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At the request of Prague, the member states of the European Union and NATO will help the Czech Republic in the fight against the coronavirus epidemic with military medical personnel, writes the MTI.
On Thursday, the Czech government approved Defense Minister Lubomír Metnar’s proposal to allow EU and NATO military medical personnel to operate in the Czech Republic. Under current rules, such a move must even be approved by both houses of parliament. This is likely to happen next week.
According to the government decision, foreign military health professionals, up to a total of 300 people, could work in the Czech Republic for three months, Lubomír Metnar told reporters after an extraordinary cabinet meeting. According to the minister, the Czechs are already negotiating with Germany and other allied states for aid under the auspices of NATO.
The United States has already responded to the Czech request and is sending 28 National Guard doctors and health workers to the Czech Republic who already have specific expertise in treating Covid-19 disease. These military doctors are expected to arrive in the Czech Republic by the end of next week and will work with the Czech doctors at the Military Hospital in Prague.
According to Health Minister Roman Prymula, foreign military doctors could also work at the 500-bed camp hospital in Prague. The camp hospital will be operational in a few days and between 200 and 250 military doctors and other medical personnel will work there.
According to Lubomír Metnar, NATO will also decide on Friday to send 60 fans from the organization’s reserves to the Czechs.
Prime Minister Andrej Babis has announced on Twitter that the European Commission will send 30 fans from its own reserves to Prague. Babis spoke by phone during the day with Ursula von der Leyen, chair of the committee, who also promised to ask other EU member states to offer their free health capabilities to Czechs.
According to the latest statistics, Czech hospitals in 1932 had a special ventilator that can be used to treat Covid-19 disease. Currently 52 percent of the machines are in use. One week, the Czech government ordered 500 new fans worth 250 million crowns (3.375 million guilders). Additionally, a ventilator has been developed in the Czech Republic that can be used to help people with Covid-19 breathe. So far, about 200 parts have been manufactured with this machine.
In the Czech Republic, the spread of the coronavirus epidemic has accelerated significantly in recent days. According to data published on the website of the Ministry of Health on Thursday morning, 14,968 new coronavirus infections confirmed by laboratory tests were detected on Wednesday, which is 3,000 more than the highest daily figure so far. So far, 1,739 people have died as a result of the epidemic, 253 of them this week. The number of hospital admissions is also increasing rapidly, reaching 4,417 on Wednesday. Since the beginning of October, this indicator has quadrupled. The number of severe cases has tripled, and doctors now say 657 patients can be classified as severe.
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