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On a good day, Karlsbrua in the old town is full of tourists.
Now it is depopulated because the Central European country with about 10 million inhabitants is the country in Europe that is currently the most affected by the coronavirus.
It has consequences for many.
Worry about employees
When NRK meets Norwegian restaurant owner Nils Jebens and his team at the Kampa Park restaurant in Prague, there is a gloomy atmosphere.
Chairs and tables are covered, dishes and cutlery are wrapped in plastic.
Take-out delivery is still allowed, but for a restaurant with 300 seats and 150 employees, this is not an option. Half of the experience is enjoying the view of the famous Charles Bridge and enjoying the early morning.
Jebens is a former naval hunter and runs a casino in Austria. You’re not afraid of a challenge, but this one beats most.
The glasses, tablecloths and blankets are packed. It is not known when Nils Jebens will be able to restart operations.
Photo: Roger Sevrin Bruland / NRK
– I’ve been doing this for 25 years and I’m starting to get closer to the end. It was not what I thought, that I would have to start over in the spring.
You are also concerned about the future of the staff:
– Now I will always manage, but here there are 150 people who have home loans and families, so it is difficult.
Prime Minister: – Disastrous statistics
Prime Minister Andrej Babiš during the EU summit in Brussels on October 16
Photo: OLIVIER HOSLET / AFP
The government calls it a national disaster. The hospital will soon not have the capacity to receive more patients, Prime Minister Andrej Babiš said during a press conference:
– We must increase capacity immediately. The army and crisis personnel have received a clear signal to start this weekend. We had a bad time, the forecasts do not look good and the statistics are absolutely catastrophic, said Babiš.
The goal is to have a capacity of 10,000 intensive care beds for those with covid-19, said Health Minister Roman Prymula.
2,400 seniors from medicine, dentistry and other health education are being recruited to help.
On Saturday, the army began building a 500-bed field hospital at a fairground on the outskirts of Prague.
A coronary patient receives treatment in an intensive care unit at Thomayer Hospital in Prague on October 14. The government is now working to increase the capacity of the hospitals.
Photo: MICHAL CIZEK / AFP
– It’s complete chaos
At the Kampa Park restaurant, chef Marek Raditsch despairs.
– The government gains something one day, also something more the next day. It’s total chaos, he told NRK.
The Czech government is being criticized for reacting too late, something the Health Minister has lamented.
The owner of the restaurant, Nils Jebens, believes that the Czech Republic is now in a deep crisis from which it will take a long time to emerge. He believes the restaurants can reopen by Christmas at the earliest, but fears it will take even longer. Maybe until February or March of next year.
– Now we must stop having hope and simply take all the steps we can to save what can be saved.
