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10% of Hungarians extremely stressed out due to the pandemic – European ranking
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Travel restrictions, quarantine, shop closures, curfews, restrictions on services… these measures have overshadowed the past year, stressing out the majority of us. A freshly published research of Eurobarometer has now revealed which European countries have suffered the most from the closures caused by the pandemic and how well Hungarians managed to cope with the epidemiological measures.
After the vaccination of the Hungarian population reached 2.5 million, the gradual easing of pandemic restrictions began in early April by shortening the nighttime curfew to 10 p.m. and allowing businesses – after one month of full closure – to re-open with the number of customers limited to one for every ten square metres. As the second step of the measures’ lifting, pupils could return to primary schools; catering establishments could reopen their terraces, as well as other services became available for those who have a certificate of immunity.
In order to see the end of the tunnel, we have gone through a very tough and long period that caused several difficulties in the mental health of the European population. In order to examine this, Eurobarometer has carried out research that shows the ranking of European nations that suffered the most from the pandemic measures.
The freshly published research reveals that the Greeks (24%) felt the most tremendous burden of restrictive measures, followed by the Portuguese (21%) and the Slovenian population (20%) in the TOP 3.
The ranking of the most affected European nations are followed by Austrians (17%); Italians (15%); Slovakians, Romanians (13%); and Croatians in the 6th place, where 12% of the respondents struggled with mental problems due to the pandemic measures.