Hungary’s Orban Seeks Indefinite Emergency Powers in Virus Bill
Health workers perform temperature checks on Hungarian citizens at a temporary coronavirus screening point at the border crossing between Hungary and Austria, in Hegyeshalom, Hungary.
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Hungary’s government asked lawmakers to extend a state of emergency indefinitely amid the coronavirus crisis and introduce prison sentences for those deemed to be spreading false information.