The Central Crisis Staff agreed that the end of the state of emergency on May 17 will also mean the end of widespread wearing of face masks in public. The president of the Czech Dental Chamber, Roman Šmucler, released an interview with iDNES.cz on Wednesday. However, face masks will be still mandatory in closed spaces and public transport. “We agreed that after the end of the state of emergency, masks use will be compulsory only in closed spaces, and public transport. We will follow the German model,” said Šmucler. According to the Minister of Health Adam Vojtěch, “wearing face masks is not tied to an emergency. This is one of the most important measures we have taken. At a time when measures are being relaxed, when people are starting to meet more, masks are even more important,” he added. According to him, “this decision cannot be rushed”. The Central Crisis Staff consists of thirty experts.
Czech’s economy is set to suffer a strong hit from the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020, as external demand drops and lockdown measures disrupt economic activity.
In Prague, May 6 was a day of crisis. The Germans retook the main radio station, but Czech partisans continued broadcasting from another base. About half the city was occupied by the resistance, and his scattered units needed time to concentrate. Barricades and snipers made treks to assembly points hazardous affairs, but the Germans were able to gather units close to the radio station. Reinforced with the SS units, the Germans struck at the radio station. As resistance fighters tried to stem the tide of infantry, assault guns, and tanks, a new voice came over the airwaves begging for help from the Allies. “Prague is in great danger! The Germans are attacking with tanks and planes. We are calling urgently our allies to help. Send tanks and aircraft immediately. Help us defend Prague. At present, we are broadcasting from the radio station. Outside, there is a battle raging.” The voice belonged to William Grieg, a Scottish POW who had escaped from the Germans. Grieg found himself in the middle of the uprising and was asked by the Czechs to make the appeal. With fighting erupting all around him, Grieg calmly sat in front of the microphone and sent out the...
Immunity to the novel coronavirus is building up very slowly in the Czech Republic, with likely no more than 4-5% of the population covered, the Ministry of Health said on Wednesday, after mass testing for antibodies that started last month. Overall, it found 107 positive cases after testing 26,549, making it one of the largest studies in Europe. The study result is slightly higher than a European average of 0.2-3%, shown in 16 studies underway or completed, the ministry said. “The positivity of antibodies ranges from zero to three percent, depending on the location,” said Ladislav Dušek, director of the Institute of Health Information and Statistics (ÚZIS). The study estimated the number of people infected by the virus but not showing symptoms could range from 27-38%. According to Vojtěch, it is necessary to focus on local outbreaks, such as Cheb or Prague in recent days. “We no longer have a general problem, but we have to solve it locally,” he added. The highest incidence of infections (less than 5 percent) was recorded in the Moravian town of Litovel, which had been under quarantine several weeks ago, and the lowest in the regional capital, Brno. Testing within this study was designated only...
The Red Army entered Prague on May 9, 1945, when the city was “virtually liberated”. Prague Mayor Zdeněk Hřib made this statement this morning, on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Prague Uprising. According to Hřib, “no one can question the role of the Soviets in ending the Second World War, but at the same time, they were one of the main architects of that conflict.” He recalled his words last year that the victims of the Prague Uprising “commit themselves to reconciling people with totalitarianism, authoritarianism, or oppression.” “Now, the Czech Republic is facing strong pressure from Russian propaganda, trying to distort history,” he added. “We must never forget the memory of those Czech citizens who were not afraid to take their destiny, and the destiny of the city into their own hands,” he said. “Thanks to them, the Nazi resistance on Czech territory was broken and the nation could quickly regain its honor and pride.” “It is necessary to remember that the Red Army arrived in Prague only after the Germans surrendered to the Czech National Council on May 8.” “The Soviets entered in a city that was virtually free and did not bear the main...
Visitors to the 1889 Exposition Universelle in Paris entered the fairgrounds under the shadow of the newly-built Eiffel Tower—a gleaming marvel of wrought iron lattice that stretched almost a thousand feet into the air. Once inside, they could gawk at a massive reconstruction of the Bastille or gasp as Annie Oakley demonstrated her legendary marksmanship in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show. Amidst this myriad of spectacles was a rather less dramatic—but no less influential—innovation from a Czech manufacturing company named Hardtmuth Pencil. Its latest creation was formed, as all pencils are, of a graphite core housed in a protective wooden sheath. What stood out was its color—Hardtmuth’s “luxury pencil” was painted yellow. In 1802, the company – which was founded by Josef Hardmuth in Vienna in 1790 and relocated to České Budějovice in 1848 – patented the first pencil lead made from a combination of kaolin and graphite, a technique that allowed for the hardness of the graphite to be varied. Towards the end of the nineteenth century, a large supply of graphite was discovered in eastern Siberia. In 1889 at the World’s Fair in Paris the Czech company Hardtmuth introduced a new line of pencils (the Koh-i-Noor 1500) containing the world’s finest graphite from the Far East. Hardtmuth chose...
The European Commission approved on Tuesday 5.2 billion euro (CZK 142 billion) Czech loan guarantee scheme for large companies with export activities
Today afternoon, May 5th, doctors will release the Prague patient who was the first in the Czech Republic to be treated with the experimental drug Remdesivir. The man, a Prague taxi driver, was admitted to the General University Hospital on March 10 in critical condition and has been on ventilation for many days. Remdesivir is an antiviral, intravenous medicine made by Gilead Sciences that’s been around for years as an experimental compound, but was never approved by the Food and Drug Administration — or any other country’s drug approval agency. Remdesivir was one of the drugs being studied in 2014 as a potential Ebola treatment but was sidelined in favor of other treatments and vaccines. The Czech Republic had 7,819 confirmed cases of coronavirus infection by Tuesday morning, with 38 new infections on Monday. So far 3,807 people have recovered and 252 people have died.
As a foreigner living long-term in the Czech Republic, you definitely had to deal with arranging some kind of health insurance. If you come from a country with a VISA requirement and wish to stay long-term or work in Czechia, Czech health insurance is actually one of the conditions to let you into the country. What are the most important facts you must know when picking a Czech health insurance package as a foreigner? 1. EU citizens are automatically eligible for basic health care If you plan to stay for a maximum of 6 months within a year, you are as an EU citizen automatically eligible for basic health care when presenting your European Health Insurance Card. You can benefit from urgent care such as urgent hospitalization, medicine prescriptions, urgent dental care, transportation to a medical facility, or repatriation to your home country. However you’ll have to pay for preventive care, institutional care, rehabilitation, care during pregnancy and childbirth-related care, psychiatric and psychological care, treatment of chronic and serious diseases such as hepatitis, organ transplantation, insulin therapy, hemodialysis and more. A smart option is, therefore, to go for a comprehensive health insurance package where all the mentioned above is covered....
The Czech Republic is donating 500,000 face masks to Italy to support healthcare workers. Minister of Health Adam Vojtěch (ANO) announced it during the daily government press conference. Italy will receive the shipment this week. Italy is one of the countries most affected by coronavirus, with 212,000 cases and 29,000 deaths. Italy registered the lowest daily number of coronavirus-related deaths since just after its lockdown started two months ago. Both the number of new infections and patients in intensive care have continued to fall. The country is relaxing its lockdown from Monday when Italians will be able to exercise as long as they respect rules on maintaining a physical distance. They will also be able to visit relatives – but not friends – within their region. However, schools, cinemas, and most shops will stay shut. Bars and restaurants are due to start allowing customers to sit at tables in June. On March 23, the Italian daily La Repubblica reported that Czech authorities seized Chinese masks intended for Italian hospitals under the guise of a sting against traffickers. A few days later, the Czech Republic sent 110,000 of the much-needed protective items to Rome as compensation for the snafu, according to...
The Czech government agreed on Monday to lift a ban on international bus and train travel from May 11, a member of the government said.
Created by the Filmagix studio. The year is 2030. The whole Czech Republic has turned yellow, and there is a statue of Andrej Babiš on every square. In a dystopian future, a hero is born. Bodrý Moravák Bohumil Stejskal, the main hero of the film Dědictví aneb Kurvahošigutntág, (The Inheritance or Fuckoffguysgoodday) which meets the almighty Prime Minister. In a last desperate attempt, he “activates” Miloš Zeman. This bizarre description is the beginning of a new video by Michal Orsava.
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