PM to meet with president to discuss government’s response to epidemic

Prime Minister Andrej Babiš is due to meet with President Miloš Zeman on Monday to discuss the government’s response to the epidemic. President Zeman has been pushing for the use of the unregistered Russian Sputnik vaccine in recent weeks, and has been calling for the dismissal of Health Minister Jan Blatný, for his refusal to consider this. Prime Minister Andrej Babiš, who himself has been critical of other aspects of the health minister’s performance, said he had no immediate plans to effect a change of guard at the ministry.