Health minister presents “traffic lights” system reflecting Covid-19 risk in different districts

Health Minister Adam Vojtěch on Monday  presented a “traffic lights” system based on three levels of measures intended to contain the spread of Covid-19. Mr. Vojtěch said the new system, designed as a pandemic plan, would identify the coronavirus risk in different districts and would spell out specific public health measures as well as instructions to hospitals with regard to readiness for patient influxes.

The districts will be rated according to a number of criteria, among them community transmission numbers. Coronavirus-free areas will be marked white.

Minister Vojtěch said this differentiation was essential due to the fact that the situation now varied radically from one district to another.

A traffic lights system rating the coronavirus risk in individual countries has been in place for some time to help clarify the conditions under which Czechs can travel and under which foreign visitors can enter this country.