Government to release 3.2 million face masks for polling stations

The government will release 3.2 million face masks for polling stations in the upcoming regional and Senate elections, Prime Minister Andrej Babiš said after Monday’s cabinet session conducted in the form of a video-conference.

He further said that if the coronavirus situation worsens the government will distribute respirators to senior citizens free of charge via Czech Post.

In the event of interest, it will also distribute respirator to teachers.

The face masks and respirators will come from the country’s national reserves, which count 13 million FFP2 respirators and 75 million face masks.

People who are in quarantine at the time of the elections, scheduled for October 2-3, will be able to vote at drive-through posts.