Szijjarto: Hungary receives 17,5 m face masks

Hungary took delivery of 17,5 million face masks last week and will continue to receive protective equipment against coronavirus this week, the foreign minister said on Monday. Addressing parliament, Peter Szijjarto noted that Hungary has imported almost one hundred million face masks since the outbreak of the epidemic. The shipments last week also contained 620 ventilators an 850,000 doses of medicines, he said. Hungary further received 525,000 doses of virus tests kits, taking the number of imported kits to around 2,5 million, while an additional 1,2 million are on the way, Szijjarto said. The shipments also contained 16,4 million items of protective gear, including face shields, gloves and protective gowns, bringing their total number so far to 56 million items, he added. The minister dismissed press reports that many Chinese supplies fell short of European standards, insisting the protective equipment did meet those standards and may be used without any reservations.