Health minister calls on head of regional hygiene office to resign

Health Minister Adam Vojtěch has said the head of the regional hygiene office in Ostrava should consider resigning over the manner in which the office ordered renewed coronavirus restrictions in the Moravia-Silesia region on Friday, effective immediately. Minister Vojtěch told CNN Prima News that the decision had not been communicated properly and well in advance, sparking friction in the region. Members of the opposition called on the health minister himself to resign over the matter. He refused to do so, putting the blame squarely on the regional hygiene office which alone has the right to order the said restrictions.

Dozens of police officers were called to deal with a disturbance of the peace in one part of Ostrava on Saturday night after a group of people drinking in a local pub refused to leave the premises in line with a regulation that says all pubs, bars and restaurants must close by 11pm.