Zeman urged to extend the closure of the borders of the Czech Republic for another year
The ban on travel of citizens of the Czech Republic abroad must be extended for at least a year to prevent new outbreaks of coronavirus. About it on the radio station Frekvence 1 on 19 April, said the President of the country Milos Zeman.
“It is important that the departure did not cause the tide of the epidemic, which can happen, especially if people travel to countries where the epidemic is not over,” he said.
He called on the citizens in the summer holidays “to enjoy the beauty of the Czech landscape.” The Zeman intends in the summer to relax in the vysočina region in the South-East of the Czech Republic.
Thus the head of state responded to the statement of the Minister of health Adam Adalbert, which on April 18 made a revision at the end of may the decision to close the borders. Residents of the Czech Republic may be allowed to go to Slovakia or Croatia, a country with a relatively low incidence of COVID-19, suggested the Minister, wrote the Agency České noviny.
The Czech Republic has closed the border on March 16 is not an indefinite period. The health Ministry said that restrictions may apply and a year or two, if epigastrica in other countries does not improve.
Flash COVID-19 began in December 2019 in China. March 11, 2020, the world health organization declared the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
According to data from the American Johns Hopkins University on April 20, the total number of infected by the coronavirus in the world exceeded 2.41 million, of which was 165.3 thousand died 629 thousand recovered. In the Czech Republic fell ill 6787 thousand people, died – 188.
