New arrival of medical protective equipment from China has landed in Budapest, Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto announced on Monday.
"In the early morning hours on Monday, six planes landed in Budapest, carrying 5.3 million face masks, 6 million pairs of gloves and 86,000 protective gowns from Beijing and Shanghai," the minister said on his Facebook page.
"The virus does not take into account our holidays, therefore the China-Hungary air bridge must also operate at Easter, for the safe supply of medical protective equipment for hospitals, clinics and police and military units," he added.
On Sunday morning, a plane from southern China's Shenzhen landed in Budapest, carrying 1,365,000 protective masks.
According to official figures, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Hungary stood at 1,458 on Monday, with 120 recoveries and 109 fatalities.
