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Czech Red Cross Starts Vaccination in Nursing Homes

As of Monday, a vaccination team has been dispatched in Prague and started operating in the early hours of the morning. The team consists of a doctor, two nurses, and volunteers. They are driven around in a Red Cross vehicle with the task of vaccinating clients of residential facilities for senior citizens. The facilities themselves cannot provide vaccinations to the elderly, hence the need for this team and operation. It has been reported that six facilities have requested the service so far. The vaccination team has been organized by the Czech Red Cross, along with the Prague Municipality, and the Municipal Polyclinic. David Doležil, Director of the Municipal Polyclinic and regional vaccination coordinator, has said that “The mobile team will help with vaccinations in various other locations in the coming days as necessary. In addition to that, our polyclinic will provide the entire logistics and handle the formal side of things. We have another very difficult period ahead of us.” Czech Republic’s Minister of Health announced that the vaccination against Covid-19 will strategically be carried out, and done in three stages. Blatný announced in a press conference during the first week of January. The first stage, which is currently happening,...

 by Marielle F. Jan 12, 2021
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Marks & Spencer Temporarily Closing Food Stores in Prague

The Czech branches of Marks & Spencer are temporarily closing due to Brexit and pandemic. Marks & Spencer food store in Wenceslas Square is much beloved by British residents of the city for supplying homely delicacies like Breakfast tea, crumpets, sandwiches, and ready meals. But post-Brexit supply problems are taking their toll, and food stores will close from January 15. Since the Brexit transition period ended on January 1st businesses transporting goods into EU countries such as France face a raft of new regulations, especially around animal products. Shelves in the outlet in Wenceslas Square were partially empty on Tuesday with signs attributing missing items to new rules following Britain’s official exit from the European Union at the end of last month. “With footfall to our five open city centre food halls significantly reduced and customers shopping online with us instead, we have taken the decision to also close these remaining stores during this time from Friday,” a company spokesman said. The company stated that its “stores in Ireland, France, and the Czech Republic would be the most vulnerable.” “We are sorry that some of your favorite foods are not available. This situation occurred due to the new UK /...

 by Prague Morning Jan 12, 2021
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New All-Vegan Bistro to Open in Prague City Center

Mooi is an all-vegan restaurant in Brno offering kebabs, gyros, wraps, salads, and fries with vegan dips. Despite the unfavorable current situation, the two owners will open a second branch in Prague. This might surprise some, since Czech cuisine is all about stewed meats, dumplings, and heavy sauces, but happycow.net placed Prague among the 10 most vegan-friendly cities in the world for the second year in a row. The ranking was created taking into account the ratio between population and number of restaurants that offer menus for non-meat eaters. There’s an ever-growing need in large metropolitan cities for foods available for those suffering from coeliac disease to other food intolerances, vegetarians, and allergies. Czechs have started to change their thinking about food and health, while growth in tourism in recent times means people of all shades and tastes have been descending on the Czech Republic capital in greater numbers, and with a correlating rise in veganism, menus are changing to accommodate them. “The time is definitely not suitable. But the decision to open a branch in Prague came in February 2020, just before the whole crisis began. In addition, we were firmly determined from the first moment we learned about...

 by Prague Morning Jan 12, 2021
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Prague Is Testing the First Contactless Pedestrian Buttons

Prague City Council is starting to roll out contactless pedestrian buttons around the city as part of the effort to slow the spread of Covid-19. The new contactless pedestrian buttons have already been put at the two crossings at Dvořákovo nábřeží. Deputy Mayor for Transport Adam Scheinherr (Praha sobě) is behind the idea of ​​introducing contactless pedestrian buttons in Prague. “There is no such system in Europe. I found similar buttons in Australia, but there we encountered a problem that it would not comply with Czech technical standards. So we tried to develop our own button,” he said. The new contactless system is supplied by the Czech company Eltodo. But how exactly does the contactless crossing work? It’s pretty simple, actually. Right now, if you want to cross the street, you need to manually push a button whose purpose is to turn the light green for pedestrians and red for cars. But because touching the button with your hand is no longer something recommended given the global health crisis, the contactless system changes this behavior by requiring you to wave the hand in front of a sensor. When this happens, the traffic light should again change accordingly to allow you...

 by Prague Morning Jan 12, 2021
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President Zeman Asks Israel For Vaccine Know-How

The Czech president said Sunday he had asked Israel for advice on coronavirus vaccinations as his EU country suffered one of the world's fastest infection rates.

 by Prague Morning Jan 11, 2021
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Prague Christmas Trees to Become Furniture in Social Facilities

Prague City have will use the woods of its Christmas trees to make furniture for social facilities.

 by Prague Morning Jan 11, 2021
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Czech Party Wants Regular Referendums on Leaving the EU

The Tricolor Citizens' Movement political party (Trikolóra) aims to introduce regular referendums on withdrawal from the EU every time there is a parliamentary election.

 by Prague Morning Jan 11, 2021
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Eurostat: Unemployment Rate in the Czech Republic Lowest in the EU

The lowest unemployment rate in November last year was observed in the Czech Republic — at 2.9% and Poland — at 3.3%.

 by Prague Morning Jan 11, 2021
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Anti-Vaxxers Wearing Jewish Badges Condemned, Czechs Remain Sceptical of COVID-19 Vaccine

In light of recent events, it is becoming more apparent that anti-vaccination sentiments are strong in the Czech Republic. Pro-Trump protesters marched from Wenceslas Square to the US Embassy in Prague. Some of the demonstrators sported yellow star badges, embedded with the word ‘Neočkovaný’ (Unvaccinated). These badges were meant to imitate the ‘Star of David’ badges, which served to identify Jews during Nazi Germany, and even in the Middle ages. Ultimately, they were badges of shame. Czech Chamber of Deputies member and politician, Lubomír Volný, shedded light and explained this symbolism. He stated that “in due time, vaccinated citizens will be favored, while the people who remain unvaccinated become second-class citizens, in a sense”. This explains why the demonstrators wore the yellow stars of David. The protesters’ choice of sporting these badges has been strongly criticized and condemned by many politicians and relevant figures. The Federation of Jewish Communities and The Foundation for Holocaust Victims in the Czech Republic, for example, have taken notice of this movement and have posted on Facebook stating that the display was greatly disrespectful to the victims of the Holocaust, and an act of abuse. The individual or group who started this movement remains unknown,...

 by Marielle F. Jan 11, 2021
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20,000 Moderna Vaccines Set to Arrive on Monday

The first 20,000 doses of Moderna Inc’s COVID-19 vaccine will arrive in the Czech Republic on Monday and will be delivered to the Moravian-Silesian Region. Moderna’s vaccine uses messenger RNA (mRNA) technology similar to the Pfizer-BioNTech shot but is easier to handle since it doesn’t need to be refrigerated at extremely low temperatures. In trials involving 30,000 volunteers, it was over 94% effective at preventing symptomatic COVID-19 in adults. It’s still unclear if the shot prevents the asymptomatic spread of the disease. U.S.-based Moderna said on Monday it would produce at least 600 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine in 2021, up by 100 million doses from its previous forecast. According to Prime Minister Andrej Babis, about 40,000 people have been vaccinated in the country. Under standard rules, five doses can be drawn from each vial, but experts have said that, with the right needle and syringe, is possible to obtain a sixth or even seventh dose. The vaccine is given in a two-dose schedule with an interval of 21 days. The vaccination procedure lasts about 15 minutes, each vaccinated person is observed for additional 30 minutes. According to PM Babiš, the Czech Republic has ordered 15 million doses of...

 by Prague Morning Jan 11, 2021
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VIDEO: Prague Police Raid One More Secret Party in City Center

Police have intervened to break up an illegal party in the center of Prague at Melantrichova Street, attended by several dozen people, including foreigners. Organizers were being identified as the party ended while some participants were taken to police stations. The exact number of participants and the number of fines should be known during Sunday.     On November 28, 2020, police have intervened to break up an illegal party at Anenská Street attended by 119 people Eight people, probably the organizers, have been taken into custody.

 by Prague Morning Jan 10, 2021
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Travellers to Czech Republic From France, Ireland Need Test as of Monday

People coming to the Czech Republic from France and Ireland will have to submit their negative coronavirus tests to be let in the country as of Monday (January 11) because the two countries will again become red on the traffic lights travel map, the Health Ministry announced in a press release on Friday, January 8. On the contrary, people coming from Belgium, Bulgaria, and Hungary will not need to have a negative test anymore as these countries moved from the red to the orange level. Travellers from red countries (including Czech citizens and foreign nationals) must complete an arrival form and show a negative PCR test (done either abroad or in the country), or undergo quarantine upon entering the Czech Republic. Travellers from orange countries may arrive without completing an arrival form. However, foreigners who are coming for work or to study must present a negative PCR test before going to their workplace or the educational institution. The above information relates ONLY to entry into the territory of the Czech Republic. Health Ministry reported 13,029 new cases on Friday. There are actually 155,730 people infected in the country.  

 by Prague Morning Jan 09, 2021

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