– Italy is again at its daily high in a surplus of positive cases. However, in terms of population, the Czech Republic is still worse off, and its tests also result in a higher percentage of positive cases.
– Austria today further tightened the conditions for coronavirus closure. In addition to grocery stores, pharmacies and drugstores, they will close all shops, schools will switch to distance learning, and attendance will be limited non-stop. The measures will take effect on Tuesday and will run until 6 December. According to the APA agency, this was announced today by the Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz.
– Donald Trump appeared in public a week later and announced that the vaccine could be available to the general public in the United States as early as April. He said this at the White House commenting on the epidemic situation in the country and promising news about a vaccine tested by the pharmaceutical company Pfizer.
– Minister of Health Jan Blatný introduced a new evaluation system for relaxing or tightening measures called PES. It will have two levels. Currently, the Czechia is at level 5. At the end of next week, however, the Minister of Health could propose to the government a transition to level 4. The entire first level could return to the benches, probably on Monday, November 23.
– On Friday, November 13, the infection was detected in 7,357 people.
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