlessly spending extra money on renovating the city’s iconic Chain Bridge by accepting a more expensive bid, he said the technical content of the two tenders were not comparable. Also, he insisted that a contract with the company that lost the tender would have been more expensive.

 

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