Justice min: Medical emergency powers needed

Justice Minister Judit Varga told public broadcaster Kossuth Radio on Wednesday that the coronavirus epidemic still presented a danger, and this is why the new law on maintaining medical preparedness which replaces the government's emergency powers was necessary. She said precautionary measures were still needed in order to protect the health of citizens but there was a big difference, she insisted, between the revoked law which had given the government emergency powers, lapsing midnight on Wednesday, and the new state of medical preparedness that ensured a flexible response to any emerging virus-related incidences. Varga said measures to aid economic recovery such as support for businesses and job-protection were also vitally important.