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03/21/2020
Two thirds of Czechs consider the measures taken by the government to fight the coronavirus epidemic as “adequate“ with regard to the threat posed.
In a poll conducted by the agency Kantar CZ for Czech public television 80 percent of respondents said they approved of the measures introduced. The majority of people said the restrictions were „tolerable“.A third of respondents said the measures should have been even tougher.
As regards the government’s performance during this crisis, 11 percent rated it as “excellent”, 30 percent as “very good” and 39 percent as “good”.
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03/21/2020
Bank card data collected last week show that a large number of Czechs quarantined after returning from Italy or some other high-risk destination do not respect the restriction.
The data collected by the initiative COVID19CZ showed that 46 percent of Czechs back from holidaying in a high risk destinations violated their quarantine at least on one occasion, using their card to pay in restaurants or shops, according to Petra Bednaříková from DataSentics.
According to the news site Seznam.cz, data from bank cards may be used to map quarantined people’s movements, similarly as is happening with mobile phones.
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03/21/2020
Stricter measures are in place for cross-border workers as of midnight Friday.
Cross-border workers employed within a 100-km distance in Austria or Germany will have to have a certificate from their employer, freshly stamped every day to confirm they have been to work. The document will be checked by police at border crossings.
The measure was introduced because some people abused the exemption for cross border workers to travel out of the country and back.
The local authorities in western and southern Bohemia were so concerned about the situation they called on the government to scrap the exemption.
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03/21/2020
More respirators and face masks are expected to arrive from China in the course of Saturday.
A China Eastern plane carrying seven million facemasks is expected to arrive at Václav Havel Airport at around midday and a heavy freight plane loaned from Ukraine should arrive at Pardubice airport this evening with 100 tons of masks, respirators and coronavirus tests.
The deliveries have cost the Interior Ministry 1.5 billion crowns so far.
The projection is that with every new week that the epidemic lasts the country will spend another billion crowns on medical equipment.
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03/21/2020
In view of the increased costs from the coronavirus pandemic the government is expecting a budget deficit of up to 200 billion crowns this year, Prime Minister Andrej Babis told Czech Television on Friday.
The government is counting on a steep drop in projected revenues and a significant increase in expenditures. It is currently preparing an aid package for small and mid-sized companies and will need to inject billions into the economy during and after the crisis.
It is now paying nursing care to millions of people who are at home with their children due to the closure of schools.
Billions of crowns are being spent on protective and medical equipment to tackle the coronavirus crisis.
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03/20/2020
The US authorities have approved a Czech request for a patient in critical condition in Prague to be treated with the experimental drug Remdesivir made by Gilead Sciences. The drug is now said to be on its way to the Czech Republic.
The patient is suffering from COVID 19 and has been on ventilation for some time. He has been in critical condition for several days now.
The Czech Health Ministry has approved the use of the experimental drug on a case-by-case basis for a period of six months.
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03/20/2020
The Czech Republic should get regular deliveries of medical supplies from China over the next six weeks to help tide over its needs in the fight against the coronavirus epidemic, Deputy Prime Minister Jan Hamáček said on Friday.
A plane carrying 1.1 million respirators arrived in the country on Friday morning and two more planeloads are due to arrive on Saturday.
The first deliveries are already being distributed to the regions which are desperately short of respirators and facemasks.
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03/20/2020
The start of the weekend should bring overcast skies with rain or snow showers in higher altitudes and day temperatures between 3 and 7 degrees Celsius.
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03/20/2020
The government has approved the appointment of General Karel Řehka head of the National Office for Cyber and Information Security (NÚKIB), Denik N reported.
General Řehka,45, participated in foreign military missions, he has worked for the special forces, the Czech Ministry of Defence and NATO.
He will replace Dušan Navrátil, who was dismissed by Prime Minister Andrej Babiš late last year over poor managerial and communication skills.
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03/20/2020
Confidence in the Czech economy dropped by 3.2 points to 93.1 in March, according to data released by the Czech Statistics Office on Friday.
It is the steepest month-on-month decrease registered since November 2011.
The Czech Statistics Office says the drop, registered both among entrepreneurs and consumers, is the first sign of growing fears regarding the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
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