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Health

Hungary to reopen terraces on Saturday as COVID-19 vaccinations accelerate

FILE PHOTO: An empty restaurant is seen during the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Budapest, Hungary, March 16, 2020. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo

Hungary is expected to reopen restaurant terraces and shorten a night curfew from Saturday as the vaccination campaign allows for a further reopening of the economy, Prime Minister Viktor Orban's chief of staff said on Thursday.

Gergely Gulyas told a briefing that by Friday, 3.5 million Hungarians could be vaccinated against the novel coronavirus, which could rise to 4 million -- or around 40% of the population -- by early next week.

(Reporting by Krisztina Than and Gergely Szakacs; Editing by Gareth Jones)

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