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Candles and flowers are placed to pay respect to victims of the COVID-19 pandemic at a spontaneous memorial place set at the Old Town Square in Prague, Czech Republic, Monday, March 29, 2021. The coronavirus pandemic is unleashing enormous suffering as infection rates rise across central Europe even as the Czech Republic and Slovakia, recently among the worst-hit areas in the world, are finally seeing some improvements following tight lockdowns. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
PRAGUE (AP) Czech Prime Minster Andrej Babis fired his health minister on Wednesday, the third health minister who has been ousted during the pandemic in one of Europe’s hardest-hit countries.
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3rd health minister fired in virus-battered Czech Republic
By KAREL JANICEK Associated Press April 7, 2021 9:10am Text size Copy shortlink:
PRAGUE Czech Prime Minster Andrej Babis fired his health minister on Wednesday, the third to have been ousted during the pandemic in one of Europe s hardest-hit countries.
Jan Blatny was replaced by Petr Arenberger, the director of Prague s University Hospital Vinohrady, who was sworn in by President Milos Zeman.
The move opens the way for a possible use of Russian and Chinese vaccines, which have not been approved by the European Union s drug regulator.
Babis repeatedly criticized Blatny over his handling of the pandemic, including imposing strict condit
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PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC Czech Prime Minster Andrej Babis fired his health minister on Wednesday, the third health minister who has been ousted during the pandemic in one of Europe s hardest-hit countries. Jan Blatny was replaced by Petr Arenberger, the director of Prague s University Hospital Vinohrady, who was sworn in by President Milos Zeman. The move opens the way for a possible use of Russian and Chinese vaccines, which have not been approved by the European Union s drug regulator. Babis repeatedly criticized Blatny over his handling of the pandemic, including imposing strict conditions for the use of experimental drugs to treat COVID-19 patients.