The lower house of the Czech Parliament late Thursday refused the minority government's request to extend the state of emergency. Ministers have warned that will further worsen the situation and might cause the struggling health system to collapse.
PRAGUE (AP) The Czech government said late Thursday it was extending the country’s tight lockdown till after Easter, as infection and death rates remain at high levels. “We’re not in a situation to afford any major changes,” Health Minister Jan Blatny announced.
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PRAGUE, Feb 18 (Reuters) - The Czech Republic reported a record number of COVID patients hospitalised in serious condition - 1,227 - on Thursday, as the country’s capacity to care for such cases dwindled.
As of Thursday morning, the country had 14% of capacity free in intensive care and high dependency units, including 154 beds for COVID patients.
The country of 10.7 million has had the most cases per capita in Europe except Portugal on a two-week basis, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control’s data showed.
Health Minister Jan Blatny has said on Wednesday that Czech hospitals may be overwhelmed with coronavirus patients in two or three weeks, issuing the starkest warning yet.
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The Czech Republicâs new foreign minister, Jakub Kulhanek, has been sworn amid a fierce diplomatic conflict with Moscow over allegations Russian agents were involved in a massive Czech ammunition depot explosion
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Czech Republic s newly appointed Foreign Minister Jakub Kulhanek addresses media at the Cernin s Palace in Prague, Czech Republic, Wednesday, April 21, 2021. Kulhanek was appointed during a Czech Russia diplomatic crisis over the alleged involvement in a fatal ammunition depot explosion in 2014. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)