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
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - 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.
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