Face masks could help limit the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to researchers who studied the effect of surgical masks on the transmission of other corona and flu viruses. In the study, the use of surgical masks by sufferers significantly reduced the number of flu viruses detectable in droplets released through breathing and coughing. It also reduced the number of seasonal coronaviruses – among the causes of common colds – detectable in the air as suspended microdroplets, or aerosols. The study did not look at the new coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2. “Further research is needed to determine whether masks can specifically prevent the transmission of SARS-CoV-2,” the scientists said. The research, published in the journal Nature, coincides with the pandemic of COVID-19 respiratory disease, which has infected more than a million people worldwide and killed more than 53,000. Benjamin Cowling, the professor who led the study at the World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre for infectious disease epidemiology in Hong Kong, said its findings could be extrapolated to simpler cotton masks. “My expert view is that cloth or cotton masks would have an effect, but maybe slightly less of an effect than a surgical mask properly worn,” he said in a...
The Czech Republic’s decision to implement mandatory face masks for all citizens is starting to catch on, with a public relations campaign promoting the policy for other countries holding the potential to save thousands of lives. Just a week ago, Czech author Petr Ludwig and actress Aneta Kernová posted a video on Youtube titled “How to Significantly Slow Coronavirus?” In the video, Kernová encourages other countries to introduce mandatory use of face masks in public spaces, just like the Czech Republic did to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Since then, the three-and-half-minute-long video has gained the attention of several international media outlets, including CNN. It has also been watched over four and a half million times on Youtube. Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš also boosted the video after sharing it on his Twitter. In the post addressed to the U.S. President Donald Trump, Babiš encouraged Trump to make wearing face masks in public mandatory and attached the video, which uses the hashtag #Masks4All. The Czech Republic was the first European country to make it mandatory for all citizens to wear face masks in public, a policy that raised some skepticism, especially after some health authorities questioned the effectiveness of face masks...
With regard to the current market situation, it is obvious that the solvency of entrepreneurs and private individuals may be soon significantly affected. Therefore, the government has decided to take several new measures to ensure protection against the inability to repay loans and mortgages, as well as protection of apartment tenants. TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF INSTALMENTS According to the proposal of the Ministry of Finance, recently approved by the government, instalments of interest and principal will be temporarily suspended with the exception for corporate loans (where only principal instalments will be suspended, instalments of interest shall remain intact). Banks will not charge fees for such suspension. According to the proposal, it will be possible to postpone instalments of both consumer and business loans (including mortgages) that were concluded and drawn before March 26, 2020. Mortgage instalments may also be postponed in case that the contract was concluded before March 26, 2020, but the funds were drawn after. Clients will be able to choose between the postponement of instalments for three or six months. If the client decides to postpone the instalments, the repayment period of the loan will be prolonged by the suspended period. However, according to information given by the...
"We lost the dispute, but that is not important. What is important is that we do not have to pay something. Usually, the court claims some compensation for the proceedings," said Babiš.
The coronavirus outbreak has reached nearly every corner of the world, causing billions of people to shelter in place and put a halt on their daily activities. But animals have taken this disruption as an opportunity to explore. From California to Japan, these photos show wild animals roaming the empty streets and searching for food uninterrupted. #puma Maravilloso pic.twitter.com/1HC24DrVnQ — MegafonoPopular® (@MegafonoPopular) March 24, 2020 On a positive note, at least nature is returning to our cities. This is from Bergamo, Italy… pic.twitter.com/VvUUPt3WZg — Robert Woodshaw (@robertwoodshaw) March 30, 2020 With little traffic out this afternoon, a few geese had plenty of room to go for a nice stroll down Las Vegas Boulevard. Thanks to Eric Foemmel for sharing this video! pic.twitter.com/adV3EbuU5i — FOX5 Las Vegas (@FOX5Vegas) April 1, 2020 Spotted Malabar civet… A critically endangered mammal not seen until 1990 resurfaces for the first time in India during lockdown. pic.twitter.com/JX18O9r4zn — Nature & Animals ? (@AnimalsWorId) March 27, 2020 pic.twitter.com/xaD7IWmfnV — Ana Raventós (@a2z75) March 19, 2020
Jan Hamáček, Interior Minister and head of the country’s Central Crisis Staff and Jana Maláčová, Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, were photographed at a meeting in the Central Crisis Headquarters, not wearing protective face masks. After the photographs were shared widely on social networks, the two ministers decided to make a charitable donation. “I won’t justify myself; the rules are the same for everyone. It was a mistake. I already sent 10,000 CZK to Motol hospital,” said Hamáček. Under the new emergency rules – people standing in a public without a mask face a fine of up to 10,000 CZK. If the police decide to pass a case to the Municipality for Administrative Proceedings, the fine can rise to 20,000 CZK. A third person in the photo, also not wearing a face mask is Jana Maláčová’s husband, Aleš Chmelař, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for European Affairs. “Together with my husband, we repent and both of us sent 10,000 CZK to the account of the Život 90 charitable organization,” said Maláčová. Na twitteru se dnes objevila fotografie z videokonference, kde nemám roušku. Nebudu se vymlouvat, byla to chyba, pravidla platí pro každého. Odeslal jsem 10 tisíc korun jako dar...
When face masks stocks began running low in the Czech Republic, minority communities, including the country’s Roma population, were quick to respond, rallying to make fresh supplies, with the aim of slowing the spread of COVID-19. “They said the face masks were desperately needed, and I did not hesitate, says Klara Pulova, from Tanvald, a small town in the north of the country. I have been a sewing professional in the past, I know the job.” However, it soon became clear that there were not enough masks for essential workers, such as health professionals, the police, and the fire brigade. Within 24 hours, a grassroots initiative, the “face mask movement”, sprang up, with people dusting off old sewing machines and putting them to use, spurred on by social media groups and websites. In Tanvald, Ms. Pulova’s former colleagues provided her with a sewing machine, and friends and other people provided the material: although non-essential shops had been ordered to close as part of the government shutdown, an exception was soon made for stores selling materials needed for textile face masks. The Roma community is not the only Czech minority group taking up the challenge. Refugees, migrants and minorities have also...
Google will publish location data from its users around the world from Friday to allow governments to gauge the effectiveness of social distancing measures put in place to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, the tech giant said. The COVID-19 Community Mobility Reports website will show population data trends of six categories: Retail and recreation, grocery and pharmacy, parks, transit stations, workplaces, and residential. The data will track changes over the course of several weeks, and as recent as 48-to-72 hours prior, and will initially cover 131 countries as well as individual counties within certain states. Google says the data will be collected in aggregate, rather than at an individual level, and it won’t show absolute numbers of people showing up at parks or grocery stores. The idea instead is to outline percentages, which highlight potential surges in attendance Infectious disease specialists have said analyzing travel across groups by age, income and other demographics could help shape public service announcements. Trends will display “a percentage point increase or decrease in visits” to locations like parks, shops, homes and places of work, not “the absolute number of visits,” said the post, signed by Jen Fitzpatrick, who leads Google Maps, and the company’s chief health officer Karen...
A 96-year-old novel coronavirus Czech patient has recovered and has been discharged from the hospital. The information was confirmed by the Czech Health Minister Adam Vojtech. Mezi vyléčenými je pacientka z Prahy ve věku 96 let! Jsem za to moc rád. — Adam Vojtěch (@adamvojtechano) April 2, 2020 As of Thursday evening, there are 3,805 cases of Covid-19 in the Czech Republic. The global number of confirmed cases passes one million mark. At least one million people around the world have been infected since the outbreak began, according to figures collected by researchers from Johns Hopkins University. Worldwide death toll passes 50,000. The number of confirmed deaths has passed 50,000, according to the same researchers. Italy remains the country worst affected by the outbreak, with 13,915 deaths, followed by Spain, with 10,003 deaths. The US is now the third-worst affected country, with 5,316 total deaths.
Czech officials plan to test 5,000 people without coronavirus symptoms to get an idea of the real incidence of the disease.
Wednesday saw a much-awaited slow down in the rise in new coronavirus disease COVID-19 confirmed cases in the Czech Republic. The news is reported by Ceska Televize. On Thursday, Czech health authorities confirmed that the number of new confirmed cases detected on Wednesday was 281. The overall death toll has increased to 40. The last victim is from Central Bohemia. The National Health Commission said on Thursday that the total number of confirmed cases in the country has gone up to 3589. According to statistic predictions, around 8,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus should be detected in the Czech Republic by mid-April. And at the end of the month, the number should grow up to 14,000. Despite the drop in the number of confirmed cases, experts feel that it is too early for optimism. However, the containment measures by the Czech government against the virus appear to be effective in stemming from the further spread of the virus. As of Thursday, shops with household goods, which offer protective equipment, can open again in the Czech Republic. The exception was approved by the government on Wednesday evening. Checks at the borders with Germany and Austria will last until midnight Friday, 24 April....
The first online climate strike will take place in the Czech Republic this Friday. Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has found a way to continue protesting climate change in the midst of coronavirus lockdown, by moving her Fridays for future initiative online. Starting this Friday, the 17-year-old will host a series of weekly webinars titled ‘talks for future’. Journalist and activist Naomi Klein and Diarmid Campbell-Lendrum, climate change and health team leader of the World Health Organization, will be this Friday’s guests in the webinar to be streamed live at 2 p.m. GMT on YouTube, Twitter and Facebook. Some politicians have called for climate action to be put on hold while governments grapple with the coronavirus, with the Czech Republic’s prime minister Andrej Babiš saying the European Union should “forget about the Green Deal now”. “PM Andrej Babiš and Minister of Industry, Trade and Transport Karel Havlíček are trying to use crises to lay down European climate protection plans. CEZ also noticed the opportunity to help its dirty business and asked for an exemption from the emission limits for the Počerady power plant,” the students stated on Facebook on Tuesday. “If one virus can wipe out the entire economy in a matter of weeks and...
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