The number of coronavirus cases in the Czech Republic had risen to 1,047 as of Sunday morning, Health Ministry data showed.
The Czech Republic had 158 new cases on Saturday, the ministry said.
Six people have recovered and there have been no deaths. Seven patients are in “very serious to critical condition”.
Health workers had tested 15,584 people as of Saturday.
On Saturday night, a large Ukrainian aircraft An-124 Ruslan landed at Pardubice Airport with five million masks, two million respirators, 120,000 protective suits, 80,000 protective goggles, and tens of thousands of coronavirus tests from Shenzhen, China.
According to the Minister of the Interior, three flights with similar loads should land two more times, on Tuesday and Friday.
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