Schools preparing for start of new school year

Schools around the country are preparing for the start of the school year on September 1.

Education Minister Robert Plaga told Prima Television on Sunday that up to ten schools would not open on the first day of the school year because staff members were in quarantine.

Schools are expected to adhere to stricter hygiene norms in connection with the coronavirus crisis, but no restrictions have been ordered for the present time.

In Prague, which is rated “medium-risk”, face-masks in schools are recommended but it is up to individual schools whether they will make them compulsory.