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10/05/2020
The government has earmarked 150 million crowns for the purchase of 3 million vaccines against Covid-19 being developed by the company AstraZeneca, the ctk news agency reported. The first delivery is expected sometime at the end of the year.
According to Health Minister Roman Prymula, the Czech Republic can acquire vaccines for seven million people altogether via the EU, but wants to leave open the option of buying from other companies as well in the event of problems.
AstraZeneca entered a new phase of testing in October.
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10/05/2020
Health Minister Roman Prymula said that at the present time the government has no plans for a lockdown such as are being effected in Israel or Madrid, but warned that if people fail to respect the restrictive measures announced, the government would have to tighten the reins, in order to curb the spread of the epidemic.
He said the measures would be revised in ten days, depending on the epidemiological situation.
The health minister is to present a plan outlining different scenarios and the different measures linked to them on Friday.
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10/05/2020
A month-long state of emergency came into force on midnight Sunday in response to the second wave of Covid-19 infections. The state of emergency, which gives the government greater powers, was declared so as to open the way for faster and more effective measures in the fight against the epidemic.
Secondary schools in high-risk areas will close for at least two weeks, indoor events are limited to ten people, outdoor events to twenty. Restaurants must place tables at a safe distance with a maximum of six diners at one table.
The state of emergency will allow ministries to acquire protective gear without an open competition and enable medical students to help out in hospitals due to the growing number of doctors and nurses who are Covid-19 positive or in quarantine.
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10/05/2020
The 1926 painting ‘La Dame de pique’ by Czech artist Toyen sold at auction in Prague on Sunday for a record 78.65 million crowns (about 3 million euros), including fees.
Toyen, whose real name was Marie Čermínová, joined the Czech avant-garde Devětsil group in 1923 and moved to Paris two years later. She experimented with cubism, surrealism and a style she called artificialism – a kind of poetic answer to cubism.
The previous record auction price for a Czech paining was set by Oskar Kokoschka’s ‘Prague - View from the Monastery of the Knights of the Cross with a Red Star’, which sold for 78.5 million crowns last October.
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10/05/2020
Barbora Krejčíková, the first Czech tennis player to reach round 16 of the ongoing French Open, lost to Argentina’s Nadia Podoroska on Sunday in three sets – 6-2, 2-6 and 3-6. A doubles specialist, it was her best result in a Grand Slam tournament.
Petra Kvitová, the world no.11, is now the only Czech left in the knockout stages. She faces China's Shuai Zhang (seeded no.39) on Monday for a place in the quarterfinals.
Two-time Wimbledon champion has won three of their five previous encounters. The Czech seeks her second quarterfinal-or-better showing at Roland Garros in her career. A win over Zhang would project her to return her to the Top 10 of the WTA singles rankings.
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10/04/2020
Health Minister Roman Prymula will present a long-term plan to combat the spread of Covid-19 on Friday (October 9) that will go into effect a week later, he said on Czech Television debate programme.
On Monday, a one-month State of Emergency comes into effect due to the second wave of Covid-19 infections. Secondary schools in high-risk areas will close for at least two weeks, while cultural and sporting events and other gatherings will be limited in size.
Prymula said about 60 measures are being considered within the long-term plan, from which the government will select in part according to their impact on the economy.
Experts from foreign universities have participated in the plan, which has been in preparation for two weeks, he said, declining to provide details in advance beyond saying school closures are under consideration.
As for the so-called traffic light system regarding risk-infection levels, Prymula said it would have to be readjusted because with the current parameters, the entire country would soon be ‘red’.
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10/04/2020
The number of Czech Republic-based Instagram users, a social network for sharing photos and videos, has increased by about a fifth this year to 2.9 million. Over 60 percent are aged between 18 and 34, according to Ami Digital.
"Instagram is the most dynamic social network in the Czech Republic. Its share is growing every year. Its stories format is increasingly popular,” Ami Digital director Vladan Crha told news agency ČTK. “At the same time, it is also the best-rated social network with stories.”
Instagram is the second-most popular social network in the Czech Republic after its owner – Facebook. About 54 percent of users are women, but younger users of both sexes are the most active, with 14 percent of users aged 15 to 29 posting on Instagram on a daily basis.
The most followed Czech on Instagram is goalkeeper Petr Čech, who has more than 2 million followers, followed by television presenter Leoš Mareš and artist Silvia Mahdal, who each have around 1 million followers.
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10/04/2020
Cloudy skies and occasional rain are in the forecast for much of the Czech Republic on Monday. Average daytime highs of about 16 degrees Celsius are expected.
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10/04/2020
There were more voles this September than a year ago despite the extraordinary use of a rat poison environmentalists warned also endangers birds and other animals, including household pets, according to Central Inspection and Testing Institute of Agriculture (ÚKZÚZ) data.
Last month, ÚKZÚZ recorded an average of 1,059 active vole burrows per hectare of agricultural land – which includes fields, orchards, meadows and vineyards. In September 2019, the institute had found only 678 active burrows per hectare.
Last summer, the Ministry of Agriculture put a temporary ban on the blanket use of the Stutox II rat poison use after the Ministry of Environment warned of the threat it posed to wildlife. It later issued permits for its use where vole populations were five times the average size.
The Czech Ornithological Society warns that poisoned voles are easy but deadly prey for endangered Little Owls (Athene noctua), of which only some 100 pairs remain in this country.
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10/04/2020
More than 13,500 Czech households, mainly in Moravia and eastern Bohemia, were without electricity on Sunday morning due to windstorms that began the previous afternoon and last until the wee hours.
The power company ČEZ registered almost 8,000 delivery points without electricity at around 8 a.m. on Sunday and the electricity provider E.ON reported 5,700 households without power due to lines damaged mainly by fallen or uprooted trees.
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