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09/20/2020
In a first draft of the state budget for 2021, the minister of finance, Alena Schillerová, plans a deficit of CZK 116 billion. However, the deficit is likely to increase greatly before MPs actually approve next year’s budget because of further measures linked to the coronavirus crisis. In addition, the first draft does not include a shortfall of up to CZK 90 billion that will be caused by a reform of the country’s income tax system.
The budget deficit for this year has been increased repeatedly since the coronavirus hit the Czech Republic. It was initially planned at CZK 40 billion but now stands at CZK 500 billion.
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09/20/2020
Some 2,046 new cases of Covid-19 were detected in the Czech Republic on Saturday, which was slightly down on the figure for the previous day, according to Ministry of Health information. Nevertheless, it was the largest rise recorded to date at a weekend, when there has tended to be less testing, and was the fourth day in a row the number exceeded 2,000; it had never surpassed 1,000 before September 9.
Some 516 people are in hospital with coronavirus, 94 of them in a serious condition.
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09/19/2020
The gardens of Prague’s Černín Palace, home of the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs, have been opened to the public on Saturday. Visitors can take in an exhibition focused on the environment, accompanied by Our Planet, a series of photos by Jan Saudek. The magnificent gardens also feature an enormous blow-up globe. Admission has been limited to 500 people at one time due to the coronavirus situation. The open day is due to run until 9 pm.
Introducing the event, Foreign Minister Tomáš Petříček said there was no planet B if ours were to become uninhabitable.
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09/19/2020
The minister of the interior, Jan Hamáček, says that it was a “fatal error” to postpone the reintroduction of compulsory face masks. Speaking in Saturday’s edition of Právo, Mr. Hamáček said he had been skeptical about the earlier loosening of restrictions.
The minister said the numbers of known Covid-19 cases were so frightening that it was now to time to put an end to mass events.
Mr. Hamáček said that the government’s plan was to keep the number infected beneath 120,000 at all costs. At present the number of active cases is just over 21,000.
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09/19/2020
This year’s edition of a two-day military show in the Moravian Silesian Region is taking place without the attendance of the public, because of the coronavirus situation. The twin event NATO Days and the Czech Airforce Days at the Mošnov airfield is the biggest display of its kind in Europe and last year was attended by 220,000 people.
The 2020 edition can be followed live on the internet or on Czech Television. Seven armies are taking part in what is the 20th year of the event.
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09/19/2020
Sunday should be mainly sunny in the Czech Republic, with average temperatures of around 22 degrees Celsius. Clear skies are expected to continue for some days before giving way to overcast weather from the middle of next week.
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09/19/2020
The Czech Republic’s current Indian summer is set to continue, with daytime highs likely to reach around 25 degrees Celsius in the coming week, according to a regular four-week forecast issued by the Czech Hydro-Meteorological Institute.
Temperatures should start to fall at the end of next week but will still be above average for the time of year in the coming month. Precipitation is expected to match the long-term average.
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09/19/2020
President Miloš Zeman has signed into law a bill abolishing the Czech Republic’s real estate acquisition tax, his spokesperson said. In recent years the 4-percent tax paid by the buyer of property brought CZK 13 billion into the state coffers, the Czech News Agency said.
The minister of finance, Alena Schillerová, had earlier said that the tax would in fact be abolished retroactively from the end of March as the deadline for paying the tax had been postponed to the end of August in view of the coronavirus crisis. If somebody paid it, the money will be returned.
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09/19/2020
Prague is now classed red on a national Covid-19 map operated by the Ministry of Health. Red is the highest level in the country’s “traffic light” rating system and signals growing or persistent community transmission of the coronavirus.
Ten districts are now rated amber, meaning they are medium risk as regards Covid-19. The map was updated on Friday evening on the basis of data from September 8 to 14.
The minister of health, Adam Vojtech, said that the reproduction number of the virus in Prague was 1.8. He has previously said that if the number reached 2 at national level the country’s schools would be closed. On Monday the national reproduction number was 1.59.
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09/19/2020
Some 2,111 new cases of Covid-19 were registered in the Czech Republic on Friday. The figure was below the 3,130 detected the previous day but – after the 2,139 on Wednesday – is still the third highest seen since the pandemic hit the country at the start of March.
Five people died with the coronavirus on Friday, bringing the total number of deaths to 495, according to Ministry of Health data.
There are 480 people in hospital with the coronavirus, 93 in a serious condition.
A number of restrictions have been introduced in a bid to contain the spread of the virus, which has risen sharply in recent weeks.
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