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04/25/2020
A small airplane crashed near the Moravian town of Milotice on Friday evening, killing both male passengers, the Czech News Agency reports.
A rescue team was sent to the location immediately after the crash, which occured around 6pm, but both men were dead by the time the team arrived.
The aircraft was on fire when the team came to the location, but it is thus far unclear whether the fire started during the flight or after impact.
A flight inspector is analysing the cause of the crash, the spokesman of the South Moravian Fire Service Filip Venclovský told the Czech News Agency.
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04/25/2020
Czech Railways (České dráhy) has announced it will be reinstating four connections starting Sunday. These are the lines from Prague to Břeclav, Cheb, Karlovy Vary and Valašsko. Further connections will be restarted depending on public demand, the largest Czech rail company informed in a Friday press release.
The move follows a government announced easing of coronavirus counter-measures as the number of cases has been falling in recent days.
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04/24/2020
Basic coronavirus countermeasures, such as the compulsory wearing of face masks, the use of disinfectants and social distancing will be in place at least until the end of June, Deputy Health Minister Roman Prymula told Czech Television on Friday.
At an earlier press conference on Friday, Health Minister Adam Vojtěch said that the measure will be in place for at least the next two months, after which an easing of compulsory facemask wearing could be put in place, depending on surrounding factors, such as for artists who are unable to work due to facemasks. .
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04/24/2020
Starting next week, the Central Military Hospital in Prague will begin treating coronavirus patients with the blood plasma of those who have recovered from the disease. The treatment will be made available to those most affected by COVID-19, hospital spokeswoman Jitka Zinke said on Friday.
The hospital has already received the relevant plazma from more than 100 donors and is collecting a further seven samples this Friday. Further donations are encouraged and donors outside of the capital will be reimbursed for their travel.
Some plasma supplies could also be sent to other hospitals, such as Prague’s Na Bulovce or Na Homolce, Ms Zinke said.
Blood plasma treatment for the coronavirus was already applied in Prague’s Thomayer Hospital and the method has also been used in Northern Italy and in China.
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04/24/2020
In response to the government proposal to extend the state of emergency in the Czech Republic to May 25, opposition parties in the Chamber of Deputies have called on the executive to explain its reasoning.
Petr Fiala of the Civic Democrats, the chairman of the largest opposition party in the lower house, said on Friday that a one to two week extension to the current April 30 deadline would be possible if the government presents the Chamber of Deputies with a clear plan based on reasoned argumentation and maximum restraint in its restrictions.
Calls for a clear plan were also voiced from the leaders of the Mayors and Independents and the Christian Democrats.
All three parties criticised the government for not adhering to the country’s Crisis Act.
It is not clear yet how the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia will vote on the measure. However, according to news site iDnes.cz, party chairman Vojtěch Filip said earlier this week that he would be prepared to vote for the extension until May 17.
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04/24/2020
EGAP, the Czech state’s export and insurance guarantee company, will receive CZK 4 billion crowns from the Czech government to be used as securities for loans to the country’s largest exporters who have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The government approved the transfer of funds, on Friday, which means its COVID Plus Guarantee programme (EGAP PLUS program) that seeks to provide support for exporters will now be able to go ahead. Further funds may be transferred to fund the programme if needed.
The Ministry of Finance increased EGAP's insurance capacity from CZK 142 billion to CZK 330 billion, as a result of the coronavirus crisis.
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04/24/2020
Temperatures are expected to fall to around 15 degrees on Saturday, with cloudy skies expected across the cuntry. However, meteorologists do not expect rainfall.
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04/24/2020
The possibility of free travel, which returned to Czechs this Friday after the government relinquished some of its coronavirus measures, only exists in theory as current conditions make traveling abroad virtually impossible, Prime Minister Andrej Babiš told Czech Radio’s Radiožurnál on Friday.
He said that flights remain canceled and that Czechs will not be allowed into other countries unless they have a valid coronavirus test. The loosening of measures therefore mainly applies to business trips, according to the prime minister. However, Mr Babiš did say that he is in regular negotiations with other countries regarding the subject of travel.
The Czech Republic is very effective in its combating of the coronavirus pandemic and is seen by many countries as an example, the prime minister said.
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04/24/2020
Parts of Charles University could begin offering lectures to a limited audience again from Monday, May 4, university spokesman Václav Hájek told the Czech News Agency on Friday. Specific details on what lectures will be held and what the precautionary measures will look like is to be decided upon by the university administration next week.
As part of its easing of the coronavirus restrictions, the Czech government announced on Thursday that universities can start teaching again already from Monday, April 27, as long as there are no more than five people in one group.
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04/24/2020
Foreign film productions worth a total of CZK 5 billion crowns had to be canceled or delayed due to the coronavirus measures that have been put in place to combat the spread of the virus, trade unions of workers in the audiovisual sector write in a newly released study.
The document includes proposals for limiting the impact. This includes financial help, as well as the quickest possible reopening of cinemas, provided these adhere to safety measures, and allowing filming to go ahead without the use of facemasks.
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