The lorries will also have to carry special permits, Tamás Menczer, parliamentary state secretary for communications told parliament’s public welfare committee.

He noted that international road, rail and air passenger traffic has been suspended, though Ferenc Liszt International Airport is still operating so that Hungarian citizens abroad can return home.

Any Hungarian entering the country from Italy, China, South Korea, Israel and Iran must self-isolate at home for a period of two weeks, he added.

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