Government to create new agency to oversee smart quarantine

The Czech government is setting up a new central agency to oversee its smart quarantine programme intended to improve the tracing of people who are Covid-19 positive, the government commissioner for science and research in health, Roman Prymula, told Czech Television on Monday.

Mr. Prymula said both the Czech Army and the Ministry of Health would be involved in the programme.  The special body overseeing the smart quarantine programme will have eight members, led by Prime Minister Andrej Babiš.

The Health Ministry has come under fire for allegedly failing to implement the smart quarantine  properly and Deputy Prime Minister Jan Hamáček has called for the army to get re-involved in it.