Too many Budapest public transport employees in quarantine – operation at risk?
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In times of a global pandemic, many professions mean more risks to employees than a regular office job. Most of the employees of BKV (Budapest Transport Privately Held Corporation) interact with a huge number of people every single day, meaning that their occupation is considered rather dangerous in this situation.
We reported back in March that the company was in a tough situation due to many employees being sick with coronavirus.
Their illness even risked the functioning of metro line M2.
Their vaccination would be crucial in order to ensure the smooth operation of public transport in the capital. Last month, BKV already announced that they had made steps towards inoculating their employees as soon as possible.
Index.hu asked the corporation about how the process is going and how the number of infected employees has changed over the past month. BKV’s answer is not the best news.
On March 24, Cecília Müller announced the vaccination of all those employees working in a field that is crucial to operating the infrastructure of the country. The announcement also made public the number of BKV workers involved in the pandemic. 500 of them were in quarantine at that time, 1750 of them officially went through the contagious virus, and the company sadly lost 9 of its employees.
BKV admitted that the coronavirus pandemic indeed had made harder the situation and the functioning of the corporation. However, they added that those employees who went through the infection and recuperated already are continuously returning to work.
And we as a City of Budapest as a Country – driven by a Government bombarding citizens with spin and propaganda – what to open up terraces and so on – when we are STILL are being “swallowed” up – living daily in this novel coronavirus.
Economics over HUMANITY .