Local mayors call on hygienists to ease COVID-19 measures in Moravian-Silesian Region

More than 60 mayors from the Moravian-Silesian Region have signed a letter penned by the municipal leaders of Bruntál and Opava, which calls on Health Minister Adam Vojtěch and local hygienists to redress the region-wide coronavirus countermeasures that were put in place last week, the Czech News Agency reported on Wednesday. The director of the region’s hygienic office Pavla Svrčinová reacted by saying that some easing could take place and would be discussed later in the day, but that the mayors should not count on a removal of all measures.

In the letter, the mayors complain about the flat application of measures to counter the spread of COVID-19 in the region and say that they were bitter about last week’s sudden order issued by the hygienists to implement the tough measures. They said they do not understand why such restrictions were put in place in the north-western part of the region which lies 80 kilometres away from the heavily affected Karviná district and that there are very few cases of the virus in their area.

The Moravian-Silesian Region has been the hotbed for COVID-19 in the Czech Republic for over a month now, specifically its districts of Karviná and Frýdek-Místek. After cases began appearing in the wider region, hygienists decided to implement a sudden return to face mask wearing and bans on large public events last week.