BUDAPEST – Hungary on Saturday loosened several COVID-19 restrictions for people with government-issued immunity cards, the latest in a series of reopening measures that have followed an ambitious vaccination campaign.
As of Saturday, individuals with the plastic cards may enter indoor dining rooms, hotels, theaters, cinemas, spas, gyms, libraries, museums and other recreational venues.
Opening hours for businesses were extended to 11 p.m. and an overnight curfew in place since November will now start later, at midnight. “In the past, we defended ourselves by closing, thereby slowing the spread of the virus.
But now we are on the attack,” Prime Minister Viktor Orban said Friday as he announced the reopening. “The vaccine is like a