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10/13/2020
The government will not ask the lower house for a vote of confidence once the coronavirus crisis is over, Prime Minister Andrej Babiš said in response to an appeal by the opposition Civic Democrats, who have criticized the government for the way it is handling the epidemic.
The prime minister said he considered the request strange since the opposition parties had pledged to support the government in its efforts and clearly expected it to resolve the crisis before trying to shoot it down.
Deputy Prime Minister Jan Hamáček likewise rejected the idea, saying the opposition could call a vote of no-confidence in the government if it so desired.
The opposition parties have criticized the minority government for failing to adequately prepare for the second wave of the coronavirus epidemic over the summer and making chaotic decisions in the face of the ongoing crisis.
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10/13/2020
Wednesday should be overcast and rainy around the country with day temperatures between 4 and 9 degrees Celsius.
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10/13/2020
University students who cannot return home or are quarantined may remain in their dormitories, Education Minister Robert Plaga wrote on Twitter on Tuesday.
He said the exemption had been agreed with the Ministry of Health. The education minister encouraged other students to go home and limit their social contacts to a minimum.
On Monday, the government decided that due to the worsening coronavirus epidemic, student dorms should close to students residing elsewhere in the Czech Republic.
There are exceptions for students with mandatory work duties, medical students helping out in hospitals or those involved in training practice.
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10/13/2020
Sales of spirits in the Czech Republic will fall by approximately 35 to 40 percent year-on-year in 2020, with producers set to lose about two billion crowns in sales, according to a statement by the Union of Producers and Importers of Spirits in the Czech Republic.
The drop is attributed to the closure of restaurants, bars and pubs where 50 percent of the spirits sold are directed.
In addition to the government measures themselves, the decline is also due to the lack of tourists and foreign workers and the January increase in the excise tax.
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10/13/2020
The traditional award-giving ceremony at Prague Castle marking Czechoslovak Independence Day on October 28 should be held without an audience, Prime Minister Andrej Babiš told journalists after his meeting with President Miloš Zeman on Tuesday.
He said Mr. Zeman had agreed to hand-out high state distinctions with only the recipients present, minus family, politicians and invited members of the public.
Plans for the award-giving ceremony were criticized by the opposition which argued that the President’s Office should adhere to the coronavirus safety measures just like everyone else. As of Wednesday the cap on the number of people allowed to meet will be reduced to six.
President Zeman wants the ceremony to take place, albeit with restrictions, arguing that to cancel the event would indicate a lack of respect for the country‘s history and traditions.
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10/13/2020
Rail and bus operators are reducing the number of intercity connections following a steep drop in passenger numbers, the ctk news agency reported.
The number of students using rail and bus links dropped following the introduction of distance learning at secondary schools and universities and is expected to drop further this week following the closure of primary schools.
Fewer people are using these connections to commute or go on trips.
During the lockdown in the first wave of the epidemic passenger numbers dropped to a mere 10 percent of the usual.
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10/13/2020
Monday saw 4,310 people test positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus in the Czech Republic, Ministry of Health data shows. The number of hospitalised patients lies at 2,146, with 426 of them in serious condition. A total of 1,051 people have died from the virus since March, 31 of them on Monday.
The fastest rate of growth in infections is in the Uherské hradiště district, where the statistical rate lies at 570 people for every 100,000.
The Czech government has passed a wide range of measures to lower the rate of infections. The obligation to wear face masks on public transport stations and vestibules came into effect on Tuesday.
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10/13/2020
The Czech Film and Television Academy has selected the film Šarlatán, directed by Agnieszka Holland, as the Czech candidate for next year’s Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language Film, the Czech News Agency reported on Tuesday.
The film, which stars Ivan Trojan in the main role, is based on the life of famous Czech healer Jan Mikolášek and premiered at this year’s Berlinale film festival. It has generally met with positive reviews.
Commercially, the film has made CZK 38.2 million in the Czech Republic in the two months since it first aired in cinemas.
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10/12/2020
All bars, clubs and restaurants will be closed from Wednesday until November 3, Prime Minister Andrej Babiš announced on Monday evening after a government council on how to handle the growing coronavirus epidemic in the Czech Republic. Furthermore, all schools will be closed until November 1. The obligation to wear face masks will be extended to all public transport stations. No more than six people will be allowed to gather in one space and a ban on drinking alcohol in public spaces has also been put in place, Health Minister Roman Prymula announced. All of the measures will take effect from Wednesday this week.
Social services will also restrict their operations only to the most important cases, with high school and university students of social service degrees being drafted as support personnel. Pensioner home residents will be restricted from leaving the institution’s premises. Those social service clients who are visited at home will have to wear a form of nose and mouth protection when visited by care workers.
A 30-day state of emergency is currently in place in the Czech Republic, after being implemented on October 5. The country is currently facing its most serious situation regarding the COVID-19 epidemic yet.
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10/12/2020
The amount of people who have died in the Czech Republic as a result of contracting the COVID-19 coronavirus has reached 1,045 after 58 people died on Monday, according to Ministry of Health statistics. More than half of the deaths, 618 in total, have come since September 1 and more people have already died in October than in the whole of September.
The amount of patients requiring hospitalisation is relatively low, lying at 3.59 percent. However, as the amount of new cases grows day by day, so does the death toll, as there are ever more people fighting the virus.
The government is intent on cutting the level of spread and is set to announce new measures that will come into effect on Wednesday. However, a new survey conducted by the Public Opinion Research Centre shows that the amount of the population that trusts the measures is steadily decreasing, falling from June's 86 percent to 48 percent in September.
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