Models show that it is possible to reduce the number of hospitalized Covid-19 patients from the current 9,000 to 3,000 by mid-April.

The first deliveries of the J & J vaccine that was approved for use by the European Commission should arrive to Czechia around mid-April.

President Miloš Zeman has called for the dismissal of the Minister of Health Jan Blatný (for ANO) over his position on Russia's Sputnik V.

Almost a billion tons of food ends up in the trash every year, which represents 17 percent of all food sold. Czech are better than average.

Czechia has refused to buy one million Covid-19 vaccines from the United Arab Emirates - and will receive extra doses from the EU.

Online learning makes it easier for children to watch pornography on the Internet, shows a survey among Czech youth aged 13 to 20.

The government agreed that people in quarantine should be getting a full sick pay - currently, they collect 60% of their salaries.

Contacts of people with suspected new coronavirus strains will be assessed individually, according to the Czech Chief Hygienist.

When experiencing symptoms associated with Covid-19, only 46 percent of Czechs stay at home, World Health Organization research shows.

Around a quarter of patients remain hospitalized even after officially recovering from an initial Covid-19 diagnosis, Czech hospitals say.

The anti-epidemic measures have stopped working due to non-compliance and virus mutations, says the Minister of Health Jan Blatný (for ANO).

Czechia has already ordered Covid-19 vaccines for 11 million people. Orders from Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech have been increased.

After the cabinet discussed introducing an obligation to use respirators in public transport or shops, it now considers recommending them.

This week, the University Hospital Hradec Králové opened its Post-Covid Care Centre for treating long-Covid patients.

On the first day after the launch of the Central Reservation System for Vaccination against Covid-19, 116,994 seniors got registered.

First 8,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine should get to Czechia on Tuesday, January 12 - they are heading to the Moravian-Silesian Region.

Anti-Covid measures have slowed down other infectious diseases last year - such as measles or smallpox. Tick-borne encephalitis cases rose.

Consumption of medical cannabis in the Czech Republic quadrupled last year compared to 2019. Last year, patients were given 67 kilograms.

People from prioritized groups - such as healthcare professionals and over 80s - should be vaccinated by March at the latest.

Czech hospitals have received a second delivery of Covid-19 vaccines - reservation system for the public to be launched in mid-January.