COVID-19 Updates
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Czech tourists may be able to go to Croatia without COVID-19 tests
Prague Resident Staff | May 15, 2020Czech tourists should get to Croatia on the basis of an accommodation reservation without submitting an obligatory negative result...
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Events up to 300 people permitted after May 25, raising to 500 on June 8, and 1000 on June 22
Czech News Agency | May 15, 2020Mass events, including indoors, for up to 300 people will be permitted in the Czech Republic as of May...
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State to regulate COVID-19 test price, to be 1674 crowns at most
Czech News Agency | May 14, 2020The Czech Health Ministry will start regulating the maximum price of the test for COVID-19 for private payers, which...
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Babis says Czech borders with Austria, Slovakia may reopen in June
Czech News Agency | May 13, 2020Czech borders with Austria and Slovakia could reopen on June 8 or 15, but likely not Germany, whose the...
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New ten point scale will be introduced to indicate coronavirus threat in Czech regions
Czech News Agency | May 12, 2020A ten-point scale will be established to evaluate the state of the COVID-19 epidemic in individual regions, epidemiologist Rastislav...
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Over 470 million crowns of protective gear purchased by Health Ministry allegedly had fake certifications
Prague Resident Staff | May 12, 2020Chinese protective equipment costing hundreds of millions of crowns that the Czech company LA Factory purchased for the Health...
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Mandatory coronavirus tests could add to the expense of traveling abroad in the immediate future
Czech News Agency | May 10, 2020Mass events and traveling abroad are the biggest epidemiological risks during the coronavirus pandemic, epidemiologist Rastislav Madar, a guarantor...
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Face masks likely no longer required outside from mid-June says Health Minister
Czech News Agency | May 7, 2020Wearing of face masks outside may stop being required in the Czech Republic around mid-June on condition the epidemiological...
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Mandatory face masks are not cancelled after State of Emergency says Central Crisis Head
Czech News Agency | May 6, 2020The Central Crisis Staff (UKS) has not passed any decision or recommendation that would end the mandatory wearing of...
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Health Ministry drafting coronavirus bill
Czech News Agency | May 6, 2020The Czech Health Ministry will draft a bill for the fight against coronavirus that will have a temporary validity,...