The government announced that asymptomatic key healthcare and social workers who test positive for Covid may be allowed to continue working to keep services running. Companies want the list to be extended, while cabinet members are pushing for the so-called “working quarantine” to apply to other key workers including firefighters, police officers, and transport staff.
Mr Fiala’s administration has also shortened quarantine and isolation times, while launching mandatory testing of employees at companies from this week.
The Czech Republic acted faster than most in Europe when the virus first struck in 2020 and enacted strict Covid measures. But in both rhetoric and action, the country is now moving away from the severe restrictions being seen elsewhere in central Europe.
In neighbouring Austria, a mandate requiring all adults to get vaccinated is due to come into force on 1 February.
The Czech Republic has reported 36,937 Covid deaths since the start of the pandemic, one of the world’s worst rates per capita.
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