Prague Hygiene Office getting reinforcements

The Prague Hygiene Office is to get reinforcements from the regions following a spike in cases in recent days, Health Minister Adam Vojtěch announced on Monday.

The capital, which is the sole region in the country to be rated “medium-risk” has close to 6,000 confirmed cases of Covid-19, with over 100 cases in the past 24 hours.

The Prague Hygiene Office says tracing contacts fast is proving increasingly difficult.

Prague also has the first signs of community transmissions.