Number of quarantined persons in the Czech Republic rises above 2,000 again

Prague, June 24 (CTK) – The number of people in quarantine due to coronavirus infection has increased above 2,000 in the Czech Republic again after three weeks, according to the data released by the Labor and Social Affairs Ministry today.

In the past 24 hours alone, 233 people went into quarantine. The highest increase of people sent to quarantine was reported from the Liberec Region, north Bohemia.

On Tuesday, the ministry reported 2,009 people in quarantine. The number is lower than the number of quarantined persons in late-March.

The number of quarantined persons rose in eight different regions of the country over the past 24 hours.

In the Liberec region, the coronavirus infection outbreak was localized to the production plant of the Magna Exteriors (Bohemia) car parts manufacturer, one of the largest employers in the region with 1,800 employees.

The novel coronavirus was confirmed in 20 people there so far, with more infected individuals reported among their family members and at the accommodation facilities used by foreign workers.

In June, 2,342 people have gone into quarantine so far. Since early March, the beginning of the epidemic outbreak in the country, 55,941 persons have been ordered into isolation.

According to epidemiologists, only localized infection clusters are emerging in the Czech Republic. In most regions, there are no cases of infection and in many areas, the number of infected is decreasing.

Employees in quarantine are to receive 60 percent of their base pay, while the state may cover 80 percent of this sum to employers, but only up to 39,000 crowns of super-gross wage.

The subsidies from the government Antivirus program will be paid out until the end of August.