Health minister says current work and school testing obligations could stay in place until of Feb

The current system of testing for Covid-19 in schools, businesses, social services and the health sector, will continue to be in place until mid- or late February, Health Minister Vlastimil Válek said on Wednesday. Further measures will be approved by the government after the current omicron variant starts to decline, which is expected to happen around the end of February.

Originally, the government’s reintroduction of obligatory testing at work was announced for a time period of just between 2-3 weeks.

The health minister said that he believes the omicron wave could be sustained quite lightly if people adhere to the current measures and get themselves vaccinated.