How do Hungarian universities, schools handle the pandemic?
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We are currently experiencing the peak of the fourth wave of the pandemic, and since it is already December, it looks like Hungarian schools will not close or switch to online education in the foreseeable future.
According to Telex, as parents and students experience occasional Covid cases in classes and university groups, it is worth examining the many different ways how Hungarian schools handle epidemiological precautions. In this article you will find a few examples on what to do in schools and universities if you or your peers are coronavirus infected.
Who will be sent home?
There is a discrepancy in this matter since elementary schools have classes where children can be administered the vaccine while others are yet too young to take it.
In this case, children with no vaccination were usually sent home to be quarantined or to be tested while children who have had their jabs administered could remain at school if they produced a negative Covid test.
Under recent regulations, contact persons of any kind – vaccinated or not – must stay at home and be quarantined, says Népszava.
What if the teacher or educator is infected?
In general, schools in Hungary do not close, so institutions will try to come up with a solution to mitigate the dangers of the pandemic.
Telex writes about a case when it was discovered that one of the faculty members was coronavirus positive. The dean of the school allowed parents to decide whether or not they wanted their children to stay at home. In case they did, the student’s absence was certified by the dean.
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