Vaccination will also be mandatory for health professionals, police officers, firefighters and soldiers.
“We see that people of a certain age are more likely to be hospitalized in intensive care units,” said Health Minister Adam Wojteh.
The new rules were adopted a week before the new government takes office.
The candidate for the new government’s health minister has already indicated that he does not want compulsory vaccination of seniors and wants to change the law in this area.
In the past seven days, there have been 981 cases of Covid-19 per 100,000 inhabitants in the Czech Republic. It is the second highest in the world after neighboring Slovakia.
The center-right leader, Petr Fiala, who won the parliamentary elections in October, will take over as prime minister.
New week, he will meet with President Milos Zeman to agree on a date for the official approval of his government.
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