Government wants state of emergency extended by 30 days

The government will ask the lower house to extend the state of emergency in the country by another 30 days in order to be able to keep the Covid restrictions in place until the epidemic subsides, Health Minister Jan Blatný said after Monday’s cabinet meeting.

The government will also order compulsory Covid tests for firms with fewer than 10 employees and for the self-employed. The proposal to increase the frequency of testing from once to twice a week failed to win approval.

The only employees exempted from testing are those on home office, people who have undergone Covid-19 or who have been vaccinated with the necessary two doses.