Coronavirus update, June 7, 2021: Lowest number of new cases in Czech Republic since mid-July

Clusters of coronavirus infection have been revealed in a kindergarten and elementary school in the municipality of Bánov in the Uherské Hradiště district and the British variant of the virus has been confirmed, the regional office spokeswoman Soňa Ličková told ČTK. Zlín Region Governor Radim Holiš said the kindergarten would stay closed and children would not go to the elementary school on Monday and Tuesday. Seven infected persons in the kindergarten and 11 in the elementary school have been confirmed. After the first case of the British variant was revealed, the public health office immediately introduced sanitary measures and traced the risk contacts. Holiš said the clusters were revealed soon enough thanks to good cooperation of the staff of the school and the public health office.

An anti-government demonstration of the Otevřeme Česko–Chcípl PES (Open the Czech Republic–Croaked Dog) movement took place on Prague's Wenceslas Square on Sunday ay 2 pm. The organizers criticized the measures introduced by the government due to the spread of Covid-19. The event was attended by about a 100 supporters of the movement. The participants had banners calling for schools without face coverings, stopping Covid passports, or stopping Covid totalitarianism. The movement's chairman, Jakub Olbert, criticized, among other things, the government's issuance of measures that were later overturned by the Supreme Administrative Court (NSS). Representatives of other movements also spoke at the demonstration, such as MP Zuzana Majerová Zahradníková from Tricolor. "I will not be vaccinated to buy freedom," she said. With the gradual relaxation of some anti-epidemic measures, the government sets conditions for the operation of services, shops, sports, culture and other activities. In many cases, people have to prove themselves with a negative test for Covid-19, proof of recovery, or confirmation of vaccination.

People traveling from the Czech Republic to Slovakia have to undergo a coronavirus test in Slovakia. However, people needed to undergo another Czech test also when going from Slovakia to the Czech Republic. People who traveled from Slovakia might enter the Czech Republic when their presented their negative test carried out in Slovakia, but subsequently they had to undergo still another test for Covid-19 in the Czech Republic within five days. As a result, people coming from the Czech Republic to Slovakia had to undergo one test, while those traveling from Slovakia to the Czech Republic had to undergo two tests. As of Monday, June 7, the Czech Republic will move Slovakia from the red to the orange category of lower risk countries, and so the second test carried out in the Czech Republic would not be required anymore.

Tests in the Czech Republic on Sunday confirmed 90 cases of coronavirus, at fewest since July 13, 2020. The last time the daily gain was below 100 was on July 19 last year, according to Health Ministry data. The daily gains of those infected have been gradually declining since the beginning of March this year, when they reached almost 17,000. The number of people infected per 100,000 inhabitants last week fell to 22. . It was over 100 a month ago. Deaths are also declining. So far, 30,164 people have died from Covid-19. In March, about 200 people died of the disease every day, and there have been fewer than 10 deaths in the last 10 days.