Czech morning news in brief: top stories for Feb. 8, 2021
Public transport collapses in Prague due to snow, Czech politican compares COVID to WWII, petition circulating to return children to school.
Coronavirus update, Feb. 8, 2021: Czech govt. to discuss reopening schools with regular COVID testing
The cabinet will also address an extension of the state of emergency and stricter anti-COVID measures at its Monday meeting.
Prague Mayor urges government not to restrict travel to/from capital
Zdeněk Hřib has called on the government not to restrict travel between Prague and Central Bohemia with new lockdown measures
Regular COVID-19 testing could begin in Czech companies this month
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Blanket testing carried out by company doctors and paid from health insurance may begin in large companies in the upcoming weeks.
Czech weekend news in brief: top stories for Feb. 7, 2021
Czech PES level at 71, army helicopters transport COVID-19 patients in Karlovy Vary, and more top headlines from this weekend.
Survey: Computer use up among 50% of Czech children due to pandemic
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Four out of five children in the Czech Republic over the age of six use computers by themselves.
First doses of AstraZeneca vaccine arrive in the Czech Republic
Nearly 20,000 doses of the newly-approved AstraZeneca vaccine arrived in the Czech Republic on Saturday morning.
Czech hospitals are at brink of capacity, says Health Ministry
There are nearly 6,000 COVID-19 patients in Czech hospitals, including 1,000 in intensive care units.
Coronavirus update, Feb 5, 2021: One in three Czechs violated rules of quarantine in January
Czech health minister gives speech encouraging resilience, respirators, and ahderance to restrictions; today's numbers remain largely unchanged.
Czech Health Minister: 'Don’t travel between regions and stay home if possible'
The pandemic measures have stopped working and the British mutation is likely spreading, Blatný said.
Touchy-feely team building in the Czech Republic breaks down taboos to save lives
A Czech organization is teaching people how to examine their #boobsandballs to detect cancer.
Czech morning news in brief: top stories for Feb. 4, 2021
Election law will change, Czech National Library gets a new director, Russian ambassador in Prague summoned over Navalny sentence.
Coronavirus update, Feb. 4, 2021: Czech Republic leads EU in cases per 100,000 people
The number of coronavirus-infected per 100,000 has grown in the past 14 days for the first time since mid-January.
Czech economy sees sharpest decline since establishment of independent Czech Republic
Compared to the previous year, the GDP fell 5.6 percent but government intervention kept the situation from worsening.
Coronavirus update, Feb. 3, 2021: Czech Republic surpasses 1 million cases since start of pandemic
First doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine should arrive next week, PM Babiš is negotiating for antibody drugs from Eli Lilly.
Czech commuters must now show a negative COVID test at the Austrian border
Austria is tightening its rules at the border ahead of a slight easing of some domestic restrictions.
Coronavirus update, Feb. 2, 2021: Czech Republic changes travel rules, drops VAT on respirators
Respirators should become cheaper but still are not mandatory, another vaccine starts the EMA approval process.
