The smart quarantine project will be extended to the whole country from Monday. The project involves tracing past contacts of people who test positive for the virus five days back by creating “maps of their movements” with the help of banks and mobile phone operators. The solution offered by the Covid19cz group of computer experts. “It generates a memory map showing… for instance that a man spent half an hour at the corner of two streets,” sais Covid19cz spokeswoman Irena Zatloukalova. “The public health officer can ask if the person visited or met someone to identify other people who may be infected. People won´t have to merely rely on their memory when they recall what they were doing over the last two weeks.” All those who they came into contact with are tested and quarantined until cleared. The plan is being implemented with the help of the army in order to speed up testing. The smart quarantine will contribute to the acceleration of activities ensuring population testing and identify new coronavirus cases. Those who test positive will then describe who they met and where to the Regional Hygiene Authority, and a map will be drawn from this information. Within three...
Prague’s airport said Saturday it had seen off several recent attempts to hack its IT network. In a statement sent to Reuters, an airport spokesperson said that “attempted attacks on web pages of the airport were detected in preparatory phase … that prevented their spreading and all further phases that could have followed and potentially harm the company.” A hospital in the city of Karlovy Vary in the west of the country was also attacked overnight on Saturday, according to Reuters. The Czech cybersecurity agency Núkib on Thursday warned the country is expecting “a large-scale campaign of severe cyber attacks” targeting health care institutions in particular. Two hospitals in the Czech Republic reported attempted attacks on their computer systems on Friday, a day after the country’s cybersecurity watchdog said it expected a wave of cyberattacks on the country’s critical infrastructure. Responding to the Czech warning, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday released a statement saying the United States had “zero tolerance” for malicious cyber activity designed to undermine efforts against the global pandemic. “Anyone that engages in such action should expect consequences,” he said. “Such activity against critical civilian infrastructure is deeply irresponsible and dangerous.” “I do hope that our...
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the country is now up to 6,657, with 105 new cases on Saturday.
In this time of unprecedented crisis, there are so many inspiring stories of people going above and beyond. Tireless healthcare workers and those on the frontline, neighbours looking out for one another, friends delivering meals to those in need, and supermarket stackers working literally around-the-clock. An American expat living in Prague (with the precious help of his daughter) recently decided to do its part and thank health care professionals, police, firefighters, and emergency services buying a billboard near Motol Hospital. “The idea sprang up one morning when I drove my daughter Eva Lily to her grandmothers where she would be tending to her homeschooling. After flashing my lights at a bus to allow him to merge in front of me, he flipped on his flashers to say ‘thank you’, says Dean Bedford. “We later pulled up beside him in a turn lane waiting for the light to turn green. I turned to the driver who was wearing a face mask, and caught his attention. I balled my right hand to a fist, bounced it above my heart twice and then threw him the Peace Sign. As my daughter Eva Lily stated as we turned light on the green light, ‘Daddy...
When he first visited the Czech Republic in the 1990s, the American photographer Matthew Monteith was taken with the details of ordinary life in this country in transition. Captivated by the ineffable—a mood, a sense of place—he made repeated visits and in 2001—3 traveled throughout the country photographing with the hope of creating a contemporary allegory that reflected ideals found in old postcards and Czech photography from the 1920s and ’30s. Most of these pictures were taken in or around Prague, in his friends’ homes, on the streets, or in small towns where it is as likely to find a centuries-old castle as an ominous nuclear cooling tower looming large. Although it is important to know where these photographs were taken, ultimately their meanings are not contingent upon place. More info about the project Czech Eden here
Croatia’s Tourism Minister announced that he would speak with the Czech Minister for Regional Development next week in a bid to come to a joint solution to provide conditions for Czech tourists with booked vacations in Croatia to visit this summer. Following a telephone discussion between Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković and his Czech counterpart Andrej Babiš on the issue, Tourism Minister Gari Cappelli informed that he is set to speak with Czech Regional Development Minister Klara Dostalova next week to search for a way to ensure the arrival of Czech tourists in Croatia this summer. Minister Cappelli noted that tourism also falls within Minister Dostalova’s purview. “Both of us are determined to find ways of making this happen. And we plan on approaching other interesting markets with similar practices,” Cappelli said. Issues such as the possibility of re-opening tourist routes and tourism in general after coronavirus protection measures are relaxed will be discussed at the end of April at a major ministerial conference convened by Croatia. “We will also discuss various models, proposals, and opportunities for gradually resuming normal tourist traffic, including the establishment of tourist corridors, as proposed by the Czechs,” Cappelli said. The minister added that the ideas, solutions, and conditions for resuming tourism...
The Czech Prison Service has asked the courts to postpone accepting prisoners convicted of trivial offenses to prevent the spread of coronavirus in detention facilities. “This measure would concern convicts charged with minor offenses,” said General Director of the Prison Service Petr Dohnal before the meeting with court officials and Justice Minister Marie Benešová. With the agreement of the justice minister, the postponement of prison intakes under specific conditions is almost approved. No prisoners are known to be infected with the coronavirus yet. Of the 12,000 prison officers and civilian employees, 11 have tested positive for COVID-19. Those who were in contact with infected individuals have been placed in quarantine. Due to the pandemic, Dohnal said, the Prison Service had implemented extensive measures to prevent the spread of the virus to prisons. “One of these measures was also to ask presidents of regional courts to consider the postponement of prison intakes in the case of convicts who report to the prison on their own on a date set by the court. They are, therefore, not dangerous perpetrators,” said Dohnal. Even before the meeting, the reactions from regional courts have been positive, as presidents of the courts welcomed the proposed short-term...
Curated in collaboration with Lady Gaga, the April 18 event will celebrate health workers globally.
The Czech Republic will allow religious services to start up again as the country has been easing restrictions imposed to contain the coronavirus pandemic. Health Care Minister Adam Vojtech says the religious gatherings in churches will restart on April 27 with a maximum of 15 people. But they will have to keep a distance from one another. The number of worshippers will be allowed to grow in the following weeks. The Czech government unveiled a plan this week to gradually relax the strict measures adopted in response to the outbreak. Vojtech says the plan originally omitted religious services that have now been included at the request of Prague Archbishop Dominik Duka. The Czech Republic is considered one of the most atheist countries in Europe. The country has 6,553 people who have tested positive for the virus and 176 have died.
Škoda Auto is increasing its support measures to fight the coronavirus and will be donating 100 Škoda Octavia to social and medical aid agencies in the Czech Republic.
Gene Deitch, one of the last of the major figures who worked during the Golden Age of American animation, passed away last night in Prague.
The monument of Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin is put up for auction by Komarov authorities in the Beroun region. The opening bid for the monument of the Soviet dictator is 20,000 CZK. The sandstone statue is currently placed in storage. Potential buyers have already shown interest in the purchase. The monument was placed in Komarov’s náměstí Míru in 1951. After the revolution in 1989, the monument was dismantled and stored in a warehouse. According to Deputy Mayor Radim Šíma, the current decision to sell Stalin’s monument is not connected with the statue of Marshal Konev in Prague 6, removed two weeks ago. “I would say that this is just an odd coincidence,” he said. According to Šíma, the first proposal to buy the statue has already been received. Bids can be submitted until April 30. The minimum price is set at 20,000 CZK. This is not the first time that a statue of a former Soviet leader in the Czech Republic has been put on sale. In 2010, a bronze statue of Stalin was sold in Litoměřice for 172,000 CZK. Last month, the German leftist party MLDP bought a two-meter statue of Lenin for an unrevealed amount.
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