Epidemiologist: face mask requirement could be gradually lifted as of mid-March

The obligation to wear respirators in public could be gradually lifted as of mid-March in the Czech Republic, epidemiologist Rastislav Maďar said in a debate programme on Czech Television on Sunday.

Mr Maďar, who is a member of the ministry’s advisory body, said the wearing of respirators will be discontinued in public places according to a plan prepared for the Health Ministry.

He also said vaccinated people who have contracted the omicron variant should wait with the booster shot until before the expected autumn wave of the virus.