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In Easter message, President thanks Hungarians in ‘trying times’
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In an Easter television broadcast, President János Áder thanked Hungarians, especially “doctors, nurses, ambulance and health-care staff”, for work undertaken in “trying times”.
Referring to the fight against the novel coronavirus epidemic, Áder paid tribute to pharmacists, shopkeepers, suppliers and drivers, as well as teachers “who have adapted to the hardship of distance learning with impressive creativity and responsibility”.
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He said that at the start of 2020, no one had been prepared for “a world turned upside down”. He said that in the run-up to Easter, fear and uncertainty had replaced the sense of optimism of the New Year.
This, he added, was a time of “recession instead of development and restrictions instead of freedom”.
“Many of us are already in mourning and worried about loved ones fighting sickness … We have lost our certainty and freedom of movement, and the lives and livelihoods of many of us are at risk,” he said. “The growing losses are making us sad and wretched,” the president added.