Prusa Research is producing full-face medical shields for healthcare staff.
The new DameRousky.cz website collects contacts for people who sew face masks (both for free and to buy), offer material for sewing or run a collection point where people can pick up the masks. Users can join the database through a simple registration and choose different categories. There is also information as to whether the manufacturers have run out of material or that due to the excessive number of orders had to stop. The map, which was created with the support of Mapotic and the organization Česko.digital, can filter offers according to whether they are free or not. “Since the cost of one face masks is around 10 CZK – we will not tolerate overpriced offers. We reserve the right to delete them and to block users’ accounts. We consider offers up to 50 CZ,” the authors point out.
Various Vietnamese shops nationwide offer free coffee to the medical professionals who are working tirelessly to fight the spread of the novel coronavirus. Hundreds of so-called vecerka or potraviny (small shops open until late) across the country began offering free packaged tea, coffee, and soft drinks to doctors, nurses, and policemen, as reported by Czech Television. ‘Vecerka’ are often tiny self-service stores that sell just about anything you need; from bread, vegetables, and fruit to Becherovka and Asian delicacies. Shops and cafes that have joined the initiative, hanged an announcement with a picture of a heart on the front doors. “We wondered how we could help as a community. The idea came from the people themselves,” says Tran Van Sang, who’s behind this initiative. <
Czech Post limits opening hours. As of tomorrow, all its post offices will close down at 4 pm.
Prague citizens need to wear either medical masks, self-made masks, or a scarf to cover their nose and mouth to go to public buildings, shops, and public transport.
A Chinese aircraft landed in Prague-Kbely at on Wednesday morning at 2.30, carrying 150,000 testings kit for the coronavirus disease COVID-19.
Remdesivir has been just approved in the Czech Republic to be used in some COVID19 cases.
The pine tree near the village of Chudobin (Olomouc Region) has been chosen as Europe’s tree of the year.
The official Facebook page of the Fire Rescue Service of the Czech Republic has published today a new video, that’s going viral in the social networks. “Since Sunday, we have been traveling by fire brigade bused and bringing Czech citizens back to their home country. We have already completed 11 trips to Vienna, Munich, and Frankfurt and transported more than 300 passengers. As you can see, we approached this very responsibly, but also with humor!
In order to protect their employees, pharmacies in the Czech Republic are starting to install protective plexiglass between clients and staff.
Liftago is launching a new service where you can ask the driver to get the basics for you (up to around 500 CZK per purchase) and deliver it to you or your loved ones. The service is available in Prague, Brno, Ostrava, České Budějovice, Liberec, Olomouc, Plzeň, Ústí nad Labem and Zlín. How does it work? Open the Liftago app Open the app’s menu and add your credit card as a payment option – cash payments won’t be available due to safety reasons. If you already have a credit card saved in the app, feel free to skip this step. As a pickup address choose the place where you want the driver to shop (e.g. grocery store or a pharmacy). Then choose the place where you want to have the purchase delivered as the destination. Below the map, choose Request and then Shopping. Then Continue to Select Driver. The driver will call you to find out what to buy. It will be delivered to you afterward. You can watch the driver arrive in the app. Pricing & Payment The delivery cost will be charged from the moment when the driver arrives to the store. The cost estimate doesn’t include the time when the driver shops (approx. 6 CZK / min). Example:...
The Czech violin virtuoso Pavel Šporcl has started a live-streamed recital series from his living room. Nothing unusual about that. But unlike the major institutions, who can afford to stream content online for free, Pavel needs to charge viewers in order to meet his expenses. Unexpectedly, he’s in profit. “It is, unfortunately, an obvious thing to say that this situation is very critical for so many of us in the music industry. They have closed all the theatres and concert halls, and gatherings of more than 10 people are banned,” said Šporcl. “As with other industries, we musicians have to find ways to earn back a little of the money we are losing. And while streaming of concerts is now very established, a single musician charging viewers to watch his streamed concerts is not – but I’ve decided to do it, to see if it works. The early signs, I’m happy to say, have been very promising,” he added. Šporcl started with a preview concert-cum-public-rehearsal last Friday, streamed directly from his own living-room. It was a great success. Two thousand people watched the concert live, with hundreds of enthusiastic comments. “Musicians are often expected to perform for free, but we are...
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