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The Czech Republic is expected to declare a state of emergency on Monday to strengthen core measures against the coronavirus epidemic, the Health Minister in Prague said on Tuesday. According to Roman Prymula, the “deterioration of the epidemiological situation” requires a special legal order. He added that with the number of patients needing hospital treatment increasing at the rate seen in recent days, there may soon be problems with separate beds with ventilators to treat Covid-19 patients.
“The capacity of health institutions is greatly affected by the relatively high level of illness of health personnel and the quarantine that affects them,” he added.
added the minister. “Without declaring a state of emergency, it is impossible to order emergency preparedness in hospitals or make it mandatory to provide assistance to hospitals,” he said. Prymula will present details of the state of emergency in parliament on Wednesday. Prime Minister Andrej Babis and Interior Minister Jan Hamacek unanimously expressed their support for the Health Minister’s draft.
“Basically, we are going to restrict leisure activities and schools.”
Prymula said. Under current rules, the Czech government has the power to declare a thirty-day state of emergency, but its decision is approved or repealed by the lower house of parliament. The possible extension of the state of emergency must already be decided by the House of Representatives.
According to the latest data, more than 800 patients are already being treated in Czech hospitals, which is more than four times the figure at the beginning of the month. Doctors say the cases of nearly 200 people are considered serious and need a ventilator.
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