The coronavirus epidemic in the Czech Republic has severely worsened. The more contagious British mutation of the virus is spreading like wildfire in some regions and hospitals are dangerously near their capacity limit. At the height of the crisis the government faces a huge dilemma - whether to reopen shops and send children back to school as promised.
Hospital directors and health workers around the country are ringing alarm bells. As Covid numbers rise hospitals are filling up with younger patients in a serious condition and there is no longer any doubt about the fact that doctors in some hospitals are having to perform triage – the act of deciding who should get life-saving treatment when faced with a lack of ventilators or beds in intensive care.