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“We are still not seeing the decline we expected these days,” Health Minister Roman Prymula told reporters on Monday, adding that the impact of other recently introduced restrictions was “insufficient”.
He added that the curfew will take effect from Wednesday at 10 pm Lithuanian time until November 3 at 5 pm 59 minutes, although there will be exceptions for people who travel to work and take pets.
According to R. Prymula, the shops must close after 9 pm Lithuanian time and on Sundays, all day long.
Scanpix / AP nuotr./Romanas Prymula
The minister urged companies to allow employees to work from home if possible.
Since the beginning of the outbreak in March, 10.7 thousand. More than 260,000 people are registered in an EU member state with a population of In COVID-19 cases, 2,300 people died.
The Czech Republic is currently the community leader in terms of the number of new deaths and infections per 100,000 inhabitants.
“We are approaching levels that would threaten the capacity of the Czech health system,” said Prymula, an epidemiologist.
The Czech military has established a 500-bed backup open-air hospital, and medical supplies are flowing in from abroad, including lung ventilators supplied by the European Commission, EU partners and other countries.
Prymula is preparing to leave the government because a sensational photographer noticed him leaving a restaurant that had to close due to anti-virus measures introduced by the minister himself.
According to local media, this week he is to be replaced by the deputy director of a hospital in Brno, the second largest city in the Czech Republic.
There has been a partial quarantine in the country since last week, which should also last until November 3.
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