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“The situation is not good. Nobody expected what is happening now.” Prime Minister Andrej Babis was quoted by the daily Právo. He considered that the introduction of a state of emergency cannot be ruled out either. “This question should be asked by the Minister of Health. If he proposes it to the government, we will address it.” Babis said.
Health Minister Adam Vojtech said he would consider reintroducing the state of emergency if the epidemic required economic measures or restrictions on mass events. Interior Minister Jan Hamácek, president of the national crisis team in Právo, said that the figures showing the spread of the epidemic are getting worse and it is time to suspend the massive events.
Roman primrose, According to the Czech government commissioner for scientific and health research, restoring the state of emergency after the resumption of the national crisis team would be a logical step and is very likely to be carried out. He pointed out that the advantage of the state of emergency is that it allows the Minister of Health to introduce measures at the national level.
According to a recognized epidemiologist, the number of infected people is expected to increase to 3-4 thousand per day in the next two to three weeks. It takes approximately three weeks for the effects of the more stringent precautions introduced this week to manifest.
On Friday, labs detected 2,111 new coronavirus infections, the third-highest daily number in history. The death toll rose to 498. In spring, the state of emergency was in effect in the Czech Republic from March 12 to May 17.
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