Hygiene stations may restrict contact tracing to serious cases

Hygiene stations are considering restricting contact tracing to serious cases of Covid-19 infections only, Health Minister Adam Vojtěch informed the government on Monday. More details are to be released on Friday.

The head of the Prague Hygiene Office Zdenka Jágrova said last week that with the growing number of cases, health officials were finding it increasingly difficult to trace contacts fast enough.

It is also likely that people who wore a respirator at the time when they came into contact with a person confirmed Covid -19 positive, will not be quarantined.

Prague, which is the only region in the country rated „medium-risk“,  currently has 72 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. Around 100 new cases are confirmed daily.