Health minister urges people to get inoculated against Covid

Health Minister Vlastimil Válek has warned that the threat posed by the Covid pandemic is not over, urging Czechs to get vaccinated. The minister said that despite dwindling Covid numbers in recent weeks a fresh wave of Covid was likely to hit the country in the autumn and the situation could be further exacerbated by an epidemic of the regular flu which has been absent for several years. Mr. Valek said November to January would be a critical period urging elderly people and high risk groups to get the jab as soon as possible in order to avoid a serious case of the illness. Covid vaccines are covered by health insurance in Czechia but vaccination is not compulsory.