Mayors from Czech Republic’s coronavirus hotspot say informing public is key

Mayors from the Karvina district in the Moravian-Silesian Region, which has now been at the centre of the most serious coronavirus outbreak in the country for several weeks, complained of a lack in information for the local public in a meeting with the region’s main hygienist and the governor on Tuesday.

People are more afraid of chaos then of the COVID-19 coronavirus itself, the Karvina district’s Chairman of the Board of the Union of Towns and Municipalities Jan Lipner told Czech Television. He said that some people have to wait several days in order to get their test results and that some tests have been lost.

The mayors want the regional authorities to improve the information campaign so that the ongoing situation is more clear and possible misinformation prevented.

According to the Health Ministry website, the relatively small Karviná district was responsible for 30 percent of all new coronavirus cases in the Czech Republic last week.