Czech authorities announced an impending catastrophe due to COVID-19
Czech Prime Minister Andriy Babis called the situation in the country due to the coronavirus pandemic extremely serious and announced an impending total catastrophe.
According to him, there has never been such a situation as now, “the number of patients in intensive care and connected to ventilators is growing dramatically.”
Babish said that the situation will be discussed with doctors, trade unions and the opposition, after which a government meeting will take place tonight, RIA Novosti reports.
In the Czech Republic, since the beginning of the pandemic, 127,240 people have been infected with the coronavirus. Over the past day, 15 672 new infections have been detected in the country, this is the second figure after January 6.
Earlier it became known that in Finland, due to the increase in the number of COVID-19 infections, a three-week lockdown is being introduced on March 8.
In addition to the measures taken to reduce the number of infections, middle and high school students are being transferred to distance learning, and it is planned to close restaurants.
At the same time, Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin said that the country's authorities are ready to declare a state of emergency.
