Czech Radio: University students partly responsible for upsurge in Covid-19 cases

University students are believed to have significantly contributed to the recent upsurge in coronavirus infections around the country.

According to a news report by Czech Radio around seven hundred new university students from different universities attended the annual adaptation courses at Machovo Lake at the beginning of September, mingling at parties and discos and paying little heed to health warnings.

116 participants of these courses were later confirmed Covid-19 positive, only after travelling back to their regions and likely spreading the infection around the country.

The universities in question have rejected responsibility, saying university students are grown-ups who should have known better. All university courses are now online.