PRAGUE – The Czech government moved Friday to further tighten restrictive measures amid a surge of a highly contagious coronavirus variant in one of the hardest-hit European Union’s nations.
The worsening situation has forced the Cabinet to abandon its plans to reopen all stores as early as next week, while there are wider signs from central Europe of a new infection surge. “I can't image we would change our view,” Health Minister Jan Blatny said.
Blatny said residents will now also have to wear better masks in places where large numbers of people gather, including stores, hospitals and on public transportation.
He said that cloth masks used so far by many will no longer be good enough and that medical grade masks, safety respirators or two