Hungarian teachers report fear and anxiety under the pressure of the epidemic

Chaos, fear, uncertainty, and anxiety rule Hungarian schools all across the country as many Hungarian teachers have reported that the current epidemic situation, the quarantine system, and the lack of testing make them nervous every day they go in to work.

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24 reported that one teacher from a Hungarian school was reported to have got the coronavirus. After the positive test, four other teachers were tested, but they were not quarantined. One of them even had to go to work despite experiencing symptoms. After two other teachers’ tests were positive, no contact search and no quarantine for children or students were ordered by the health authorities. 

It was reported several times that one infection of a teacher is no risk, and no contact search is needed. Another school said that one of their teachers got the virus but, again, no contact search was ordered, and no other teachers were tested, despite being in the same room with the infected person during the breaks.

Many schools reported that the government does not provide them with the necessary information related to the epidemic in Hungary. At one school, one student got the virus, but neither the teachers nor the classes were ordered to quarantine. Authorities no longer react to school reports; on the other hand, practitioners cannot handle examining children and sending them for testing. Moreover, testing children and teachers takes more than fourteen days, and waiting for the results is long, tiring, and filled with anxiety.