Prague, Nov 20 (CTK) - Some of the Czech Republic's lockdown measures will be relaxed from Monday, November 23, Health Minister Jan Blatný (for ANO) told journalists at a press conference on Friday.
Attendance at elementary schools, hands-on instruction at secondary schools, and group teaching with less than 20 participants at higher education schools will be allowed from Monday, though students will return to schools in multiple stages.
Gathering of up to six persons will be allowed in public spaces, and the night curfew will be valid from 11:00 p.m. instead of the current 9:00 p.m.
Also as of Monday, final tests at driving schools may take place.
The PES system assesses the coronavirus epidemic development on the basis of multiple criteria: the number of the infected people per 100,000 inhabitants overall and among the senior population; the percentage of positive cases among those tested; and the reproduction number, the average number of people infected by one positively tested person.
Each criterion has a value and added up their total constitutes a risk score assigned to the Czech Republic. That score falls under one of five levels, each of which contain their own corresponding anti-coronavirus measures.
The strictest level starts at 75 points, and the Czech Republic fell under this threshold last Wednesday. As of Friday, the score was 62.
If the situation continues to improve over the next seven days, the Health Ministry may propose further easing the restrictions at the end of next week.