Emotions running high in Czech Republic as epidemic worsens

Published: Jan. 11, 2021, 12:24 p.m.

As the third wave of the coronavirus pandemic deepens, emotions are running high in the Czech Republic. While several thousand people demonstrated against the government restrictions on Prague’s Old Town Square on Sunday, some members of the opposition called on the government to seek foreign aid in helping to cope with the influx of patients in Czech hospitals.