Miners from Karviná to the coronavirus: Don’t make us shovels that have everything on the hook

Not even the regulars’ table made up – as usual – especially men from shafts, is complete in the Greenhouse. “Do you think it’s half?” He’s sitting at home! ”Specify Matěj and Roman. Who have their dismantled and receive annuities (mining services). However, everyone here knows someone who has to stay in isolation for at least 14 days due to coronavirus, or who is being treated directly for the disease themselves.

“Peta! We thought he caught it in the shaft, but his wife pulled it home. It is said that it has been on the devices for the twelfth day now, “Láďa continues. According to him, especially men from traffic, who logically meet others most often, are at risk at work. Otherwise, it is decontaminated at the mines, tested, hands must not be reached when greeting, the shifts are usually shortened…

The disintegration came too soon

“Don’t make us dumb beasts that have everything in their hands!” Laments Jarda, adding that colleagues with positive tests don’t really get along with people. He notes that the miners do have families, children and elderly relatives. He then identifies Polish colleagues as a possible source of the infection, who were allowed to cross the border too soon. And those Ukrainian and Slovak, which are on the scorpion with sanitary measures.

“Hasty and stamped. The disintegration came too soon, “says Petr on the shores of the Karviná Sea (reclaimed areas between the Darkov and ČSM-Sever mines). He himself is a former combine harvester. However, his future son-in-law Danek works at the first mentioned shaft and is now in quarantine for the second time. Coronavirus has his father – a miner and a friend from work with four hooks (clothes hangers in the locker room) next to him.

“Five hundred people are feasting on Charles Bridge and are you looking at Karviná through your fingers?” Says the retired mining rescuer Tonda, who is working on the “sea” in Dark’s fishing. The repaired beach and other places on the shores, meanwhile, are filled with residents of the area; youth, groups of women, parents with children, cyclists. “There will probably not be a coronavirus here,” hope Markéta and Hana – the miner’s sister from the ČSM-Jih Mine.

Emil, an emeritus miner, arrives from Kaczyce, Poland, on a bicycle. “For the first time since March, they have now opened their borders. I’m not afraid of the crown, it will be a stronger flu, “he lets himself be heard. And it adds speculation as to who the tense situation around the Chinese disease will benefit. Jaroslav, an electrician from the ČSA Mine, thinks to him. Due to the restrictions of social life, it is time to establish an Asian Zen garden.

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Current events in the city
Lukáš Hudeček from the Karviná municipality says that the inhabitants do not take the Chinese disease and the resulting hygiene measures lightly. “They follow the regulations, they wear veils in buildings and public transport. However, they are looking forward to relaxing so that they can enjoy the years, “he says. Karviná has the exposed areas disinfected – bus stops, playgrounds and sports grounds – a crisis line for quarantined and elderly people is in operation daily between 8 and 3 pm (they can call +420 607 032 821). So far, however, it limits the number of visitors to swimming pools, classical or summer cinemas and cultural events. The traditional summer program (Roma Festival, Karviná Rock, Helax Open Air) has been postponed.

Karviná Sea in Darkov
The relaxation area with (deep) water has been renovated this year and is waiting for the official opening. Which doesn’t bother dozens on weekdays and hundreds of people who bathe here, catch “bronze” or fish and otherwise have fun on weekends. “We have built a sandy and gravel beach here, access to water from stones and wood, two fixed piers, toilets with changing rooms, benches, benches, deck chairs, a small sandy playground,” says Deputy Mayor Andrzej Bizoń. Karviná also remembers the hard worker – for winter swimming, he sets up a stone staircase with a railing and a bench on the opposite side from the beaches.

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