In the first and second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, we witnessed the threat it poses to the elderly and those with underlying illnesses. However, during the third Covid wave, many reports about younger and often healthy people who required hospital admission or who even died after contracting the virus have surfaced.
After the fast-spreading U.K. variant of the coronavirus appeared in Hungary at the end of February, it began to spread at a devastating pace. On top of the British mutation being more contagious, it has also proven to be more dangerous to young and middle-aged people.
Unfortunately, the British variant also claims its victims among the young age group, and many of those treated in hospitals are young people, said Chief Medical Officer Cecília Müller on Tuesday.
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Surge in Covid Cases Begins to Overwhelm Hungary’s Healthcare System
The third wave of the coronavirus pandemic is now putting significantly more pressure on Hungary’s healthcare system than ever before. More and more hospitals are operating at their maximum capacity, younger and healthier people are being infected more frequently, and deaths are increasing. The sudden surge is taking a terrible toll on healthcare workers’ mental and physical health.
Since Wednesday, there are 8,329 people hospitalized, a few hundred more than the December record of the second wave.
The number of people on ventilators, 911, has also exceeded previous numbers. The situation only seems to be getting worse.