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The Ministry of Health has dissolved the Interdisciplinary Group for Epidemic Situations (MeSES), which has been opposing government measures in recent weeks. According to members of the group, the Ministry did not give any reasons or prior warning. Health Minister Petr Arenberger stated that the dissolution was due to the improving epidemiological situation and accelerating vaccination. Photo Credit: Vlada.cz. Czech Rep., May 19 (BD) – The MeSES group was established in mid-March this year as a professional advisory body to the Ministry of Health, in response to the rapid spread of the coronavirus epidemic. It includes epidemiologists and experts in economics, sociology, and law. The decision to end cooperation with MeSES was justified by the Ministry of Health by the favorable development of the pandemic and the accelerating pace of vaccination. ....
At a meeting on Monday, the government approved further relaxation of the Ministry of Health’s anti-pandemic restrictions in the Czech Republic from Monday, May 17th. Photo :Minister of Health Petr Arenberger and Minister of Industry and Trade Karel Havlíček at the press conference on May 10. Credit: Vlada.cz. Czech Rep., May 11 (BD) – Minor adjustments to the anti-coronavirus measures will take effect from today. Spa services will open to self-payers and antigen tests will now be enough to allow guests. Also, other health and beauty care services involving skin treatment will be able to return to work, under the same conditions. ....
The Interdisciplinary Group for Epidemic Situations, led by epidemiologist Petr Smejkal, warns of the risk of organizing at-home parties. “I don’t understand why private parties, celebrations, and similar events should be given higher priority than schools, small businesses, and services,” said Jan Kulveit, Czech senior research scholar at the Future of Humanity Institute, a multidisciplinary research institute at the University of Oxford, in England. However, Arenberger called for people to continue to try to meet as little as possible. “The fact that the state of emergency will cease to apply on Monday does not mean that the virus has also disappeared.” ....