“Until then, the return of students is too risky. However, due to the development of the epidemic, it cannot be expected that the number of infected people will start to decline rapidly, “he said on CNN’s Partie program on Prima.
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In the last week, more than ten thousand people with a positive test for covid-19 are added to the Czech Republic every day. On Saturday alone, 11,428 new cases were reported. However, despite the high number, there were fewer cases than in the previous two Saturdays, and the increase was also smaller than at the end of the working week.
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In recent days, the reproductive number, which indicates the number of infected from one positive test, has also dropped to 1.1. However, the new Minister of Health Jan Blatný (for YES) warned that if people stop following the measures, then their effect will not come.
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The actual general closure of schools, with the exception of kindergartens and “crisis” schools for children of health professionals and other necessary professions, took place in mid-October. Earlier, they also switched to online teaching at universities and high schools. According to the original plan, at least some of the pupils were to return to the benches on Monday, November 2.
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In the current situation, however, the Minister of Education, Robert Plaga (for YES), considers it a priority that at least pupils in the 1st and 2nd grades of primary schools return to full-time teaching. Special schools and final years of primary and secondary schools are to follow, in the next steps then other pupils and students.
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