Signs of bioterrorism detected, says security chief

Hungary has received reports from several countries about the limited emergence of bioterrorism, the director-general of the Military National Security Service told a meeting of parliament's foreign affairs committee on Monday. The Islamic State terrorist group and other organisations have called on their followers to spread coronavirus and the signs of this are prevalent in India, Egypt and the United States, Lieutenant General Janos Beres told the body. Meanwhile, army chief Ferenc Korom told the committee that Hungary is still involved in 11 foreign operations with 1,200 troops. Health services have been boosted in all of those operations, he said. Hungary has evacuated several of its troops from the EUFOR peacekeeping mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina after soldiers in the mission tested positive for the virus, he said, adding that 15 soldiers were also withdrawn from Mali.