In Hungary, the number of newly diagnosed coronavirus infections has reached 73, including 9 Iranian, 1 British, 1 Kazakh and 62 Hungarian citizens.

As dr. Cecília Müller, the National Chief Medical Officer, announced on Monday, we are entering to the second phase of the epidemic, when, after individual infections, the spread of the virus has begun.

More than 2,800 home quarantines have been ordered

Tibor Lakatos, the head of the Operational Group, said that between March 12 and Tuesday at midnight 2,817 compulsory home quarantine orders were issued, and 5,094 checks were carried out with a view to verifying compliance with the rules of compulsory home quarantine.

MTI Photo: Zsolt Szigetváry

Source: koronavirus.gov.hu