Prague, Oct 21 (CTK) - Czech Deputy PM and Interior Minister Jan Hamáček has tested positive for COVID-19, CSSD spokeswoman Eva Gregorova told CTK today.
Hamáček had himself tested after a meeting with Agriculture Minister Miroslav Toman, who had later tested positive for COVID-19 as well.
Hamáček said the CSSD board members, including himself, had stayed in quarantine on doctors' recommendation, although they had met all the required measures at the meeting with Toman.
On Monday, Hamáček told Impuls Radio that he had no COVID-19 symptoms and was working in a home office regime.
In the preceding weeks, preventive self-quarantine was practiced by Foreign Minister Tomáš Petříček and Labour Minister Jana Maláčová, both CSSD deputy chairpersons. Both eventually tested negative for COVID-19, as did Industry Minister Karel Havlíček (for ANO) after a few days of self-quarantine.