Waiters and hairdressers in veils. They are also mandatory in offices, but there are exceptions

Nevertheless, there are exceptions. For example, in offices where workers work in one place and sit at least 2 meters apart, veils are not required. On the contrary, they must be worn by a waitress and also by restaurant guests if they are not currently consuming.

Veils indoors

The Ministry of Health is responding to the deteriorating epidemic situation and since Thursday, September 10 introduces mandatory wearing of veils with some exceptions, in all interiors of buildings outside the residence and in common areas of schools. The nationwide obligation to wear protective equipment in public transport also continues to apply. According to the ministry, veils are a basic preventive measure not only in connection with COVID-19, but also in connection with the approaching period of respiratory diseases.

Veils significantly reduce the risk of infection. They are a simple but maximally effective barrier that prevents the droplets from spreading through the air to other people, especially when talking, coughing or sneezing. With regard to the daily high increases in new cases, we are following the path of introducing drapes in the interiors of buildings, where people are in an enclosed space, the distances are often not observed and the infection is thus easier to spread. We expect the number of new cases to continue to grow. (..) I also want to ask all citizens for responsibility and compliance with hygiene rules. And if you experience symptoms of respiratory illness, stay at home and call your doctor, added by the Chief Hygienist of the Czech Republic Jarmila Rážová.

Who has an exception

However, some are exempted from the obligation to wear drapes indoors:

• children under two years of age,
• children and pedagogical staff in kindergarten and children and carers in a children’s group,
• persons in educational institutions providing one-year foreign language courses with full-time tuition in classroom education,
• dormitories and youth homes, in the case of staff or accommodated children, pupils or students,
• school facilities for the performance of institutional education or protective education and schools established at them and centers of educational care in the provision of boarding services,
• schools established by the Ministry of Justice,
• pupils, students and pedagogical staff in a school established pursuant to Section 16, Paragraph 9 of the Education Act,
• staff and children in facilities for children requiring immediate assistance
• persons with a disorder of the intellect, an autism spectrum disorder, and a cognitive disorder or a severe alteration of the mental state, whose mental abilities or current mental state do not allow compliance with this prohibition,
• patients, if they are hospitalized in inpatient health care facilities and if it is necessary for the provision of health services,
• health professionals for as long as is strictly necessary for the provision of health services,
• users of social services in social services facilities, such as weekly hospitals, homes for the disabled, homes for the elderly and homes with a special regime, and in facilities providing relief social services in residential form,
• other cases worthy of consideration determined by the provider of health or social services or the attending physician for movement and residence in health care facilities and social care facilities,
• employees and persons in a similar position, including constitutional officials, while performing work in one place, if such a person works at a distance of at least 2 meters from another person,
• persons driving a public transport vehicle when they are not in direct contact with the passenger during its check-in,
• judges, lay judges, public prosecutors, defendants and their lawyers, participants in civil, administrative and constitutional court proceedings and their representatives, witnesses, experts, interpreters and other persons so decided by the court, at the place and time of the court proceedings,
• persons performing an author’s work (eg a theatrical, dance or musical performance), persons lecturing and persons performing in the creation and production of an audiovisual work or program,
• moderators, editors and other persons appearing in radio, television and other programs,
• persons who perform work classified by the decision of the competent public health authority in the third or fourth category due to the risk factor of working conditions heat load, as well as persons who perform work that has not yet been categorized and who can be expected to the risk factor of working conditions, the heat load fall into the third or fourth category,
• customers of catering establishments at the time of consumption of food and meals, including beverages,
• persons traveling in public transport for the time strictly necessary for the consumption of food and meals, including beverages,
• the spouses during the marriage ceremony and other persons present at that ceremony and persons making a declaration that they enter into a registered partnership together, and other persons present at that declaration,
• persons for the time strictly necessary for the taking of their portrait photograph, or photographs of the newlyweds, including a joint photograph with household members and other close persons,
• athletes or trainers during training, exercise, wrestling, competition, etc.,
• persons in indoor artificial swimming pools, which are a swimming pool, a swimming pool, a pool for infants and toddlers and a paddling pool, spa and treatment pools and saunas.

Veils for hairdressers

While previous rules for Prague counted on the fact that veils will be mandatory only in shops, it is now true that they are also mandatory in establishments where services are provided (hairdressing, manicure, massages, etc.), throughout the Czech Republic. Veils and waiters must also put on the veils. Airway covering is also mandatory for customers in restaurants if they are not currently consuming food or drinks.