Task force chief: Mobile electoral commissions for isolating voters will be beefed up

The country’s coronavirus task force has decided to beef up mobile electoral commissions so that they can serve up to 16,000 voters in quarantine in Senate and regional elections early next month. The head of the Central Crisis Staff, Interior Minister Jan Hamáček, made the announcement after it met on Wednesday.

Mr. Hamáček said the situation surrounding the Covid-19 epidemic remained serious but that the spread of the virus at present corresponded to the government’s “medium” scenario. If things remain that way, there is no danger of the Czech healthcare system being overwhelmed, he said. At present 581 people are in hospital with Covid-19 and there are over 26,000 active cases.