The Deputy mayor of Prague Mr. Peter Hlubucek infected with coronavirus new type, and, according to current Czech Republic in the period of the pandemic rules, all the municipal management of the capital, were in the last days with him closely, must go in two-week home quarantine. About it has informed on Tuesday evening the website of the newspaper Pravo.
"Tonight [Tuesday] I received a positive result of the analysis of the coronavirus" – quoted from the edition of the words of the Vice-mayor in charge of security in Prague.
Hlubucek said on Monday he had a fever, so on Tuesday he came to work and was tested for the coronavirus.
On Monday a meeting of the City Council of Prague – the Supreme body of the municipal government, which involved the leaders of city hall. It was held behind closed doors and lasted for seven hours. In the same room with an infected Globecom all this time have been nearly 40 municipal politicians are high ranking officials in city hall.
Pravo predicts that the Prague officials, including the mayor, who was also present at the meeting of the City Council will have 14 days to remain in home quarantine. Requirements of the Ministry of health of the Czech Republic apply to all citizens of the Republic who were in contact with the infected.
From 1 March, when Czech authorities informed about the appearance of the coronavirus in the national territory, the number of people infected in the country has reached 10 095, recovered 7 358 people recorded 331 deaths. The largest number of infected during a pandemic was in Prague – 2 340.
