SZENTENDRE, Hungary — Hungarians are baking for ambulance workers across the country coping with a new surge in COVID-19 infections after the founder of an online cookery group asked a friend in the service how she could help.
“Before I could finish she said ‘oh we would love some cakes’,” Eszter Harmath said of the conversation that launched the nationwide movement.
“They often do rounds dressed in full protective gear and they can hardly sit down to eat in a normal way but the cakes are something they can take on the road.”
The initiative, born out of a modest kitchen in the small town of Szentendre, mirrors other efforts around the world where people have made face mask…
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