Government asks for extension of state of emergency as “British mutation” detected in Czechia

Published: Jan. 19, 2021, 12:35 p.m.

For a third day running now, the Czech Republic’s coronavirus epidemic has been improving according to the government’s PES counter-epidemic system indicators. However, apart from the reopening of children’s clothing shops and stationeries, the government is not planning any loosening of measures and has asked for the extension of the state of emergency for another 30 days. The reason is the situation in Czech hospitals and the detection of the British mutation of Covid-19 in the Czech Republic.