PM wants to make testing compulsory in companies with over 250 employees

Prime Minister Andrej Babiš has said he wants to make antigen testing compulsory in companies with over 250 employees in order to be able to maintain industrial production at the height of the coronavirus crisis.

The Social Democratic Party, a junior partner in the minority government, has said it will propose closing down companies which are not crucial to the country’s economy, at Monday’s meeting of the cabinet.

Deputy Prime Minister Jan Hamáček said the government should consider closing them down until there were enough antigen tests to enable a regular testing of employees in the industrial sector.

The prime minister warned of the dangers of closing down the country’s industry which accounts for 40 percent of the GDP.