Hungarian teacher union wants education workers added to govt’s vaccination plan
Hungarian teacher union PSZ has called for teachers to be added to the government’s Covid-19 vaccination plan.
PSZ said in a statement on Monday that it was “shocked” to see that the official vaccination plan “fails to make it clear” which category of vaccine recipients teachers fall into.
The union also criticised Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s “apparent announcement” that if Hungary were to suddenly have access to millions of vaccines, the shots would be administered at the regular electoral polling stations. Many of these, PSZ noted, are in schools, which not even parents are allowed to enter right now.
PSZ said
it believes teachers should fall within the same category in the vaccination plan as people over the age of 60 who are considered vulnerable to Covid-19.
According to the website of the National Public Health Centre, people within this group will be eligible to receive the vaccine after health-care workers and social sector workers.
The union said the vaccination plan contradicts past remarks by the chief medical officer, who had said “those working on the frontlines”, such as health-care workers, would be the first to be vaccinated, followed by those most vulnerable to the virus and public service employees, like teachers.
PSZ also cited United Nations children’s agency UNICEF as saying that those working in the education sector should also receive priority in the Covid-19 vaccination campaigns.
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Source: MTI
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And so they RIGHTFULLY should be on the list.
Who compiled this list ???
It is vague – badly in need of re-visiting its “supposed” message but the List, will cause agitation and heated debate, as it does appear to oversight other areas of the Hungarian Society who deservingly should be on the list.
Most importantly, ‘RETARDS’, bus drivers, grocery store workers, politicians, police officers, fire fighters, doctors and hospital staff, street maintenance employees… and me me me me me! We’ve been in crowds more..
Most importantly, ‘RETARDS’, bus drivers, grocery store workers, politicians, police officers, fire fighters, doctors and hospital staff, post office workers, street maintenance employees… and me me me me me! We’ve been in crowds more..