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10/09/2020
Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš said that imposing a lockdown in the Czech Republic cannot be dismissed as an option in the fight against the second wave of the COVID-19 coronavirus currently affecting the Czech Republic. At a press conference on Friday, Mr. Babiš announced that the situation was “very serious” and did not rule out further closures affecting the economy. He also called on citizens not to underestimate the threat of the coronavirus. Asked about what a possible lockdown would look like, he said the government would impose measures in a more targeted way than in the spring. The Czech prime minister also assured that the government is working on a system of financial support for businesses that would be affected in case of a lockdown.
Health Minister Roman Prymula said 85 doctors and nearly 200 nurses had been infected on Thursday and warned that the growing number of infections may not only affect hospital capacity, but also that of the country’s hospital staff. Medics and health care students are being called up to provide support where necessary.
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10/09/2020
Antonín Panenka, the 71-year-old footballer who became famous for his unconventional penalty kick that helped win Czechoslovakia the UEFA EURO championship in 1976, is in stable condition and will be transferred from Benešov Hospital to Prague on Friday where he will be cared for by a doctor, Panenka’s former club Bohemians 1905 announced earlier in the day.
Mr. Panenka was hospitalised in serious condition on Wednesday and placed in Benešov Hospital’s intensive care unit. According to his wife, he was suffering from breathing dificulties and a strong cough. -
10/09/2020
Tariff wages of health care workers are set to rise by 10 percent from 2021, the Chairwoman of the Health and Social Care Union, Dagmar Žitníková, told the Czech News Agency on Thursday. Originally, trade unions demanded that healthcare workers get an increase of 15 percent on their salaries. However, Ms Žitníková said that the unions are satisfied with the agreement, which is more substantial than last year’s CZK 1,500 flat raise.
For several years, the Czech Republic has been faced with an exodus of doctors and health care staff abroad. Better salaries are seen as the primary reason. An increase in wages is therefore seen as a vital motivator for keeping health workers in the country.
Aside from the promised raise, the government also agreed to spend CZK 11.5 billion on bonuses as a reward for their work during the spring first wave of the coronavirus. According to Health Minister Roman Prymula, the money will be paid out in November as part of the workers’ October salary. -
10/09/2020
The most common form of facial covering against the coronavirus is a textile mask, which is used by 62 percent of the population. Meanwhile, surgical masks are used by 27 percent of people, with 6 percent preferring respirators. Just 2 percent of the population use no protection, according to a new survey conducted by the IPSOS agency on behalf of respirator maker Respilon.
The study further showed that 40 percent of people change their mask once a day and 15 percent once a week. Only 16 percent of people change their mask every time they use it.
Textile masks were originally introduced as a measure of desperation, as there were not enough surgical masks on the market. However, Health Minister Roman Prymula has said that they can actually be quite useful, as they are easy to rewash and therefore reuse, unlike single use surgical masks. -
10/09/2020
Thursday saw the highest increase in new coronavirus cases yet recorded in the Czech Republic. According to data released by the Ministry of Health, 5,394 people were diagnosed with COVID-19 on Thursday. It is the third time the record has been breached this week.
Aside from new cases, the number of deaths as a result of contracting the virus has also grown steadily this week. Currently, statistics show that 869 people have died in the country from coronavirus, 10 percent of which died in the past four days. The highest death toll yet was recorded on Wednesday, when 42 patients died.
Despite the growing death toll, the vast majority of patients have suffered only mild symptoms, with just 3.99 percent requiring hospitalisation.
In total, 100,000 Czechs have tested positive for COVID-19 since the virus first appeared in the country on March 1. -
10/09/2020
President Miloš Zeman will not raise the head of the country’s counter-intelligence service BIS Michal Koudelka to the rank of general on the anniversary of Czechoslovakia’s founding. The president made his intention clear in response to a question from the daily Mlada fronta Dnes. He said he would comply with the government’s proposal as regards all other nominees.
The president, who has been highly critical of the work of the counter-intelligence service in highlighting the activities of Russian and Chinese agents on Czech territory, has refused to raise Michal Koudelka to the rank of general four times in the past.
Other nominees on the government’s list are Police President Jan Švejdar and the head of the Prison Service Petr Dohnal.
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10/09/2020
The government has effected a two-week lockdown on cultural events and severely curbed leisure-time activities in a bid to stop the alarming spread of coronavirus infections.
As of Friday restaurants, pubs and bars will have to close at 8pm and can only seat four at one table. Live music and dancing will be prohibited. Although fast foods in shopping malls will remain open there can only be two people at a table. Wifi connections will not be available in order to prevent people congregating there for longer periods of time. Gyms, fitness centres and swimming pools must close their doors for a period of two weeks by midnight Friday.
Theatres and cinemas will close on Monday. Mass sports events will be prohibited and indoor sports halls will be closed. No more than ten people can meet for indoor events, twenty outdoors.
Primary schools will remain open, secondary schools will alternate classroom and distance learning by the week, with students divided into two groups. Universities will continue online.
Employers have been asked to introduce home office wherever possible.
The measures will be revised in a fortnights’ time.
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10/08/2020
Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin defeated seventh seed Kvitová in straight sets 6-4 7-5 at the French Open on Thursday, dashing her hopes of reaching the final.
The two-time Wimbledon champion said she’d fought hard for every point, but Kenin has played better and deserved to win.
It was Kvitová’s first semi-final appearance at Roland Garros since 2012 and until coming up against Kenin she seemed to be on a winning streak.
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10/08/2020
Health Minister Roman Prymula has unveiled details of the government’s plan to curb the alarming spread of coronavirus infection in the country. Over the next two weeks the government has ordered a lockdown on mass cultural and sports events.
Theatres and cinemas will be closed for the duration of a fortnight; gyms, fitness centres and swimming pools must close their doors by midnight Friday. Indoor sports halls will be closed. No more than ten people can meet for indoor events, twenty outdoors.
Restaurants, pubs and bars will have to close at 8pm and can only seat four at one table. Although fast foods in shopping malls will remain open there can only be two people at a table.
Primary schools will remain open, secondary schools will alternate classroom and distance learning by the week, with students divided into two groups. Universities will continue online.
Employers have been asked to introduce home office wherever possible.
The tighter measures will be revised in a fortnights’ time.
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10/08/2020
The Visegrad Four grouping of Central European states, which includes the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia, provides a useful platform for deepening and improving mutual relations, Czech Foreign Minister Tomáš Petříček said at the Globsec conference in Bratislava on Thursday.
Mr. Petříček said that the organization had helped to achieve the post-communist states’ key goal in the 1990s, namely integration into Euro-Atlantic structures, and the present day priority was to make active use of membership in these institutions.
He described the Visegrad Group as a tool for strengthening contacts between peoples and supporting civil society. "Our interest is not only in our immediate neighborhood, but also in the wider EU neighborhood," he added.
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