Tag: Czech republic
70% of Czechs do not believe that the coronavirus pandemic will end in 2021
7 out of 10 Czechs do not believe that the pandemic will come to an end in 2021. More...
Number of coronavirus reinfections in Czech Republic up ninefold to 1,400
One year after the first confirmed case of coronavirus infection, experts in the Czech Republic recorded 1,400 cases of reinfection, in which people in both cases had symptoms of Covid-19. More...
Czech president blames country’s coronavirus deaths on refusal to use Sputnik V and Sinopharm vaccines
President Miloš Zeman is calling for the county’s health minister and state drug agency director to be removed from office for rejecting the use of the Russian coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V, which has not yet received EU approval. More...
More than 200 children in the Czech Republic have been diagnosed with coronavirus related PIMS
More than 200 children in the Czech Republic have been diagnosed with a rare condition that can occur several weeks after Covid-19, known as paediatric multi-system inflammatory syndrome or PIMS-TS.
Czech hospitals in coronavirus crisis “Each vacated bed fills up immediately”
Medical facilities in Prague are reaching the limit of their capacities – personal and inpatient. More...
Czech Republic makes coronavirus testing compulsory for companies with 50+ employees
From March 12th, all employees at companies with over 250 staff must test negative for coronavirus once a week to continue going into work, and this will apply to all companies with over 50 employees from March 15th. More...
Three cases of South African coronavirus variant B.1.351 confirmed in Czech kindergarten
Elisabeth Pharmacon laboratory in Brno, Czech Republic has detected three cases of the South African mutation of the coronavirus, in samples taken in a local kindergarten. More...
Gorillas and lions infected with coronavirus in Prague zoo
A gorilla and two lions have tested positive for COVID-19 at the Prague Zoo, which is closed amid lockdown restrictions in the country. More...
B.1.258∆, a SARS-CoV-2 variant with ∆H69/∆V70 in the Spike protein circulating in the Czech Republic and Slovakia
We analyzed SARS-CoV-2 samples collected from various regions of Slovakia between November and December 2020 that were presumed to contain the B.1.1.7 variant due to traveling history of the virus carriers or their contacts. More...
Czech vaccine against coronavirus nearing completion
Intensive work is continuing on the development of a Czech-produced vaccine against COVID-19, planned for distribution to the public later this year, as confirmed by Prime Minister Andrej Babiš and Minister of Industry and Trade Karel Havlíček. More...