Important covid-19 measures for foreigners

CZECH REPUBLIC, November 29 - Important information regarded covid-19 measures for people coming to the Czech Republic.

On-line arrivals form for the Czech Republic

The Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic has launched an on-line arrival form. It will have to be completed before arrival in the Czech Republic by all those who have stayed for more than 12 hours out of the last 14 days in any country that is not on the list of countries with a low Covid-19 risk, with the exception of employees of international transport firms, EU citizens and foreigners with a long-term or permanent residence permit in the EU passing through the Czech Republic in 12 hours or less, as well as diplomats and officials of international organizations registered with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, provided that their stay here does not exceed 14 days.

Passengers will find the form on the www.prijezdovyformular.cz website. The obligation to complete it will apply to travellers arriving in the Czech Republic from Monday 21 September 2020 inclusive.

The form may be printed out or displayed on a mobile device and shown on arrival in the Czech Republic. The form also includes a section on fellow passengers, which need only be completed if they are family members under the age of 18. These persons need not therefore complete their own form, but are part of the form to be completed by an adult.

After completion and submission of the form, a confirmation of completion will be sent to the user at the e-mail address given in the form. The e-mail contains a QR code and a link to display the entire confirmation, including all data provided. After scanning on any mobile phone, the QR code will display the on-line version of the confirmation for verification. The displayed verification contains all the data provided.

Detailed information of the Ministry of the Interior.

The rules for entering the territory of the Czech Republic

The Ministry of Health, as the competent administrative authority, pursuant to Section 80(1)(h) of Act No. 258/2000 Coll., on Public Health Protection and amendments to certain related acts, as amended (hereinafter referred to as “Act No. 258/2000 Coll.”), orders this Protective Measure, proceeding pursuant to Section 68(1) of Act No. 258/2000 Coll., in order to protect against the occurrence of the COVID-19 disease caused by the new SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus:

Effective from 12:00 a.m. on 5 October 2020,

I. it orders

1. all persons who entered the Czech Republic from 12:00 a.m. on 5 October 2020,

to report the incidence of any symptoms of an early infectious disease (in particular elevated temperature, cough, shortness of breath, digestive problems, loss of smell, overall weakness or other symptoms) immediately, via telephone or any other means of remote access, to the healthcare provider with whom them are registered in the discipline of general medicine or general pediatric medicine or, if they are not registered with any provider, to any provider in the discipline of general medicine or general pediatric medicine,
to undergo examinations for symptoms of an infectious disease when crossing the state border, and if the symptoms of an infectious disease are detected, to provide the necessary cooperation to healthcare workers in conducting the taking of a biological sample in order to determine the presence of the COVID-19 disease;

2. all persons who have stayed for more than 12 hours in the last 14 days in the territory of countries that are not on the list of countries with a low risk of COVID-19 contagion according to point III.1, to report this fact to the competent regional public health authority according to the place of residence or declared stay before entering the territory of the Czech Republic by filling in the electronic Arrival Form specified in point III.4 by means of remote access, present a document on completion of the electronic Arrival Form (declaration) upon request in the event of a border or residence check and, within 5 days of entering the territory of the Czech Republic, to undergo an RT-PCR test for the presence of SARS CoV-2 at their own expense, unless the public health protection authority has decided on other quarantine measures in individual cases in accordance with Act No. 258/2000 Coll. and on the duration of these measures; this does not apply:

for international transport workers, if the reason for entry is substantiated by an appropriate document,
for citizens of the European Union and foreigners with a long-term or permanent residency permit in the European Union, who are transiting via the Czech Republic for no more than 12 hours,
for accredited members of diplomatic missions in the Czech Republic, including private service members, holders of diplomatic passports travelling to the Czech Republic for service purposes and official of international organisations registered with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, if their stay in the country does not exceed 14 days;
for persons under 5 years of age;
for citizens of the Czech Republic, European Union citizens and their family members with residency in the Czech Republic and for foreigners with a permit to stay for 90 days issued by the Czech Republic, who stayed only on the regions specified in the list pursuant to point III.1 as part of a vacation with a tour operator or through a travel agency;

3. regional public health authorities to impose the necessary quarantine measures on persons who report their entry into the Czech Republic pursuant to point 1.2, and who, even within 7 days of entering the territory of the Czech Republic, have not submitted the result of an RT-PCR test for the presence of SARS CoV-2 from the territory of the Czech Republic to the locally-competent regional public health authority, and if the test proved the presence of SARS CoV-2, to decide on isolation pursuant to Section 64(a) in conjunction with Section 2(6) and (7) of Act No. 258/2000 Coll., on the Protection of Public Health and on the Amendment of Certain Related Acts, as amended;

4. a ban on entry into the territory of the Czech Republic for all third-country nationals who are not on the list of countries with a low risk of COVID-19 pursuant to point III.1 and for citizens of third countries who have a temporary or permanent residence in these third countries; this does not apply:

for foreigners with a long-term or permanent residence permit in countries with a low risk of COVID-19 contagion according to point III.1,
for holders of a valid long-term visa, long-term, temporary or permanent residence permit for the territory of the Czech Republic issued by the Czech Republic,
for foreigners who were issued a short-stay visa by the Czech Republic after 11 May 2020,
for foreigners with a long-term or permanent residency permit in the European Union,
for family members pursuant to Section 15a(1) of Act No. 326/1999 Coll., on the Residency of Foreigners in the Czech Republic and on Amendment of Certain Acts, as amended, of citizens of the Czech Republic or citizens of the European Union with a domicile in the Czech Republic,
if the entry of these foreigners is in the interest of the Czech Republic, if the reason for entry is documented by an appropriate document,
for international transport workers, if the reason for entry is substantiated by an appropriate document,
for accredited members of diplomatic missions in the Czech Republic, including private service members, holders of diplomatic passports travelling to the Czech Republic for up to 14 days for service purposes and official of international organisations registered with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
in urgent emergency situations (the need to provide planned health services, fulfillment of a duty imposed by a court, travel on the basis of a summons by a state authority, enforcement of a court decision, official proceedings, necessary care for close family members who are unable to take care of themselves, the exercise of the right of care or contact with a minor, other humanitarian situations) if the reason for entry is substantiated by an appropriate document;
to foreigners who have a provable relationship with a citizen of the Czech Republic or with a citizen of the European Union with temporary residence in excess of 90 days or permanent residence in the Czech Republic and demonstrably live in a common household with them, whereas the Czech citizen in an affidavit on their partnership has accepted the obligations set forth in point 5, and such a foreigner was issued confirmation by the Ministry of Foreign affairs allowing entry into the Czech Republic pursuant to this point;

5. all entities that accept foreigners in the territory for the purpose of economic activity or educational activities that entered the territory of the Czech Republic after 1 July 2020, to ensure the following for these foreigners:

accommodation for the entire period of their stay in the Czech Republic, including the place where the quarantine measure will be carried out in the event of its order by the public health protection authority,
healthcare or a registered healthcare service provider for the entire duration of their stay in the Czech Republic,
payment for healthcare, if not arranged otherwise; this does not apply to foreigners with a long-term residency permit,
return to their country of origin in the event of the loss of the purpose of residence in the Czech Republic; this does not apply to foreigners with a long-term residency permit;

6. all third-country nationals to submit a document pursuant to Section 31(3)(b) of Act No. 326/1999 Coll., on the Stay of Foreigners in the Territory of the Czech Republic and on the amendment of certain acts, as amended, which contains the obligations of the entity pursuant to point I.5, to an application for a residence permit for the purpose of performing economic activity or educational activity, at the latest before the visa is marked on the travel document, at the relevant diplomatic mission of the Czech Republic;

7. applications for visas and temporary and permanent stays to not be accepted at diplomatic missions of the Czech Republic in countries that are not on the list of countries with a low risk of COVID-19 contagion according to point III., with the exception of applications for:

short-stay visas for the purpose of seasonal employment or for the purpose of employment if the foreigner is employed in food production, health care or social services, or short-stay visas for the purpose of employment, if they are filed in Ukraine by Ukrainian nationals, provided they do not exceed the maximum number of such applications stipulated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs upon discussion with the Ministry of Health,
short-stay visas for scientific, key and highly qualified staff, provided that the conditions set out in the Key and Scientific Staff Programme and the Highly Qualified Staff Programme, and critical infrastructure service staff are met,
short-stay visa due to a reason according to point I.4 e) to i),
long-term visas for the purpose of seasonal employment,
extraordinary work visas,
temporary residence, if they are submitted by foreigners included in government programmes in order to achieve an economic or other significant benefit for the Czech Republic,
permanent residence, if they are submitted by foreigners included in the government program according to Government Resolution No. 1014/2014,
a blue card, long-term residence permit for the purpose of scientific research and applications for residence permits for over 90 days for the spouses and minor children of scientific workers or persons applying for a blue card,
long-term visas and long-term residency permits for the purpose of study,
long-term or permanent residence permits for the purpose of joint family cohabitation in the country and applications for long-term visas for family purposes, in the case of spouses or minor children of a foreigner with a long-term or permanent residence permit in the Czech Republic,
issuing of long-term visas for the purpose of picking up a residence permit in the Czech Republic;
long-term visas for the purpose of culture, sports or a working holiday,
a residency permit, if the entry of these foreigners is in the interest of the Czech Republic, if the interest of the Czech Republic is substantiated by an appropriate document,

these exceptions apply only for visa and temporary residence applications at the diplomatic missions of the Czech Republic in countries whose measures implemented in reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic allow the acceptance of such applications; the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will publish a list of these countries via means enabling remote access;

8. to interrupt all procedures regarding residence permit applications for over 90 days filed at the diplomatic missions of the Czech Republic, except for procedures about applications submitted at the diplomatic missions of the Czech Republic in countries whose measures implemented in reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic allow the performance of steps within the procedure; the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will publish a list of these countries via means enabling remote access;

9. the diplomatic missions of the Czech Republic to indicate a visa in the travel document only in the case of a request which can be accepted pursuant to point I.7; this also applies to requests accepted before the effective date of this measure;

10. that all the persons specified in point I.2, including the persons under point I.2 (a) through (c) and (e), are obliged to wear protective respiratory equipment for the period specified in point II, or for a period of 10 days; this particularly concerns the persons under point I.2 (a), if the period under point II cannot be applied;

11. the employers and end users of workers, who are citizens of countries which are not on the list with a low risk of COVID-19 incidence or are citizens of the identified countries pursuant to point III.1 who have spent more than 12 hours in the past 14 days in the territory of these countries and are not participants in a vacation pursuant to point 1.2(e), to restrict the access of these persons to all facilities and workplaces of the given employer, if these persons do not simultaneously submit to the employer or end user for which they perform work the negative result of a RT-PCR test for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 from the Czech Republic, or pursuant to point III.5; the same obligations applies to educational institutions with respect to students and teachers;

12. foreigners detained pursuant to Section 27 of Act No. 273/2008 Coll., on the Police of the Czech Republic, or pursuant to Act No. 326/1999 Coll., on the Residence of Foreign Nationals in the Territory of the Czech Republic and on Amendment of Certain Acts, as amended, to undergo the collection of a biological sample in order to detect the presence of the COVID-19 disease and to provide the healthcare staff with the necessary cooperation when taking this sample at the testing location of the healthcare services provider or foreigner detention facility;

13. international bus and airline carriers, who transport passengers from third countries or parts thereof, which are not specified in the list of countries or parts thereof with a low risk of COVID-19 contagion pursuant to point III.1, to not allow passengers who are obliged to fill in the electronic Arrival Form pursuant to point I.2 to travel unless they present a document proving completion of the electronic Arrival Form (declaration);

II. prohibits

all persons pursuant to point I.2, including all the persons under point I.2(a) through (c) and (e), to move freely throughout the territory of the entire Czech Republic for the period of their stay in the territory of the Czech Republic, or for a period of 10 days, or until the end of the quarantine measure, except for:

travel to work and movement in the course of work and travel to perform business or another similar activities, including travel to educational establishments and movement in the course of the performance of that activity; this does not apply if this concerns the procedure pursuant to point I.11,
travel required to arrange essential life needs, to ensure child care, to ensure pet care, to use the necessary financial and postal services, and to refuel,
travel to healthcare facilities and social services facilities,
travel to take care of urgent official matters,
travel back to one’s home;
funerals;

This prohibition does not apply to persons under 5 years of age.

For foreigners pursuant to point I.11, the specified restriction on free movement applies for a period of 10 days.

III. stipulates

1. that the list of countries or parts thereof with a low risk of COVID-19 contagion, including identification of the countries for the purposes of point I.11 and regions for the purposes of point I.2(e), is determined by a notice published on the website of the Ministry of Health;

2. that a citizen of a third country is a foreigner, except for a citizen of the European Union and a foreigner within the meaning of Section 1 (3) of Act No. 326/1999 Coll., on the Residence of Foreign Nationals in the Territory of the Czech Republic and on the amendment of certain acts, as later amended;

3. that in the case of a change of the entity for whom the foreigner performs economic activity or educational activity, made pursuant to the legal regulations of the Czech Republic, the last entity bears the obligations under point I.5;

4. that the electronic Arrival Form is available on the website www.prijezdovyformular.cz; personal details processed beyond the framework of Section 79 (1) of Act No. 258/2000 Coll. are the passport number, nationality, e-mail address and telephone number;

5. that citizens of the European Union, including citizens of the Czech Republic and citizens of third countries with a long-term or permanent residence permit in any of the member states of the European Union, may meet the obligation to undergo an RT-PCR test for the presence of SARS- CoV-2 at their own expense in accordance with point I.2 by presenting a negative result of an RT-PCR test for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 that was performed in a member state of the European Union and which is no more than 72 hours old; the result of the test is presented immediately upon entering the territory of the Czech Republic to the regional public health authority with local jurisdiction in relation to point I.3.;

6. that for the purpose of this extraordinary measure, apart from the member countries of the European Union, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Swiss Confederation, the Kingdom of Norway, the Republic of Iceland, the Principality of Liechtenstein, the Principality of Andorra, the Principality of Monaco, the Republic of San Marino and the Vatican City State shall also be understood to be member states of the European Union.

Declaring a state of emergency

In accordance with Art. 5 and 6 of Act No. 110/1998 Coll., on the security of the Czech Republic, the government declares in the territory of the Czech Republic, due to health risks related to the proven incidence of coronavirus /identified as SARS CoV-2/ in the Czech Republic, a STATE OF EMERGENCY starting from 12:00 a.m. on 26 November 2021 for a period of 30 days.

The Government

I. orders, in the meaning of Section 5(a) through (e) and Section 6 of Act No. 240/2000 Coll., on Crisis Management, and on the amendment of certain laws (the Crisis Act), as amended, crisis measures to resolve the crisis situation, the specific implementation of which the government will stipulate in separate government resolutions;

II. imposes upon

the Prime Minister to govern and coordinate the tasks pursuant to point I of this resolution,
the members of government to ask the government for prior consent to measures related to declaring a state of emergency, which each member of the government or the ministry managed by them undertakes within their authority, even before applying them;

III. stipulates that critical infrastructure entities may designate critical employees, whose presence on the workplace is essential to ensure the functioning of the respective critical infrastructure element to which the prohibitions and obligations will apply;

IV. The valid protective and extraordinary measures of the Ministry of Health issued to date are not affected by this declaration of a state of emergency;

V. authorizes the Prime Minister to inform the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic without undue delay about the declaration of the state of emergency pursuant to point I of this resolution;

VI. stipulates that this decision comes into effect on 12:00 a.m. on 26 November 2021 and expires upon the passing of 30 days from its effective date.

Prohibiting mass events, retail sales and the sale and provision of services

In relation to Government Resolution No. 1065 of 25 November 2021, whereby the Government, in line with Articles 5 and 6 of Constitutional Act No. 110/1998 Coll., on the Security of the Czech Republic, declared a state of emergency for the Czech Republic due to a threat to health in relation to the documented occurrence of a coronavirus (designated as SARS CoV-2) in the Czech Republic, and in line with Section 5(a) to (e) and Section 6 of Act No. 240/2000 Coll., on Crisis Management, and amending certain acts (the Crisis Act), as amended, to address the current emergency situation, the government has decided to adopt emergency measures pursuant to Section 5(1)(c) to (e) and Section 6(1)(b) of the Crisis Act.

Effective from 6:00 p.m. on 26 November 2021 to 11:59 p.m. of 25 December 2021, the Government hereby

I. prohibits

1. the presence of the public at catering establishments and music, dance, gaming and similar social clubs and discotheques, gambling halls and casinos between 10:00 p.m. and 4:59 a.m.,

2. the operation of Advent and Christmas markets (i.e., occasional markets created for the pre-Christmas period) and sales at them; this does not affect the sale of Christmas trees, branches, mistletoe and related products and fish and fish products,

3. the consumption of alcoholic beverages in publicly accessible places; this does not affect the possibility of consuming alcoholic beverage in the indoor premises of catering establishments,

II. restricts

1. operation at retail shops selling goods and services and service facilities, with the exception of the activities set forth in point II/12 and vehicles of taxi services or other individual contractual passenger transportation, and library operation, in that their operators must comply with the following rules:

they will not allow the presence of more customers than 1 customer per 10 m2 of sales area in an establishment; in the case of establishments with a sales area of less than 10 m2 , this restriction does not apply to a child under 15 years of age accompanying a customer or a person accompanying a customer who holds a medical disability pass; in the case of other establishments, this restriction does not apply to a child under 12 years of age accompanying a customer,
hey will actively prevent customers from coming closer than 1.5 meters to each other, unless these are members of the same household,
the management of queues of waiting customers must be ensured, both inside and 2 outside the store, particularly by marking the waiting area and placing symbols indicating the minimum distance between customers (a minimum distance of 1.5 m), whereas a customer who holds a medical disability pass has a priority right to shop;
they will provide disinfectant products near frequently touched items (particularly door handles, handrails, shopping trolleys) so that they are are availableto employees and customers of the establishment and can be used for regular disinfection,
ensure the provision of information to customers about the aforementioned rules, particularly by means of informative posters at the entrance to the establishment or by stating the rules through loudspeaker announcements in the establishment,
ensure the maximum possible air circulation indoors with freshly drawn outside air (natural ventilation, air conditioning or heat recovery) without air recirculation; in the case of recuperation, ensure that there is no contact between the outgoing and incoming air via enthalpic moisture exchangers,

whereas the sales area refers to the part of the business premises designated for the sale and display of goods, i.e., the total area accessible to customers, including dressing rooms, the area taken up by tills and displays and the area behind the tills used by the sales staff; the sales area does not include offices, warehouses and preparation areas, workshops, stairs, changing rooms and other social facilities,

2. the operation of barber shops, hairdressers, pedicures, manicures, solariums, beauty, massage and similar regenerative or conditioning services and the operation of trades during which skin integrity is breached, in that

the operator is ordered, in addition to observing the conditions set forth in point II/1, to ensure a distance of at least 1.5 meters between the seats where customers are provided with services (e.g. barber and hairdresser’s chairs),
the customer is prohibited from using the given service if they show clinical symptoms of COVID-19 or, with the exception of children under 12 years of age, do not meet the conditions stipulated in point II/17,
orders the operator, with respect to a customer who must meet the conditions pursuant to point II/17, to control the fulfilment of these conditions before commencing the provision of the service and the customer to demonstrate the fulfilment of the conditions pursuant to point II/17; if the customer does not demonstrate the fulfilment of the conditions pursuant to point II/17, the operator is prohibited from providing the service to such a customer,

3. the operation of catering establishments, music, dance, gaming and similar social clubs and discotheques, gambling rooms and casinos, in that

the operators of the said establishments are ordered to observe the following rules:

all customers must be seated so that there is a distance of a least 1.5 meters between them, except for customers sitting at one table,
there may be a maximum of 6 persons seated at one table, except for members of the same household; if the table accommodates 10 or more seats, more persons may be seated at it, so that there is a distance of at least 1.5 meters between groups of at most 6 customers, except for members of the same household,
the operator will not allow more persons into the premises of the establishment than there are seats for persons,
the operator will actively prevent the gathering of people in the outdoor and indoor premises less than 1.5 meters away from each other, including in the waiting area of the establishment,
hand disinfectant must be available to customers when entering the indoor and outdoor premises of the establishment, and the operator will ensure the disinfection of table surfaces and chair armrests after every customer and the regular disinfection of contact surfaces,
in the case of live music productions, the distance between customers and the place designated for the performers must be at least 2 meters,
the operator shall ensure the maximum possible air circulation indoors with freshly 3 drawn outside air (natural ventilation, air conditioning or heat recovery) without air recirculation; in the case of recuperation, ensure that there is no contact between the outgoing and incoming air via enthalpic moisture exchangers,
the operator will ensure the informing of customers about the conditions and rules of entry pursuant to letter b) at the entrance to the establishment,

the customer is prohibited from entering the indoor and outdoor premises of the establishment if they show clinical symptoms of COVID-19 or if, with the exception of children under the age of 12, they do not meet the conditions stipulated in point II/17;the operators of the given premises are ordered to control the fulfilment of the conditions by the persons required to fulfil the conditions stipulated in point II/17 upon their entry to the premises, or if control upon entry is not permitted by the operator’s operating conditions, then at latest before providing the service;the person is ordered to demonstrate the fulfilment of the conditions pursuant to point II/17 to the operator; if the person does not demonstrate the fulfilment of the conditions pursuant to point II/17 upon entry, the operator is prohibited from allowing such a person to enter the establishment,if the control is carried out before performing the service, the operator is prohibited from providing the service to such a person; these conditions do not apply to catering establishments which do not serve the public, and to the sale of take-away meals, whereas the person is prohibited to consume such purchased food on the indoor and outdoor premises of the establishment,

4. the operation of shopping centers with a sales area exceeding 5,000 m2 , in that

the operator is ordered to ensure the visible posting of instructions to maintain a distance of 1.5 meters between persons in the publicly accessible areas of the shopping Centre (e.g., by means of infographics, adverts on the center’s radio, infographics at the entrance to stores and other facilities, infographics on the floors of public areas, etc.),
the operator is ordered to ensure the maximum possible air circulation indoors with freshly drawn outside air (natural ventilation, air conditioning or heat recovery) without air recirculation; in the case of recuperation, ensure that there is no contact between the outgoing and incoming air via enthalpic moisture exchangers,
the customer is prohibited from consuming food on the premises of the shopping center (incl. the areas of food courts), except for separated indoor catering establishment areas,

5. sale at markets, marketplaces and mobile shops (sales from stands, mobile shops and sales from other mobile equipment), in that their operators are ordered to observe the following rules:

to ensure a distance of a least 2 meters between stands, tables or other points of sale,
to place containers with disinfectant products at every point of sale;
in the case of selling foods and beverages for direct consumption,

if there are tables and seats at the location, the operation will ensure that persons must be seated so that there is a distance of at least 1.5 meters between them, except for persons sitting at one table; a maximum of 6 persons may be seated at one table, except for members of the same household; if the table has 10 or more seats, more persons may be seated at it, so that there is a distance of at least 1.5 meters between groups of at most 6 persons, except members of the same household.
the operator actively prevents the gathering of people less than 1.5 meters distant from each other, including in the waiting area of the establishment,
the customer is prohibited from consuming food, including beverages, unless (with the exception of children under 12 years of age) they are capable of proving that they meet the conditions stipulated in point II/17,

6. the provision of short-term or recreational accommodation services, in that:

the operators of the said accommodation services are ordered to ensure the possibility of disinfecting the hands when entering the accommodation establishments and in the 4 indoor premises, and will ensure the regular disinfection of contact surfaces (handles, knobs, railings, switches),
the person is prohibited from using the said accommodation services if they show clinical symptoms of COVID-19 or, with the exception of children under 12 years of age, do not meet the conditions stipulated in point II/17, unless specified otherwise below,
the providers of said services are prohibited from providing accommodation services, unless stipulated otherwise below, to a person who does not meet the conditions stipulated in point II/17, except for children under 12 years of age;fulfilment of the conditions pursuant to point II/17 is not required if the accommodation services are provided as part of education exclusively to the pupils or students of one school or their supervisors, or if the operator ensures the division of premises so that the pupils or students from one school use different premises than other persons using the accommodation services,
orders the providers of the said accommodation services, with respect to a person who must fulfil the conditions pursuant to point II/17, to control the fulfilment of these conditions before commencing accommodation, and the person is ordered to demonstrate the fulfillment of the conditions pursuant to point II/17; if the person does not demonstrate the fulfillment of the conditions pursuant to point I/17, the operator is prohibited from providing accommodation to this person;persons who demonstrate the fulfilment of the conditions pursuant to point II/17 may be accommodated for at most 7 days, and must demonstrate the fulfilment of these conditions in order to extend the stay,
without fulfilment of the condition under letters b) and c), accommodation services may be provided:

to persons requiring accommodation for work, business or similar reasons which cannot be delayed,
persons requiring accommodation for reasons of essential care for another person,
persons requiring accommodation because they are to be provided with medical services, iv) persons who are already accommodated on the effective date of this crisis measure, maximally for the period pre-arranged before the effective date of this crisis measure; the rules under letter d) shall apply mutatis mutandis, but the accommodated person, instead of fulfilling the conditions under point II/17, must demonstrate that they have taken an RT-PCR test for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus with a negative result no more than 72 hours ago,

without fulfilment of the condition under letters b) and c), accommodation services may only be provided in separate buildings to:

persons who were ordered to isolate or quarantine,
persons in need of housing, whose accommodation was arranged by the local government,

7. the provision of spa rehabilitation treatment care, in that

prohibits the patient from admission to the hospital, if

they show clinical symptoms of COVID-19, or
unless it is a child under 12 years of age, they do not fulfil the conditions stipulated in point II/17 or do not have a negative RT-PCR test result for the presence of SARS-CoV-2, taken no more than 72 hours ago,

the provider of spa therapeutic rehabilitation care is ordered to check, before admitting a patient for hospitalization, whether the patient fulfils the conditions pursuant to letter (a)(ii) and the patient is ordered to demonstrate the fulfilment of these conditions; if the patient does not demonstrate the fulfillment of the conditions pursuant to letter (a)(ii), the provider of spa therapeutic rehabilitation care is prohibited from admitting this patient for hospitalization;

8. the operation and use of sports facilities in the indoor premises of buildings (e.g. gyms, courts, arenas, rinks, bowling lanes or billiards tables, training equipment) and dance 5 studios, gyms and fitness centers, in that

access to the said premises is prohibited for persons who show clinical symptoms of COVID-19 or do not meet, with the exception of children under 12 years of age, the conditions stipulated in point II/17;fulfilment of the conditions under point II/17 is not required in the case of physical education as a part of education at schools and school facilities,
orders the operator, with respect to a person who must fulfil the conditions pursuant to point II/17, to check the fulfilment of these conditions before the entry of the person to the premises, and the person is ordered to demonstrate the fulfilment of the conditions pursuant to point II/17; if the person does not demonstrate the fulfilment of the conditions pursuant to point II/17, the operator is prohibited from allowing such a person to enter the premises,
orders persons in the case of group lessons to maintain a distance of at least 1.5 meters between one another, unless these are persons from the same household or pupils from one school or their supervisors,
the operator is ordered to ensure the maximum possible air circulation indoors with freshly drawn outside air (natural ventilation, air conditioning or heat recovery) without air recirculation; in the case of recuperation, ensure that there is no contact between the outgoing and incoming air via enthalpic moisture exchangers,

9. the operation and use of artificial swimming facilities (swimming pools, bathing pools, pools for babies and toddlers, paddling pools), wellness facilities, saunas and salt caves, in that

access to the said premises is prohibited for persons who show clinical symptoms of COVID-19 or do not meet, with the exception of children under 12 years of age, the conditions stipulated in point II/17;fulfilment of the conditions under point II/17 is not required in the case of swimming as a part of education at schools, if only pupils from one school or persons supervising them are present on the given premises, or if the operator ensures the separation of the premises so that the pupils of each individual school use separate premises,
orders the operator, with respect to a person who must fulfil the conditions pursuant to point II/17, to check the fulfilment of these conditions before the entry of the person to the premises, and the person is ordered to demonstrate the fulfilment of the conditions pursuant to point II/17; if the person does not demonstrate the fulfilment of the conditions pursuant to point II/17, the operator is prohibited from allowing such a person to enter the premises,
the operators are ordered to observe the following rules:

the operator shall ensure the maximum possible air circulation indoors with freshly drawn outside air (natural ventilation, air conditioning or heat recovery) without air recirculation; in the case of recuperation, ensure that there is no contact between the outgoing and incoming air via enthalpic moisture exchangers,
the operator must actively prevent congregations of people at a distance of less than 1.5 meters from each other in the indoor premises, including in the waiting area of the establishment,

persons are ordered to maintain a distance of at least 1.5 meters in the common areas of the swimming areas, except when in the water, unless these are members of the same household or pupils from one school or their supervisors,

10. the operation of ski tows and ski lifts, in that

the use of cableway and ski lift services is prohibited for persons who show clinical symptoms of COVID-19 or do not meet, with the exception of children under 12 years of age, the conditions stipulated under point II/17, or are unable the demonstrate the fulfilment of these conditions on the spot;
with respect to the person who must meet the conditions pursuant to point II/17, the operator is ordered to control the fulfilment of these conditions when selling the ticket (ski pass); in the case of sales via means of remote communication, the operator checks the fulfilment of the conditions pursuant to point II/17 based on its technical and 6 operational capabilities, and the person is ordered to demonstrate to the operator the fulfilment of the conditions pursuant to point II/17 to the operator;if the person does not demonstrate the fulfilment of the conditions pursuant to point II/17, the operator is prohibited from selling the ticket (ski pass) to such a person; the operator is also ordered to control the fulfilment of the conditions pursuant to point II/17 among obliged persons in the transport areas of cableways and ski lifts before use of the service, based on its current organizational, operational, staff and technical capabilities, at least randomly;if the person does not demonstrate the fulfilment of the conditions pursuant to point II/17, the operator is prohibited from allowing such a person to use the service,
persons are ordered to maintain a distance of at least 1.5 meters in the defined indoor transport areas of the cableways or ski lifts, except when in the water, unless these are members of the same household or pupils from one school and their supervisors,
the operator is ordered to observe the following rules:

actively prevent the persons in the defined indoor transport areas of cableways and ski lifts to stand at a distance of less than 1.5 meters from each other, unless they are members of the same household or pupils of one school or persons supervising them,
place disinfectant at the entrance to the defined transport areas of cableways and ski lifts and the facilities thereof, particularly near the tills, information centers, social amenities, etc.,
ensure the regular disinfection of the most frequently touched surfaces of the transport equipment and in the defined transport areas of cableways and ski lifts and the facilities thereof, particularly near the tills, information centers, social amenities, etc.,
ensure information for customers about the rules under letters a) through c), in particular via information posters at the entrance to the transport areas of cableways and ski lifts, or via regular announcement of the rules over loudspeakers,
ensure the maximum possible air circulation with the intake of fresh air to the enclosed premises of the defined transport areas of cableways and ski lifts,

11. the operation of zoos and botanical gardens, museums, galleries, exhibition grounds, castles, chateaux and similar historical or cultural monuments, observatories and planetariums, and the holding of trade fairs and sales exhibitions, in that

the operator of the premises or event organizer is ordered to allow only such use of the indoor capacity that will allow the participants to maintain a distance of 1.5 meters and visitors are ordered to maintain this distance, unless they are members of the same household, or pupils or students of one school or their supervisors; the same rules shall apply to visitors of arboretums and other gardens or parks, the access to which is regulated,
participation in group tours of the said premises and events is prohibited for persons who show clinical symptoms of COVID-19 or do not meet, with the exception of children under 12 years of age, the conditions stipulated in point II/17 in the care of group tours with more than 20 persons;fulfilment of the conditions pursuant to point II/17 is not required if the group tour is attended exclusively by pupils or students from one school or their supervisors as part of their education,
before commencing the tour, the organizer of the group tour is ordered, with respect to a person who must fulfil the conditions pursuant to point II/17, to check the fulfilment of the conditions by the person and the person is ordered to demonstrate the fulfilment of the conditions pursuant to point II/17; if the person does not demonstrate the fulfilment of the conditions pursuant to point II/17, the organizer is prohibited from allowing such a person to participate in the group tour,

12. the operation of facilities or provision of services to persons aged 6 to 18 focused on activities similar to informal education pursuant to Section 2 of Decree No. 74/2005 Coll., such as in particular informal, pedagogic, recreational or educational activities, including preparation for schooling, the provision of similar services to children up to 6 years of age, including care for them, and other organized leisure activities for persons under 18 years of 7 age and similar events for persons under 18 years of age, in that

the operator of the facility, provider of the service or organizer of the event is ordered to not allow more than 100 persons to be present at any one time,
the operator of the facility, provider of the service or organizer of the event is ordered to keep records of the participants for the purpose of a potential epidemiological investigation, in the scope of the identification of the participants and persons providing the service or care or otherwise conducting the activity (name, surname), their contact details (ideally telephone number) and information about the time of providing the service (from - to); they shall store these records for a period of 30 days from the date of providing the service,
participation at the said events is prohibited for persons who show clinical symptoms of COVID-19 or do not meet, with the exception of children under 12 years of age, the conditions stipulated in point II/17 in the event that more than 20 persons should be present at one time;the said conditions apply as appropriate to persons participating in organizing the event, if they are simultaneously present at the location thereof,fulfilment of the conditions pursuant to point II/17 is not required if the said activities are attended exclusively by the pupils of one school or their supervisors or if this is a regular activity in an unchanging collective,
the operator of the facility, provider of the service or organizer of the event is ordered, with respect to persons who must fulfil the conditions pursuant to point II/17, to control the fulfilment of these conditions before the start of the given activity, and the person is ordered to demonstrate the fulfilment of the conditions pursuant to point II/17;if the person does not demonstrate the fulfilment of the conditions pursuant to point II/17, the operator of the facility, provider of the service or organizer of the event is prohibited from allowing them to participate in the said activities;if the event lasts continuously for more than 1 day (hereinafter a “multi-day event”), the fulfilment of the conditions stipulated in point II/17 is demonstrated on the first day of attending the event and then at a frequency of once every 7 days,
if a positive result of a RT-PCR test to stipulate the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, performed among participants or other present persons, is reported during the repeated demonstration of the fulfilment of the conditions under point II/17, the organizer of the multi-day event is obliged to ensure the separation of these persons from the other attendees of the multi-day event;persons 18 years of age or older are ordered to leave the event immediately and for persons under 18 years of age, the organizer will immediately contact their legal guardian who will ensure they are picked up to go home; the organizer will also immediately contact the competent public health authority based on the location of the event, and provide it with a list of participants at the multi-day event, including the telephone numbers of the legal guardians of persons under 18 years of age or telephone numbers of attendees 18 years of age or older, in order to conduct an epidemiological investigation;the competent public health authority based on the location of the event decides about the further procedure,

13. the holding of concerts and other musical, theatrical, cinematographic and other artistic performances, including circuses and variety shows, sports matches, competitions, etc. (hereinafter referred to as “sports matches”), congresses, educational events and in-person examinations, with the exception of educational events and examinations that are part of education pursuant to Act No. 561/2004 Coll., on Preschool, Primary, Secondary, Higher Vocational and other Education (the Schools Act), as amended, or Act No. 111/1998 Coll., on Universities and on amending and supplementing other acts (the Act on Universities), as amended, unless it is an academic ceremony, in that

the organizer is ordered not to allow the presence of more than 1,000 spectators, visitors, listeners or examinees (hereinafter referred to as “spectators”),
participation at the events is prohibited for persons who are to attend the event as spectators, if they show clinical symptoms of COVID-19 or do not meet, with the exception of children under 12 years of age, the conditions stipulated in point II/17 in the event that more than 20 persons should be present at the event at one time;fulfilment of the conditions pursuant to point II/17 is not required if the given event is attended as part 8 of education exclusively by the pupils or students of one school and their supervisors, or if the operator ensures the division of the premises so that the pupils or students from one school and their supervisors use different premises than other persons attending these events,
the organizer of the event is ordered, with respect to a person who must fulfil the conditions pursuant to point II/17, to control the fulfilment of these conditions by the person when accessing the event, and the person is obliged to demonstrate the fulfilment of the conditions pursuant to point II/17; if the person does not demonstrate the fulfilment of the conditions pursuant to point II/17, the organizer of the event is prohibited from allowing such a person to access the event,
the distance between the spectators and the stage or other place designated for performers or the sports pitch must be at least 2 meters and all the spectators must be seated; this does not apply to practical instruction and examinations,

14. the staging of public or private events during which people gather in one place, such as, in particular, social, sports, cultural and other events than those under point I/13, dance, traditional and other similar events and other gatherings, festivals, fairs, exhibitions, tastings and celebrations, unless these are meetings, conventions and similar events of constitutional bodies, public authorities, courts and other public entities, which are held by law, and meetings held pursuant to Act No. 84/1990 Coll., on the Right to Assembly, as amended, in that

the organizer is ordered not to allow the presence of more than 100 persons at any one time, unless stipulated otherwise below,
participation at the event is prohibited for persons who show clinical symptoms of COVID-19 or do not meet, with the exception of children under 12 years of age, the conditions stipulated under point II/17, or are unable the demonstrate the fulfilment of these conditions on the spot, in the case that more than 20 persons should be present at the event at one time; fulfilment of the conditions pursuant to point II/17 is not required

if the given event is attended as part of education exclusively by the pupils or students of one school or their supervisors, or if the organizer ensures the division of the premises so that the children, pupils or students from one school use different premises than other persons attending these events,
if this is a regular activity in an unchanging collective, under the condition that the organizer of these activities keeps records of the attending persons for the purpose of potential epidemiological investigation, in the scope of identification of the attending persons (name, surname) and their contact data (ideally telephone number), and keeps these records for a period of 30 days from the date of the given activity, unless stipulated otherwise below,
attendance at weddings or declarations of entry into registered partnerships, if they are attended by no more than 30 persons,
attendance at a funeral, without restriction on the number of persons,

before participation in the event with regulated access, the organizer of the event is ordered, with respect to a person who must fulfil the conditions pursuant to point II/17, to check the fulfilment of the conditions by the person and the person is ordered to demonstrate the fulfilment of the conditions pursuant to point II/17; if the person does not demonstrate the fulfilment of the conditions pursuant to point II/17, the organizer of the event is prohibited from allowing such a person to participate in the event,
in the case of sports training of amateur athletes organized by sports clubs and sports matches held within amateur sports leagues organized by sports clubs, the person organizing the sports training or sports match to keep records of the persons attending sports training or sports matches for the purposes of potential epidemiological investigation by public health protection authorities, in the scope of identification (name, surname) and the participant’s contact details (ideally telephone number), and to keep these records for a period of 30 days from the date of the sport training or sports match,if this is an irregular activity or a regular activity in a changing collective (e.g. match), the participation of athletes, referees and coaching staff is prohibited if they 9 show clinical symptoms of COVID-19 or if more than 20 persons who do not meet the conditions stipulated in point II/17 (except for children under 12 years of age) are to be present in sports training or the sports match at one time, whereas the RT-PCR test result for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus only for the purpose of these activities is valid for 7 days; letter c) applies mutatis mutandis,
the organized activity of choirs may be organized upon the observance of the condition that there are no more than 50 people in the group, a distance of at least 1.5 meters is maintained between the persons, whereas participation is prohibited for persons who show clinical symptoms of COVID-19 or, with the exception of children under 12 years of age, do not fulfil the conditions stipulated in point II/17;letter c) applies mutatis mutandis; the organizer of the choir activity is ordered to keep records of the participants for the purpose of a potential epidemiological investigation by the public health protection authorities, in the scope of identification of the participant (name, surname) and their contact details (ideally telephone number) and to keep these records for a period of 30 days from the date of participation in this activity,

15. the right to peaceful assembly pursuant to Act No. 84/1990 Coll., on the Right to Assemble, as amended, in that

if the assembly is held outside the indoor premises of buildings, the participants may assemble in groups of maximally 20 and maintain a distance of at least 2 meters between the groups of participants,
if the assembly is held in the indoor premises of buildings, the participants must maintain a distance of at least 1.5 meters between each other (except members of the same household) and disinfect their hands before entering the indoor premises,

16. the holding of elections of bodies of legal entities and meetings of the bodies of legal entities, except for the bodies of local governments, if they are attended by more than 20 persons in one place, in that

participation is prohibited for a participant who

shows clinical symptoms of COVID-19, or
unless it is a child under 12 years of age, they do not fulfil the conditions stipulated in point II/17 or do not have a negative RT-PCR test result for the presence of SARS-CoV-2, taken no more than 72 hours ago,

the operator is ordered, with respect to a participant who must fulfil the conditions pursuant to letter a) point ii), to control the fulfilment of these conditions by participants when they enter the indoor premises, and the participant is ordered to demonstrate the fulfilment of these conditions;if the participant does not demonstrate the fulfilment of the conditions pursuant to letter a) point ii), the operator is obliged to not allow such a participant to enter the indoor premises,

17. the access of persons to certain indoor and outdoor premises and attendance of persons at mass events and other activities, if required by this crisis measure, in that the persons must meet the following conditions:

the person has taken an RT-PCR test for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus antigen with a negative result no more than 72 hours ago, if this is

a person under 18 years of age, or
persons who cannot be vaccinated against COVID-19 due to contra-indications; the fact that they cannot be vaccinated against COVID-19 due to contra-indications must be demonstrated by means of a record in the Information System of Infectious Diseases (ISIN) containing express information that the person cannot be vaccinated against COVID-19 for health reasons, or a medical report containing explicit information about the fact that the person cannot be vaccinated against COVID-19 for medical reasons, and that this fact is listed in the Information System of Infectious Diseases (ISIN), or
a person vaccinated against COVID-19, if

a period of 14 days has not passed since the application of the first dose of the vaccine in the case of a one-dose scheme based on the summary of product 10 characteristics (hereinafter the “SPC”) as at the date of demonstrating this fact for the purposes of this crisis measure, or
in the case of a two-dose scheme based on the SPC, they have not yet received the second dose of the vaccine and the maximum period stipulated for application of the second dose of the vaccine based on the SPC has not yet passed as at the date of demonstrating this fact for the purposes of this crisis measure, or
a period of 14 days has not passed since the application of the second dose of the vaccine in the case of a two-dose scheme based on the SPC as at the date of demonstrating this fact for the purposes of this crisis measure; or

the person has been vaccinated against COVID-19 and submits a national certificate of completed vaccination or a certificate of completed vaccination issued pursuant to the European Union regulation on the EU COVID5 ) digital certificate, under the condition that at least 14 days have passed since the completion of the vaccination program; a national certificate of completed vaccination refers to a written confirmation issued at least in the English language by the authorized entity operating in the third country, a specimen of which is published in the list of recognized national certificates on the website of the Ministry of Health; the written confirmation must contain data about the vaccinated person, administered type of vaccine, date of administration of the vaccine, identification of the entity that issued the confirmation of that vaccination, whereas these data must be verifiable via remote access directly from the written confirmation, assuming the vaccination was performed using

a medicinal product containing a COVID-19 vaccine granted market authorisation under Regulation (EC) No. 726/2004, or
a medicinal product manufactured in accordance with a patent for the medicinal product pursuant to point i), if this medicinal product has been approved by the World Health Organization for emergency use; or

the person has undergone a laboratory-confirmed case of COVID-19, where the period of ordered isolation has ended, and no more than 180 days have passed since the first positive RT-PCR test for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus or rapid antigen test (RAT) for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 antigen.

Vaccination campaign action plan

The Government

I. acknowledges the information from the Minister of Health on the Methodical Instruction for the Vaccination Campaign Action plan (hereinafter the “Methodical Instruction”) contained in part III of material Ref. No. 37/21;

II. issues preliminary consent to the Ministry of Health’s intention to issue:

1. an extraordinary measure which, effective from 14 January 2021, orders all healthcare service providers that have been supplied with a medicinal product containing a vaccination substance against COVID-19, procured using government budget funds based on Commission Decision C(2020) 4192, to perform the vaccination of persons participating in the public health insurance system in the Czech Republic or persons who are entitled to the provision of healthcare services in the Czech Republic, as though they were participants in the public health insurance system in the Czech Republic, in accordance with the Methodical Instruction and related activities, set forth in Annex No. 1 to this resolution,

2. an extraordinary measure which, effective from 12:00 a.m. of 14 January 2021, orders all healthcare service providers that have established a distribution vaccination center, large-capacity vaccination center or vaccination center in compliance with the Methodical Instruction, upon any reception or dispensing of the vaccine against COVID-19, even to another healthcare service provider, to submit to the National Vaccination Dispatching on an ongoing basis via the defined electronic reporting system of the Covid Forms App web application and related activities, set forth in Annex No. 2 to this resolution;

III. orders the Ministry of Health to evaluate the application practice of the Methodical Instruction after 14 days and to potentially amend the Methodical Instruction based on this evaluation and inform the government of this fact immediately.

Persons indicated for vaccination

The Ministry of Health, as the competent administrative authority, pursuant to Section 80(1)(g) of Act No. 258/2000 Coll., on Public Health Protection and amending certain related acts, as amended (hereinafter referred to as “Act No. 258/2000 Coll.”), orders this Extraordinary Measure, proceeding pursuant to Section 69(1)(i) and (2) of Act No. 258/2000 Coll., to protect the population and prevent the occurrence and spread of COVID-19 caused by the novel SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus:

Effective from 14 January 2021, all healthcare service providers that have been supplied with a medicinal product containing the vaccination substance against COVID-19, procured using government budget funds based on Commission Decision (2020) 4192 of 18 June 2020 approving the agreement with Member States on procuring COVID-19 vaccines on behalf of the Member States and related procedures (hereinafter the “provider”), are ordered to perform the vaccination of persons participating in the public health insurance system in the Czech Republic or persons who are entitled to the provision of healthcare services in the Czech Republic, as though they were participants in the public health insurance system in the Czech Republic, in accordance with the Methodical Instruction for the Vaccination Campaign of the Ministry of Health (hereinafter the “person indicated for vaccination”).

II.

The administration of the medicinal product pursuant to Art. I shall be ensured by the provider to each of the persons indicated for vaccination, regardless of the existence of a contractual relationship between the provider and the health insurance company with which this person is insured.

III.

Effective from 14 January 2021, health insurance companies are ordered to ensure the compensation of vaccines to the provider who vaccinated their insurance holder in compliance with the Methodical Instruction for the Vaccination Campaign of the Ministry of Health, regardless of the existence of a contractual relationship between the provider and the health insurance company with which this insurance holder is insured, in the amount of the compensation paid to contractual providers.

IV.

Effective from 14 January 2021, all providers are ordered to report electronic data about each performed vaccination without undue delay into the Information System of Infectious Diseases (ISIN), COVID-19 Patient module, at the latest by the end of the day on which vaccination was performed. The report will be made upon logging into the website of the EREG department health registries at https://ereq.ksrzis.cz/.

Effective from 14 January 2021, all providers who have completed vaccination against COVID-19 pursuant to the relevant vaccination scheme are ordered, immediately upon the completion of this vaccination, to issue and hand over to the vaccinated person a certificate in the environment of the Information System of Infectious Diseases (ISIN), COVID-19 Patient module, bearing the signature of the issuer and stamp of the provider.

VI.

Effective from 12:00 a.m. on 14 January 2021, the Extraordinary Measure of the Ministry of Health of 21 December 2020, Ref. No. MZDR 60876/2020-1/MIN/KAN, is repealed.

VII.

This extraordinary measure comes into force on the date it is issued and expires on the date it is repealed.

National vaccination dispatching

The Ministry of Health, as the competent administrative authority, pursuant to Section 80(1)(g) of Act No. 258/2000 Coll., on Public Health Protection and amendments to certain related acts, as amended (hereinafter referred to as “Act No. 258/2000 Coll.”), orders this Extraordinary Measure, proceeding pursuant to Section 69(1)(i) and (2) of Act No. 258/2000 Coll., in order to protect the population and prevent the spread of COVID-19 disease caused by the new SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus:

Effective from 12:00 a.m. of 14 January 2021, all healthcare service providers which have established a distribution vaccination center, large-capacity vaccination center or vaccination center in compliance with the Methodical Instruction for the Vaccination Campaign (Action Plan) (hereinafter the “provider”) are ordered upon any reception or dispensing of the vaccine against COVID-19, even to another healthcare services provider, to submit to the National Vaccination Dispatching on an ongoing basis, according to the defined electronic reporting system via the Covid Forms App web application (https://cfa.uzis.cz) and its “Material logistics” module, information about the number of vials:

of dispensed vaccine,
of vaccine received to its warehouse for further distribution to another healthcare service provider,
vaccine received for consumption at its own distribution vaccination center, large-capacity vaccination center or vaccination center.

II.

Effective from 12:00 a.m. of 14 January 2021, all providers are ordered upon any change in the quantity of material related to vaccination against COVID-19, to submit to the National Vaccination Dispatching on an ongoing basis, according to the defined electronic reporting system via the Covid Forms App web application (https://cfa.uzis.cz) and its “Material logistics” module, information about the number current quantity of material in stock, namely:

number of vials of vaccine,
number of needles,
number of syringes,
volume of physiological solution (10 ml/more).

III.

Effective from 12:00 a.m. of 14 January 2021, all providers are ordered to submit to the National Vaccination Dispatching, at least once per day on an ongoing basis, according to the defined electronic reporting system via the Covid Forms App web application ( https://cfa.uzis.cz), the information defined in the application Covid Forms App and its “Vaccination center” module and the “Record - Vaccination center” item.

IV.

Effective from 12:00 a.m. of 14 January 2021, all providers are ordered immediately to update the data defined in the Covid Form Apps application (https://cfa.uzis.cz) and its “Vaccination center” module and “Vaccination centers” item.

Effective from 12:00 a.m. of 14 January 2021, all providers except for providers in the field of general medicine are ordered to use the Central Reservation System as the electronic tool for the national management of vaccination against COVID-19 to book individuals interested in vaccination.

VI.

Effective from 12:00 a.m. of 14 January 2021, all providers are ordered to proceed according to the Vaccination Plan issued by the Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic for vaccination against COVID-19.

VII.

This extraordinary measure comes into force on the date it is issued and expires on the date it is repealed.

Testing of employees

The Ministry of Health, as the competent administrative authority, pursuant to Section 80(1)(g) of Act No. 258/2000 Coll., on Public Health Protection and on the amendment of certain related acts, as amended, and Section 2(1) of Act No. 94/2021 Coll., on Extraordinary Measures during the COVID-19 Disease Epidemic and on the amendment of certain related acts, orders this Extraordinary Measure, proceeding pursuant to Section 69(1)(i) and (2) of Act No. 258/2000 Coll., and pursuant to Section 2(2)(b) of Act No. 94/2021 Coll., in order to protect the population against the further spread of the COVID-19 disease caused by the novel SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus:

1. All employers in the Czech Republic are ordered to ensure the regular testing of all their employees, unless stipulated otherwise under point 2, to determine the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus antigen, performed on the workplace using a rapid antigen test (RAT) designated for self-testing (use by non-professionals) or performed using a rapid antigen test (RAT) performed by a healthcare service provider, at a frequency of once per week.

2. All employees are ordered, at the request of the employer, to take a rapid antigen test to determine the presence of SARS-CoV-2 virus antigen at the stipulated frequency, unless stipulated otherwise in Art. IV or unless it is an employee who does not encounter third persons in their workplace given the nature of the work, except for persons living in the same household. If an employee is not present at the employer’s workplace on the date of testing, the preventive testing of this employee will be performed on the date he/she comes to the workplace.

3. If the employee refuses to take a test pursuant to point 2, the employer is ordered to report this fact without undue delay to the locally competent public health protection authority. An employee who refuses to take the test under point 2 is ordered to wear protective respiratory equipment, that being a respirator or similar device (always without an exhalation valve) meeting minimally all the technical conditions and requirements (for the product), including a filtration efficacy of at least 94% pursuant to the relevant standards, for the entirety of their presence in the workplace, to maintain a distance of at least 1.5 m from other persons and to eat separately from other persons; they are not obliged to wear protective respiratory equipment while they eat. The employer is obliged to ensure the restriction of encounters between this employee and other persons to the necessary degree by means of an organizational measure.

4. Employers are obliged to ensure the fulfilment of the obligations pursuant to this article for Pg. 2 of 16 the first time at the latest by 29 November 2021.

II. In this extraordinary measure

employer also means

an employer specified in Section 303(1) of the Labour Code, another organisation unit of the state or local government unit,
civil service office in the case of state employees,
security corps in the case of members of the security corps, and
the Army of the Czech Republic, Military Office of the President of the Republic, the Castle Guard or Ministry of Justice in the case of professional soldiers,

b) employee also means

a state employee,
a member of the security corps,
a professional soldier,
a judge,
a state prosecutor,
a temporary allocated labor agency employee and
a person training to perform an occupation or performing work experience and
a volunteer,

employer’s workplace refers to the space designated to perform work or service tasks, except for remote work (home office).

III.

1. All self-employed persons performing their primary self-employment in the Czech Republic are obliged to take a rapid antigen test (RAT) to determine the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus antigen, designated for self-testing (use by non-professionals), once per week unless stipulated otherwise in Art. IV.

2. The persons under point 1 must fulfil the obligation pursuant to point 1 for the first time at the latest by 29 November 2021.

3. Independently gainful persons who do not meet with third persons at their workplace or place of work performance, except for persons living in the same household, are not obliged to take the tests pursuant to point 1.”

IV.

1. The obligation under Art. I and III does not apply to persons who

are vaccinated against COVID-19 and at least 14 days have passed since completion of the vaccination scheme based on the summary of product characteristics,
they have undergone a laboratory-confirmed case of COVID-19, where the period of ordered isolation has ended, and no more than 180 days have passed since the first positive RT-PCR test for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus or rapid antigen test (RAT) for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 antigen,
they have taken an RT-PCR test for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus with a negative result in the past 7 days, or
have taken a rapid antigen test (RAT) for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus antigen with a negative result, carried out by a healthcare professional, in the past 7 days.

2. The employee is obliged to demonstrate the fact under point 1 to the employer, specifically

the fact under point 1(a) by means of a national certificate of completed vaccination or a certificate of completed vaccination issued pursuant to the European Union regulation on the EU COVIDI digital certificate; a national certificate of completed vaccination refers to a written confirmation issued at least in the English language by the authorized party operating in the third country, a specimen of which is published in the list of recognized national certificates on the website of the Ministry of Health; the written confirmation must contain data about the vaccinated person, administered type of vaccine, date of administration of the vaccine, identification of the party that issued the confirmation of that vaccination, whereas these data must be verifiable via remote access directly from the written confirmation, assuming vaccination was performed using

a medicinal product containing a COVID-19 vaccine granted market authorisation under Regulation (EC) No. 726/2004, or
a medicinal product manufactured in accordance with a patent for the medicinal product pursuant to point i), if this medicinal product has been approved by the World Health Organization for emergency use;

the facts under point 1(b) through (d) by means of a record in the Information System of Infectious Diseases or confirmation issued by a healthcare services provider.

Employers who arrange testing for their employees pursuant to Art. I and self-employed persons who test pursuant to Art. III are ordered to keep records of performed tests for inspection purposes, in the scope of the date of testing and the names of the persons who took a test on the given date.

VI.

1. Employees who themselves performed a test or who were tested pursuant to Art. I are ordered, if the result of the test is positive, to immediately inform their employer about their planned absence from the workplace due to suspected positivity for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, to leave the workplace, and if the test was not performed by a healthcare service provider, to notify the employer’s occupational healthcare provider of the result of the test without delay, if the employer has so determined, otherwise to notify their registering provider of healthcare services in the field of general practical medicine or, where applicable, the field of pediatric practical medicine. If the employee is unable to notify the provider of healthcare services in accordance with the first sentence, he/she is obliged to contact another provider of healthcare services or public health protection authority which holds jurisdiction over his/her place of work in order for determination of further procedures to be followed. The period from determining the positive test result performed pursuant to Art. I until receiving the result of the confirmatory test under Art. VII, during which they do not go to work, is an obstacle to work on the part of the employer pursuant to Section 208 of the Labor Code, specifically for the period for which it is not a different important obstacle to work pursuant to Gov. Reg. No. 590/2006 Coll., which stipulates the range and scope of other important personal obstacles to work.

2. Independently gainful persons who themselves performed a test or were tested by a non-professional pursuant to Art. III are ordered, if the result of the test is positive, to leave the workplace and to notify their registering provider of healthcare services in the field of general practical medicine or, where applicable, the field of pediatric practical medicine. If the independently gainful person is unable to notify the provider of healthcare services in accordance with the first sentence, he/she is obliged to contact another provider of healthcare services or the public health protection authority which holds jurisdiction over his/her place of work in order for determination of further procedures to be followed.

VII.

The healthcare service provider or public health protection authority that was notified about the positive result of a test pursuant to Art. VI is obliged to issue an order form to the person specified in Art. VI without delay for performance of an RT-PCR test confirmation test to examine him/her for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. In the electronic application module of the Information System of Infection Diseases (ISIN), the healthcare service provider or public health protection authority is obliged to indicate that it is a confirmation RT-PCR test for self-testing and specify the employer identification number of this entity.

VIII. The person for whom the order form for the confirmation test pursuant to Art. VII was issued is obliged to undergo this testing without undue delay.

IX. If the Ministry of Health issues an extraordinary measure which imposes similar obligations as those under Art. I on the designated employers and their employees, but with different rules, then this extraordinary measure shall not apply to such employers and employees in the scope of these obligations.

X. Effectiveness This Extraordinary Measure shall take effect on 22 November 2021

Testing of patients in healthcare and social services

The Ministry of Health, as the competent administrative authority, pursuant to Section 80(1)(g) of Act No. 258/2000 Coll., on Public Health Protection and amendments to certain related acts, as amended (hereinafter referred to as “Act No. 258/2000 Coll.”), orders this Extraordinary Measure, proceeding pursuant to Section 69(1)(i) and (2) of Act No. 258/2000 Coll., in order to protect the population from the further spread of the COVID-19 disease caused by the new SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus:

1. Within 7 days from the effective date of this measure, and subsequently at intervals of at least once every 7 days, all social service providers providing long-term inpatient care and all social service providers at homes for persons with medical impairments, seniors’ homes, homes with special regimes, social service providers at weekly residences and social service providers providing residential respite care, are ordered to conduct preventive tests to stipulate the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus antigen using rapid antigen screening tests (RAT), performed by an employee who is a healthcare professional, or by a healthcare service provider with which it has concluded an agreement on the provision of healthcare services, among all the patients to whom the facility provides long-term inpatient care, or users of social services.

2. The test is not performed among persons who

have taken an RT-PCR test to determine the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus with a negative result no more than 72 hours before the time of regular preventive testing pursuant to point 1, or
have been vaccinated against COVID-19 and submit a national certificate of completed vaccination or a certificate of completed vaccination issued pursuant to the European Union regulation on the EU COVID digital certificate EU COVIDI , under the condition that at least 14 days have passed since the completion of the vaccination program; a national certificate of completed vaccination refers to a written confirmation issued at least in the English language by the authorized entity operating in the third country, a specimen of which is published in the list of recognized national certificates on the website of the Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic; the written confirmation must contain data about the vaccinated person, administered type of vaccine, date of administration of the vaccine and identification of the entity that issued the confirmation of that vaccination, whereas these data must be verifiable via remote access directly from the written confirmation, assuming vaccination was performed using a

medicinal product containing a COVID-19 vaccine granted market authorisation under Regulation (EC) No. 726/2004, or
medicinal product manufactured in accordance with a patent for the medicinal product pursuant to point i), if this medicinal product has been approved by the World Health Organization for emergency use; or

have undergone a laboratory-confirmed case of COVID-19, where the period of isolation in accordance with a valid extraordinary measure of the Ministry of Health has ended, and no more than 180 days have passed since the first positive RT-PCR test for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 or rapid antigen test (RAT) for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 antigen, or
are in terminal stages of an illness.

II. All patients or users of social services of the providers specified in point I.1, who are not persons under point I.2, are ordered to undergo the tests pursuant to point I.1.

III. All providers specified in point I are ordered to proceed as follows. If the result of the preventive rapid antigen test (RAT) performed pursuant to point I is

positive for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus antigen and the person has clinical symptoms of COVID-19, the person is considered to be suffering from COVID 19, and the provider shall isolate this person,
positive for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus antigen and the person does not have clinical symptoms of COVID-19, the provider shall isolate the person until determining the result of the confirmation test to stipulate the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus using the RT-PCR method.

IV. This Extraordinary Measure takes effect on 1 September 2021.

Testing of employees in healthcare and social services

The Ministry of Health, as the competent administrative authority, pursuant to Section 80(1)(g) of Act No. 258/2000 Coll., on Public Health Protection and on the amendment of certain related acts, as amended, and Section 2(1) of Act No. 94/2021 Coll., on Extraordinary Measures during the COVID-19 Disease Epidemic and on the amendment of certain related acts, orders this Extraordinary Measure, proceeding pursuant to Section 69(1)(i) and (2) of Act No. 258/2000 Coll., and pursuant to Section 2(2)(m) of Act No. 94/2021 Coll., in order to protect the population against the further spread of the COVID-19 disease caused by the novel SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus:

Effective from 9 March 2021, with amendment effective from 13 September 2021, and at intervals of at least once every 5 days, all healthcare service providers providing long-term inpatient care or home care and all social service providers at homes for persons with medical impairments, seniors’ homes and homes with special regimes, social service providers providing residential respite care, social services providers at weekly residences or protected residences and social services providers providing personal assistance and nursing service providers, are ordered to conduct preventive tests to stipulate the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus antigen using POC antigen screening tests, performed by an employee who is a healthcare professional, or by a healthcare service provider with which it has concluded an agreement on the provision of healthcare services, or by another healthcare service provider with which it concludes an agreement on the provision of healthcare services for the purpose of performing antigen tests, among all of their employees who come into direct contact with patients or users of social services;employees for the purposes of this measure also refer to persons who perform activities in favor of the provider based on a relationship other than a concluded employment relationship, including volunteers. The test is not performed:

for persons that have undergone a laboratory-confirmed instance of COVID-19 where the period of isolation in accordance with a valid extraordinary measure of the Ministry of Health has ended, that are not showing any COVID-19 symptoms, and after the first positive RT-PCR test for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 or POC antigen test for the presence of a SARS-CoV-2 antigen no more than 90 days have passed. Such facts will be proved with a medical report.
for persons that have a certificate of the Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic on vaccination against COVID-19, and at least 14 days have passed since the application of the second dose of a vaccine in the case of a two-dose scheme in accordance with the summary of product characteristics (hereinafter “SPC”) or at least 14 days have passed since the application of the first dose of a vaccine in the case of a single-dose scheme in accordance with the SPC, and the vaccinated person is not showing any COVID-19 symptoms,
persons who have taken a RT-PCR test with a negative result in the past 5 days before a regular examination,
persons who have taken a preventive test to stipulate the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus antigen on the employer’s workplace in the past 5 days, using a test provided by the employer which can be used by a lay person, and the result of which is negative.

Among employees who are not present on the workplace at the time of performing regular testing, the test will be carried out on the day when they return to work, before commencing activity.

II.

Effective from 9 March 2021, the healthcare service providers with which the provider under point I has concluded one of the specified agreements on the provision of healthcare services are ordered to perform, at the request of such a provider, preventive tests to stipulate the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus antigen using POC antigen screening tests among its employees pursuant to point I.

IIa.

This measure applies likewise to healthcare service providers providing inpatient after-care and their employees, whereas these persons are ordered to perform a first preventive test to stipulate the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus antigen using rapid antigen tests (RAT) at the latest by 20 September 2021 and subsequently at a frequency of once every 7 days”.

III.

Effective from 9 March 2021, all the employees specified in point I are ordered to undergo an examination pursuant to point I, and if the result of the preventive POC antigen test performed pursuant to point I is

positive for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus antigen and the employee has clinical symptoms of COVID-19, they are considered to be a person with ongoing COVID 19, and must immediately interrupt their work performance, report this fact to the employer, leave the workplace and contact a healthcare service provider in general medicine to determine the further procedure,
positive for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus antigen and the employee does not have clinical symptoms of COVID-19, then until determining the result of a confirmation test to stipulate the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus using the RT-PCR method, they must immediately interrupt their work performance, report this fact to the employer, leave the workplace and contact a healthcare service provider in general medicine to determine the further procedure,
negative for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus antigen and the employee has clinical symptoms of COVID-19, then until determining the result of a confirmation test to stipulate the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus using the RT-PCR method, they must immediately interrupt their work performance, report this fact to the employer, leave the workplace and contact a healthcare service provider in general medicine to determine the further procedure.

IIIa.

This measure applies likewise to healthcare service providers providing inpatient after-care and their patients, whereas these providers are ordered to perform a first preventive test to stipulate the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus antigen using rapid antigen tests (RAT) at the latest by 20 September 2021 and subsequently at a frequency of once every 7 days”.

IV.

Effective from 9 March 2021, all healthcare service providers in the field of general medicine are ordered to impose:

isolation on a tested person who tested positive in a POC antigen test for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, who also has clinical symptoms of the COVID-19 disease; the Extraordinary Measure of the Ministry of Health concerning the ordering of isolation in the case of a positive RT-PCR test result for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus shall apply as appropriate for ordering and terminating isolation;
on a tested person who does not have clinical symptoms of the COVID-19 disease, but who tested positive in a POC antigen test for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus antigen, or tested negative for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus antigen based on such a test but has clinical symptoms of COVID-19, to take a confirmation test to stipulate the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus using the RT-PCR method; if the result of the RT-PCR test is positive, to impose isolation via the procedure pursuant to the Extraordinary Measure of the Ministry of Health concerning the ordering of isolation in the case of a positive RT-PCR test result for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

Effective from 9 March 2021, all healthcare and social service providers who perform preventive examinations to determine the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus antigen using POC antigen tests pursuant to point I are ordered to report, electronically and without undue delay, information about every result of the POC antigen tests to determine the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus antigen performed among the employees specified in point I into the Information System of Infectious Diseases (ISIN).

VI.

Effective from 9 March 2021, the providers specified in point I are ordered to ensure that the employees specified in point I use protective respiratory equipment allocated by the employer, minimally a FFP2 or KN95 class respirator with an exhalation valve, whenever coming into contact with patients or users of social services.

VII.

Effective from 9 March 2021, the Extraordinary Measure of 20 November 2020, Ref. No. MZDR 47828/2020-7/MIN/KAN, the Extraordinary Measure of 20 November 2020, Ref. No. MZDR 47828-8/MIN/KAN and the Extraordinary Measure of 14 February 2021, Ref. No. MZDR 47828/2020- 13/MIN/KAN, are repealed.

VIII.

This Extraordinary Measure takes effect on the date it is issued.

Self testing of employees

The Ministry of Health, as the competent administrative authority, pursuant to Section 80(1)(g) of Act No. 258/2000 Coll., on Public Health Protection and amendments to certain related acts, as amended (hereinafter referred to as “Act No. 258/2000 Coll.”), orders this Extraordinary Measure, proceeding pursuant to Section 69(1)(i) and (2) of Act No. 258/2000 Coll., in order to protect the population from the further spreading of the COVID-19 disease caused by the new SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus:

Effective from 9 March 2021, employees who themselves performed a test for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus antigen using a test provided by the employer or who were tested by a non-professional, are ordered, if the result of the test is positive, to immediately inform their employer about their planned absence from the workplace due to suspected positivity for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 virus, to leave the workplace and return to their current residence address and to notify the employer’s occupational healthcare provider of the result of the test without delay, if the employer has so determined, otherwise to notify their registering provider of healthcare services in the field of general practical medicine or, where applicable, the field of paediatric practical medicine. If the employee is unable to notify the provider of healthcare services in accordance with the first sentence, he/she is obliged to contact another provider of healthcare services or public health protection authority which holds jurisdiction over his/her place of work in order for determination of further procedures to be followed.

II.

Effective from 9 March 2021, employers who ensure tests to determine the presence of the SARS CoV-2 virus antigen for their employees, which can be used by a lay person, are ordered to keep records of the tests performed among the employees.

III.

The healthcare service provider or public health protection authority that was notified about the positive result of a test pursuant to Art. I is obliged to issue an order form to the person specified in Art. I without delay for performance of an RT-PCR test confirmation test to examine him/her for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. In the electronic application module of the Information System of Infection Diseases (ISIN), the healthcare service provider or public health protection authority is obliged to indicate that it is a confirmation RT-PCR test for self-testing and specify the employer identification number of this entity.

IV.

The person for whom the order form for the confirmation test pursuant to Art. II was issued is obliged to undergo this testing without undue delay.

Effective from 9 March 2021, the Extraordinary Measure of 1 March 2021, Ref. No. MZDR 47828/2020-15/MIN/KAN, is repealed.

VI.

This Extraordinary Measure takes effect on the date it is issued.

Testing of people

The Ministry of Health, as the competent administrative authority pursuant to Section 80(1)(g) of Act No. 258/2000 Coll., on Public Health Protection and amendments to Certain Related Acts, as amended (hereinafter referred to as “Act No. 258/2000 Coll.”), orders this Extraordinary Measure, proceeding pursuant to Section 69(1)(i) and (2) of Act No. 258/2000 Coll., to protect the population and prevent the occurrence and spread of COVID-19 caused by the novel SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus:

Effective from 12:00 a.m. of 22 November 2021, all healthcare service providers that perform examinations to stipulate the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus using RT-PCR tests are ordered to perform examinations to stipulate the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus using RT-PCR tests on the persons specified in Art. II, who participate in the public health insurance system in the Czech Republic, if they request the performance of an antigen test and present their insurance ID card or substitute document, specifically in the case of the persons set forth in Art. II(a) through (c), no more than five times per calendar month, and in the case of the persons specified in Art. II(d) no more than twice per month.

II.

The persons for whom an examination pursuant to Art. I is performed at their request are:

persons under 18 years of age,
persons who cannot be vaccinated against COVID-19 due to contra-indications; they are obliged to demonstrate this fact to the healthcare service provider performing the examination by means of a record in the Information System of Infectious Diseases (ISIN) containing express information that the person cannot be vaccinated against COVID-19 for health reasons, or a medical report containing explicit information about the fact that the person cannot be vaccinated against COVID-19 for medical reasons, and that this fact is listed in the Information System of Infectious Diseases (ISIN),
persons vaccinated against COVID-19, if

a period of 14 days has not passed since application of the first dose of the vaccine in the case of a one-dose scheme based on the summary of product characteristics (hereinafter the “SPC”) as at the date of the request to perform the test, or in the case of a two-dose scheme pursuant to the SPC, they have not yet been given the second dose of the vaccine and the maximum period stipulated for application of the second dose of the vaccine pursuant to the SPC has not passed as at the date of the request to perform the test, or
a period of 14 days has not passed since application of the second dose of the vaccine in the case of a two-dose scheme based on SPC as at the date of the request to perform the test; they are obliged to demonstrate this fact to the healthcare service provider performing the test,

persons vaccinated against COVID-19 who submit a national certificate of performed vaccination or a certificate of performed vaccination issued pursuant to the European Union regulation on the EU COVID digital certificate, under the condition that at least 14 days have passed since the completion of the vaccination program; a national certificate of completed vaccination refers to a written confirmation issued at least in the English language by the authorized entity operating in a third country, a specimen of which is published in the list of recognized national certificates on the website of the Ministry of Health; the written confirmation must contain data about the vaccinated person, administered type of vaccine, date of administration of the vaccine, identification of the entity that issued the confirmation of that vaccination, whereas these data must be verifiable via remote access directly from the written confirmation, assuming the vaccination was performed using

a medicinal product containing a COVID-19 vaccine granted market authorization under Regulation (EC) No. 726/2004, or
a medicinal product manufactured in accordance with a patent for the medicinal product pursuant to point i), if this medicinal product has been approved by the World Health Organization for emergency use.

III.

For the purposes of Act No. 48/1997 Coll., on Public Health Insurance and on the amendment and supplementation of certain related laws, as amended, this measure is considered to be a measure against infectious disease pursuant to Section 30(1) of the same act.

IV.

Effective from 12:00 a.m. of 22 November 2021, this Extraordinary Measure repeals the Extraordinary Measure of the Ministry of Health of 22 October 2021, Ref. No. MZDR 47828/2020- 30/MIN/KAN.

Testing of patients in healthcare and social services

The Ministry of Health, as the competent administrative authority, pursuant to Section 80(1)(g) of Act No. 258/2000 Coll., on Public Health Protection and the amendment to certain related acts, as amended (hereinafter referred to as “Act No. 258/2000 Coll.”), orders this Extraordinary Measure, proceeding pursuant to Section 69(1)(i) and (2) of Act No. 258/2000 Coll., in order to protect the population and prevent the occurrence and spread of the COVID-19 disease caused by the new SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus:

Effective from 9 November 2021, and at intervals of at least once every 5 days, all healthcare service providers providing long-term inpatient care and all social service providers at homes for persons with medical impairments, seniors’ homes and homes with special regimes, and social service providers providing residential respite care, are ordered to conduct preventive tests to stipulate the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus antigen using POC antigen screening tests, performed by an employee who is a healthcare professional, or by a healthcare service provider with which it has concluded an agreement on the provision of healthcare services, among all the patients to whom the facility provides long-term inpatient care, or users of social services. The test is not performed:

for persons who have undergone a laboratory-confirmed instance of COVID-19, where the period of isolation in accordance with the valid Extraordinary Measure of the Ministry of Health has ended, that are not showing any COVID-19 symptoms, and no more than 90 days have passed since the first positive RT-PCR test for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 or POC antigen test for the presence of a SARS-CoV-2 antigen; these facts are proven by a medical report,
for persons that have a certificate of the Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic on vaccination against COVID-19, and at least 14 days have passed since the application of the second dose of a vaccine in the case of a two-dose scheme in accordance with the summary of product characteristics (hereinafter “SPC”) or at least 14 days have passed since the application of the first dose of a vaccine in the case of a single-dose scheme in accordance with the SPC, and the vaccinated person is not showing any COVID-19 symptoms,
persons who have taken a RT-PCR test with a negative result in the past 5 days before a regular examination,
persons under 18 years of age,
persons in terminal stages of illness.

II.

All patients or users of social services of the providers specified in point I are ordered, effective from 9 March 2021, to undergo the examinations pursuant to point I.

III.

All providers specified in point I are ordered, effective from 9 March 2021, to proceed as follows. If the result of the preventive POC antigen test performed pursuant to point I is

positive for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus antigen and the person has clinical symptoms of COVID-19, the person is considered to be suffering from COVID 19, and the provider shall proceed pursuant to point IV and shall isolate this person,
positive for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus antigen and the person does not have clinical symptoms of COVID-19, the provider shall proceed pursuant to point V and shall isolate the person until determining the result of the confirmation test to stipulate the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus using the RT-PCR method,
negative for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus antigen and the person has clinical symptoms of COVID-19, the provider shall proceed pursuant to point V and shall isolate the person until determining the result of the confirmation test to stipulate the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus using the RT-PCR method.

IV.

Effective from 9 March 2021, all the providers listed in point I are ordered to report immediately to the locally competent public health protection authority the fact that their patient or social service user with clinical symptoms of COVID-19 has tested positive in the POC antigen test for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 virus antigen, and the locally competent public health protection authority is ordered to impose isolation on this person; the Extraordinary Measure of the Ministry of Health regarding the imposition of isolation in the case of a positive RT-PCR test result for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 shall apply as appropriate to the imposition and termination of isolation.

Effective from 9 November 2021, all the providers listed in point I are ordered to report immediately to the locally competent public health protection authority the fact that its patient or social service user without clinical symptoms of COVID-19 has tested positive in the POC antigen test for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 virus antigen, or was negatively tested for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 virus antigen using this test, but has clinical symptoms of COVID-19, and the locally competent public health protection authority is ordered to impose the taking of a confirmation test to determine the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus using the RT-PCR method on this patient or social service user. If the result of the RT-PCR test is positive, the locally competent public health protection authority is ordered to impose isolation on this person pursuant to the Extraordinary Measure of the Ministry of Health regulating the imposition of isolation in the case of a positive RT-PCR test result for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

VI.

Effective from 9 March 2021, all healthcare and social service providers who perform preventive examinations to determine the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus antigen using POC antigen tests pursuant to point I are ordered to report, electronically and without undue delay, information about every result of POC antigen tests to determine the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus antigen performed among patients or social service users pursuant to point I into the Information System of Infectious Diseases (ISIN).

VII.

Effective from 9 March 2021, the Extraordinary Measure of 20 November 2020, Ref. No. MZDR 47828/2020-6/MIN/KAN is repealed.

VIII.

This Extraordinary Measure takes effect on the date it is issued.

Testing of employees in healthcare and social services

The Ministry of Health, as the competent administrative authority, pursuant to Section 80(1)(g) of Act No. 258/2000 Coll., on Public Health Protection and on the amendment of certain related acts, as amended, and Section 2(1) of Act No. 94/2021 Coll., on Extraordinary Measures during the COVID-19 Disease Epidemic and on the amendment of certain related acts, orders this Extraordinary Measure, proceeding pursuant to Section 69(1)(i) and (2) of Act No. 258/2000 Coll., and pursuant to Section 2(2)(m) of Act No. 94/2021 Coll., in order to protect the population against the further spread of the COVID-19 disease caused by the novel SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus:

Effective from 9 November 2021, and at intervals of at least once every 5 days, all healthcare service providers providing long-term inpatient care or home care and all social service providers at homes for persons with medical impairments, seniors’ homes and homes with special regimes, social service providers providing residential respite care, social services providers at weekly residences or protected residences and social services providers providing personal assistance and nursing service providers, are ordered to conduct preventive tests to stipulate the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus antigen using POC antigen screening tests, performed by an employee who is a healthcare professional, or by a healthcare service provider with which it has concluded an agreement on the provision of healthcare services, or by another healthcare service provider with which it concludes an agreement on the provision of healthcare services for the purpose of performing antigen tests, among all of their employees who come into direct contact with patients or users of social services;employees for the purposes of this measure also refer to persons who perform activities in favor of the provider based on a relationship other than a concluded employment relationship, including volunteers. The test is not performed:

for persons that have undergone a laboratory-confirmed instance of COVID-19 where the period of isolation in accordance with a valid extraordinary measure of the Ministry of Health has ended, that are not showing any COVID-19 symptoms, and after the first positive RT-PCR test for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 or POC antigen test for the presence of a SARS-CoV-2 antigen no more than 90 days have passed. Such facts will be proved with a medical report.
for persons that have a certificate of the Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic on vaccination against COVID-19, and at least 14 days have passed since the application of the second dose of a vaccine in the case of a two-dose scheme in accordance with the summary of product characteristics (hereinafter “SPC”) or at least 14 days have passed since the application of the first dose of a vaccine in the case of a single-dose scheme in accordance with the SPC, and the vaccinated person is not showing any COVID-19 symptoms,
persons who have taken a RT-PCR test with a negative result in the past 5 days before a regular examination,
persons who have taken a preventive test to stipulate the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus antigen on the employer’s workplace in the past 5 days, using a test provided by the employer which can be used by a lay person, and the result of which is negative.

Among employees who are not present on the workplace at the time of performing regular testing, the test will be carried out on the day when they return to work, before commencing activity.

II.

III.

positive for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus antigen and the employee has clinical symptoms of COVID-19, they are considered to be a person with ongoing COVID 19, and must immediately interrupt their work performance, report this fact to the employer, leave the workplace and contact a healthcare service provider in general medicine to determine the further procedure,
positive for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus antigen and the employee does not have clinical symptoms of COVID-19, then until determining the result of a confirmation test to stipulate the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus using the RT-PCR method, they must immediately interrupt their work performance, report this fact to the employer, leave the workplace and contact a healthcare service provider in general medicine to determine the further procedure,
negative for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus antigen and the employee has clinical symptoms of COVID-19, then until determining the result of a confirmation test to stipulate the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus using the RT-PCR method, they must immediately interrupt their work performance, report this fact to the employer, leave the workplace and contact a healthcare service provider in general medicine to determine the further procedure.

IV.

Effective from 9 March 2021, all healthcare service providers in the field of general medicine are ordered to impose:

isolation on a tested person who tested positive in a POC antigen test for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, who also has clinical symptoms of the COVID-19 disease; the Extraordinary Measure of the Ministry of Health concerning the ordering of isolation in the case of a positive RT-PCR test result for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus shall apply as appropriate for ordering and terminating isolation;
on a tested person who does not have clinical symptoms of the COVID-19 disease, but who tested positive in a POC antigen test for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus antigen, or tested negative for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus antigen based on such a test but has clinical symptoms of COVID-19, to take a confirmation test to stipulate the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus using the RT-PCR method; if the result of the RT-PCR test is positive, to impose isolation via the procedure pursuant to the Extraordinary Measure of the Ministry of Health concerning the ordering of isolation in the case of a positive RT-PCR test result for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

This Extraordinary Measure takes effect on the date it is issued.

Self testing of employees

The Ministry of Health, as the competent administrative authority, pursuant to Section 80(1)(g) of Act No. 258/2000 Coll., on Public Health Protection and amendments to certain related acts, as amended (hereinafter referred to as “Act No. 258/2000 Coll.”), orders this Extraordinary Measure, proceeding pursuant to Section 69(1)(i) and (2) of Act No. 258/2000 Coll., in order to protect the population from the further spreading of the COVID-19 disease caused by the new SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus:

II.

III.

IV.

The person for whom the order form for the confirmation test pursuant to Art. II was issued is obliged to undergo this testing without undue delay.

Effective from 9 March 2021, the Extraordinary Measure of 1 March 2021, Ref. No. MZDR 47828/2020-15/MIN/KAN, is repealed.

VI.

This Extraordinary Measure takes effect on the date it is issued.

Rules for healthcare provides included in the network of antigen testing centers

Effective from 9 March 2021, all healthcare service providers included in the network of antigen testing centers (hereinafter an “antigen testing center”) are ordered:

a) to conduct examinations to determine the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus antigen using POC antigen tests among all persons that participate in public health insurance in the Czech Republic and which, given the current epidemiological situation, are considered to be the focal point of outbreaks (hereinafter a “tested person”), if they request the performance of an antigen test and present an insured party’s card or substitute document, but no more than once every 3 days; testing is not performed for persons who have been isolated due to the COVID-19 disease minimally in the scope pursuant to the valid extraordinary measure of the Ministry of Health concerning the ordering of isolation and quarantine, and in whose case more than 90 days have not passed since the first RT-PCR test with a positive result, and among persons who took an RT-PCR test or POC antigen test with a negative result in the past 3 days;

b) to perform a confirmation test to determine the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus using the RT-PCR method on a tested person that does not have clinical symptoms of COVID-19, but was positively tested using a POC antigen test for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus antigen; in addition, a tested person will be ordered to undergo a confirmation RT-PCR test without delay; in the event that a confirmation test cannot be performed at the Antigen Testing Centre, the center will arrange the completion of an electronic request slip to determine the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus using the RT-PCR method in the Infectious Disease Information System (ISIN) and inform the tested person about the ordering of a confirmation test.

II.

All providers of social services which provide social services in accordance with Act No. 108/2006 Coll., on Social Services, as amended, if this concerns homes for persons with a physical disability, seniors’ homes or homes operating a special regime and providers of social services providing respite care in a residential manner, are ordered, effective from 9 March 2021, using an employee who is a healthcare worker, or using a healthcare service provider with which they have concluded a contract on the provision of occupational healthcare services, or other healthcare service provider with which it concludes a contract on the provision of healthcare services for the purpose of performing antigen tests:

to conduct examinations to determine the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus antigen using POC antigen tests among all persons that participate in public health insurance in the Czech Republic and who, given the current epidemiological situation, are considered to be the focal point of outbreaks (hereinafter a “tested person”), if this concerns the employees of these providers or their users of social services, and also, if the staffing options of the provider so allow, visitors to their users of social services and employees of the providers of social services, care services or personal assistance, or protected residence or weekly residence services, if the aforementioned persons request the performance of an antigen test and present an insured party’s card or substitute document, but no more than once every 3 days; testing is not performed for persons who have been isolated due to the COVID-19 disease minimally in the scope pursuant to the valid extraordinary measure of the Ministry of Health concerning the ordering of isolation and quarantine, and in whose case more than 90 days have not passed since the first RT-PCR test with a positive result, and among persons who took an RT-PCR test or POC antigen test with a negative result in the past 3 days;
to immediately report a positive result of a POC antigen test for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 antigen in a tested person to the registering provider of healthcare services in the field of general practical medicine, or in the field of paediatric practical medicine, or the regional public health authority or the Public Health Authority for the City of Prague (hereinafter referred to as the “public health authority”) according to local jurisdiction for people who do not have a registering GP; this provider of healthcare services or regional public health authority will decide whether to order a confirmation test to determine the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus using the RT-PCR method for a tested person who does not have any clinical symptoms of the COVID- 19 disease, but who tested positive in the POC antigen test for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus antigen, will inform the tested person that they have been ordered to take a confirmation test and ensure the completion of an electronic request for the determination of the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus using the RT-PCR method in the Infectious Disease Information System (ISIN); this tested person will also be ordered to take a confirmation RT-PCR test without delay.

III.

Effective from 9 March 2021, all healthcare service providers who determine pursuant to Art. I or learn pursuant to Art. II(2) that a tested person with clinical symptoms of the COVID-19 disease has tested positive in the POC antigen test, or that a tested person without clinical symptoms of the COVID-19 disease has tested positive in the POC antigen test and then underwent a confirmation RT-PCR test pursuant to Art. I(b) for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus with a positive result, are ordered to inform the locally competent public health protection authorities of this fact without undue delay.

IV.

All tested persons pursuant to Art. I and Art. II who tested positive in the POC antigen test, or their statutory representatives, are ordered, immediately after learning the examination result, to report this fact to their registering healthcare service provider in the field of general medicine, general medicine for children and adolescents or the healthcare provider with which their employer has concluded a contract on the provision of occupational healthcare services. In the event this fact cannot be reported to any of the providers stated in the first sentence, this fact will be reported to the Regional Public Health Authority which holds jurisdiction.

Effective from 9 March 2021, all healthcare and social service providers who perform preventive examinations to determine the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus antigen using POC antigen tests pursuant to Art. I or Art. II are ordered to report, electronically and without undue delay, information about every POC antigen test result or subsequently performed RT-PCR confirmation test pursuant to Art. I(b) to determine the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in a tested person pursuant to Art. I, to the Information System of Infectious Diseases (ISIN).

VI.

Effective from 9 March 2021, all healthcare service providers and Regional Authorities that were notified by a tested person pursuant to Art. I or Art. II of the fact specified in Art. IV are ordered to impose isolation

of a tested person who tested positive in a POC antigen test for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, who also has clinical symptoms of the COVID-19 disease; the Extraordinary Measure of the Ministry of Health concerning the ordering of isolation in the case of a positive RT-PCR test result for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus shall apply as appropriate for ordering and terminating isolation;
of a tested person who does not have clinical symptoms of the COVID-19 disease, but who tested positive in a POC antigen test for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus antigen, and who subsequently tested positive in an RT-PCR confirmation test for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, this being via the procedure pursuant to the Extraordinary Measure of the Ministry of Health concerning the ordering of isolation in the case of a positive RT-PCR test result for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

VII.

VIII.

This Extraordinary Measure cancels the Extraordinary Measure of the Ministry of Health of 1 March 2021, Ref. No. MZDR 47828/2020-14/MIN/KAN.

IX.

This Extraordinary Measure takes effect on the date it is issued.

Reporting of test results into the ISIN

The Ministry of Health, as the competent administrative authority, pursuant to Section 80(1)(g) of Act No. 258/2000 Coll., on Public Health Protection and amendments to certain related acts, as amended (hereinafter referred to as “Act No. 258/2000 Coll.”), orders this Extraordinary Measure, proceeding pursuant to Section 69(1)(i) and (2) of Act No. 258/2000 Coll., in order to protect the population and prevent the occurrence and spread of the COVID-19 disease caused by the new SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus:

Effective from 9 March 2021, all healthcare service providers who perform examinations to determine the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus antigen using POC antigen tests are ordered to report, electronically and without undue delay, information about every result of the POC antigen tests to determine the presence of SARS-CoV-2 virus antigen into the Information System of Infectious Diseases (ISIN). A mandatory part of the reported information about the result of the POC antigen test is information about whether the patient is symptomatic or asymptomatic.

II.

Effective from 9 March 2021, the Extraordinary Measure of 21 December 2020, Ref. No. MZDR 60890/2020-1/MIN/KAN, is repealed.

III.

This Extraordinary Measure takes effect on the date it is issued.

Increase of surface disinfection in retail and services establishments

The Regional Public Health Authority of the Plzeň Region based in Plzeň (hereinafter the “RPHA”), as the competent administrative authority, pursuant to Section 82(2)(m) of Act No. 258/2000 Coll., on Public Health Protection and on the amendment of certain related acts, as amended, and Section 2(1) of Act No. 94/2021 Coll., on Extraordinary Measures during the COVID-19 Disease Epidemic and on the amendment of certain related acts, orders via the procedure pursuant to Section 69(1)(i) and (2) of Act No. 258/2000 Coll., on Public Health Protection and on the amendment of certain related acts, as amended, and pursuant to Section 2(2)(i) of Act No. 94/2021 Coll., on Extraordinary Measures during the COVID-19 Disease Epidemic and on the amendment of certain related acts, this Extraordinary Measure in order to protect the population against the further spread of the COVID-19 disease caused by the novel SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus:

Effective from 9 March 2021 for the effective term of Czech Republic Government Resolution No. 217 of 26 February 2021, on the Adoption of Crisis Measures, the RPHA orders all retail sale establishments and establishments selling and providing services, the operation of which is not prohibited pursuant to point I/1 of Czech Republic Government Resolution No. 217 of 26 February 2021, to perform regular increased surface disinfection using a virucidal agent, namely the disinfection of frequently touched surfaces, specifically: door handles, shopping cart handles, payment terminals - in the scope of minimally two times per day.

II.

Definition of terms

Disinfection is a set of measures for the disposal of microorganisms by physical, chemical or combined procedures to interrupt the infection route from the source to a sensitive natural person

Virucidal effect means efficacy for a broad spectrum of viruses, including non-enveloped viruses.

The purpose of performing the aforementioned surface disinfection is to protect society (the customers) and limit the spread of the COVID-19 disease caused by the novel SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus in the Plzeň region.

III.

This Extraordinary Measure takes effect on the date it is issued.

Operation of public authorities and administrative bodies

In relation to Government Resolution No. 196 of 26 February 2021, whereby the government, in line with Articles 5 and 6 of Constitutional Act No. 110/1998 Coll., on the Security of the Czech Republic, declared a state of emergency for the Czech Republic, due to a threat to health in relation to the documented occurrence of a coronavirus (designated as SARS CoV-2) in the Czech Republic, and in line with Section 5(a) to (e) and Section 6 of Act No. 240/2000 Coll., on Crisis Management, and amending certain acts (the Crisis Act), as amended, to address the current emergency situation, the government has decided to adopt emergency measures pursuant to Section 5(c) and Section 6(1)(b) of the Crisis Act.

Effective from 12:00 a.m. of 27 February 2021 through to 11:59 p.m. of 28 March 2021, the government hereby:

requires public authorities and administrative authorities (hereinafter “bodies”) to commence limited operations at their workplaces due to the state of emergency, consisting of:

1. the restriction of work, state services, in particular those agendas, the performance of which must be unconditionally continuously ensured, in particular to ensure the running of public administration and public administrative services in the required scope and the perform the tasks of the government of the Czech Republic aimed at fulfilling the goals of the state of emergency; other agendas are performed to an extent which does not threaten the measures listed below, required to protect the health of state employees, employees and other officials (hereinafter referred to as “employees”),

2. the restriction of personal contact between employees and the addressees of public administration (applicants, other parties to administrative proceedings) and other external persons (hereinafter referred to as the “clients/public”) to the essential level; the restriction of contacts will be conducted primarily as follows:

preferring written, electronic or telephone contact to personal contact in all cases possible, while also allowing personal contact for clients/the public during office hours in the scope specified in this emergency measure,
acceptance of all documents from clients/public only via the filing room workplace, if established; electronic communication will be preferred whenever possible,
if coming into contact with employees of other bodies and institutions, measures shall be adopted to prevent their direct contact; in-person meetings shall be conducted subject to increased hygienic measures,
the above-mentioned measures shall be applied mutatis mutandis to the internal contact of employees within the authority,

3. ensuring the operation of individual departments by having the minimum possible staffing required for the work of the public authority or administrative authority present at the workplace;

4. ensuring the operation of the body such that any quarantine measures ordered with respect to some employees not threaten the actionability of the body (e.g., alternating separate groups of employees, remote working).

Antigen testing

Effective from 1 January 2021, the extraordinary measure of 14 December 2020 Ref. No. MZDR 47828/2020-10/MIN/KAN, as amended by the extraordinary measures of 7 January 2021, Ref. No. MZDR 47828/2020-11/MIN/KAN, is amended as follows: - in Art. I(a), the words “5 days” are replaced with the words “3 days”.

II.

This Extraordinary Measure takes effect on the date of its issue.

Hygiene rules for services

The Ministry of Health, as the competent administrative authority, pursuant to Section 80(1)(g) of Act No. 258/2000 Coll., on Public Health Protection and the amendment to certain related acts, as amended (hereinafter referred to as “Act No. 258/2000 Coll.”), orders this Extraordinary Measure, proceeding pursuant to Section 69(1)(b) and (i) and subsection (2) of Act No. 258/2000 Coll., in order to protect the population and prevent the occurrence and spread of the COVID-19 disease caused by the new SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus:

Effective from 12:00 a.m. on 5 October 2020 until the cancellation of this Extraordinary Measure, restrictions shall be applied to

activities at establishments, in that their operators must observe the following rules:
- information materials ask customers to maintain a distance of 2 meters and preferably pay with a payment card,
- disinfectants must be placed near frequently touched objects (especially handles, railings, shopping carts), so that they are available to employees and customers of the establishment and can be used for regular disinfection,
- information must be provided to customers regarding the above-mentioned rules, primarily by means of information posters at the entrance and throughout the establishment, or by stating the rules through loudspeaker announcements in the establishment,
the sale of unpackaged bakery goods, in that their sellers must observe the following rules:
- it must be ensured that persons do not gather at the point where the bakery products are dispensed,
- the point of sale is equipped with personal hygiene aids,
operation of self-service grocery stores, in that the retailers must provide disposable gloves or other similar hand protection (e.g. plastic bags) free of charge to customers,
operation of farmer’s markets and other outdoor markets and marketplaces, in that their operators must observe the following rules:
- a distance of a least 2 meters must be ensured between stands, tables or other points of sale,
- containers with disinfectants must be placed at every point of sale,
operation of libraries, in that their operators must observe the following rules:
- library employees must be instructed to perform hand hygiene with increased frequency when coming into contact with books and other similar goods,
- the customer must disinfect their hands at the entrance to the library, whereas the disinfectant product will be supplied by the library operator,
sale of clothing and footwear, in that their sellers must observe the following rules:
- clothing and footwear may be tried on only after the customer has disinfected their hands,
- when returning clothing as a part of a complaint, etc., the clothing must be kept separately from the other goods for 24 hours, and only then may it be offered again to customers,
activities of hairdresser’s and barber shops, in that their operators must observe the following rules:
- if a barber or customer has a body temperature of 37°C or higher or has other symptoms of the
- COVID-19 disease, they will be restricted from entering the barber shop or hairdresser’s,
- disinfectants for hand disinfection must be available at the barber shop or hairdresser’s,
- antibacterial soap, disinfectants to disinfect the hands and disposable towels must be available in the toilets,
- before commencing and after concluding the provision of the service and when moving to another customer, the barber must always disinfect their hands using a product with virucidal effect, and if they are using gloves, they must replace them and disinfect their hands between customers,
- surface disinfection, including all used hairdressing instruments, must be carried out after providing the service to each customer,
- the floor must be disinfected at least once per day,
manicure, pedicure, massage, cosmetic and podiatrist salons, in that their operators must observe the following rules:
- if a person providing the service or a customer has a body temperature of 37°C or higher or has other symptoms of the COVID-19 disease, they will be restricted from entering the establishment,
- disinfectants for hand disinfection must be available at the establishment,
- antibacterial soap, disinfectants to disinfect the hands and disposable towels must be available in the toilets,
- surface disinfection, including all used instruments, must be carried out after providing the service to each customer,
- the floor must be disinfected at least once per day,
- the person providing this service must use disposable gloves (except for massages) when performing their work, which they must replace for every customer, disinfecting their hands with a product with virucidal effect in between,
- the person providing the service must disinfect their hands before and after the massage,
- before providing the service, the treatment area for the customer must be disinfected,
operation of theatres, cinemas, concert halls, circuses and similar facilities, in that their operators must observe the following rules:
- the operator must ensure at least one person to supervise the observance of the following rules and encourage members of the audience and other persons to observe them,
- the following instructions are communicated to members of the audience and other persons primarily through information signs, posters, on displays, screens, etc.,
- a maximum of 1,000 people are permitted in the audience,
- there must be a distance of at least 2 meters between ticket vendors,
- information materials ask customers to maintain a distance of 2 meters and preferably pay with a payment card,
- hand disinfectants must be available at the entrance and in the toilets,
- before the start of the performance, etc., the entire premises designated for members of the audience must be disinfected, cleaning must be conducted regularly even during operation (disinfecting of handles, railings, counters, etc.), daily cleaning must be performed using disinfectant products with virucidal effects, in accordance with potential additional recommendations from the respective regional public health authority,
Operation of dining facilities, in that their operators must observe the following rules:
- information materials ask customers to maintain a distance of 2 meters and preferably pay with a payment card,
- hand disinfectant must be available to customers when entering the indoor and outdoor premises of the catering facility,
- tables and chairs must be disinfected before seating every new group of customers,
- in the case of sales through a sales window, the sales window must be disinfected at least every 2 hours,
- if an employee of the establishment has a body temperature of 37°C or higher or has other symptoms of the COVID-19 disease, they will be restricted from entering the establishment,
- the operator must proceed in such a way as to encourage customers to observe all the measures,
operation of accommodation facilities, in that their operators must observe the following rules:
- information materials ask customers to maintain a distance of 2 meters and preferably pay with a payment card,
- hand disinfectant must be available to customers when entering the accommodation facility premises and toilets,
- surfaces which are touched by hands must be regularly disinfected,
- materials with information for customers explaining the valid anti-epidemic measures are available,
- before accommodating a new customer, all the contact surfaces, items which the guests use (e.g. telephones, TV remote controls), bathrooms and toilets must be disinfected,
operation of shopping centres with a sales area of more than 5,000 m², in that their operators must observe the following rules:
- the operator must ensure at least one person to supervise the observance of the following rules and encourage customers and other persons to observe them,
- the following instructions for customers are communicated to customers and other persons primarily through information signs, posters, on displays, intercom, etc.,
- the operator must ensure the visible posting of recommendations to maintain a distance of 2 meters between persons in the publicly accessible areas of the shopping centres (e.g. by means of infographics, adverts on the center’s radio, infographics at the entrance to stores and other facilities, infographics on the floors of public areas, etc.),
- a systemic cleaning plan must be implemented, which defines the system of cleaning, disinfection, or decontamination of common areas based on expert recommendations from the local regional public health authority,
- gathering of persons will be restricted, particularly in areas where this can be expected, e.g. in the underground garages, areas in front of elevators, escalators, travellators, bathrooms, etc.,
- hand disinfectant must be available at every entrance to the shopping centre for customers and employees,
- hand disinfectant must be available in all stores or other facilities, at least at every cash register or check-out zone,
- payment terminals must be disinfected at regular intervals,
- a visible recommendation to maintain a distance of 2 meters from others on the outlet premises must be posted at the entrance to every outlet,
- the operator must ensure the training of employees in order to ensure and verify their awareness of the measures, symptoms of the disease and prevention of contagion, including the protection of visitors and employees,
- the operator must ensure the option of disposing of personal protective equipment (face masks, gloves, etc.) into communal waste bins for visitors and other persons at the shopping centre,
operation of indoor sports grounds and related indoor areas of sports grounds, in that their operators must observe the following rules:
- disinfection of machines and other exercise equipment and gear after being used by every client is recommended,
- places where clients move about must be regularly disinfected,
- hand disinfectant must be ensured for staff and clients,
- clients must perform obligatory disinfection of their hands before starting and after concluding exercise,
- the time schedule must be adjusted to ensure cleaning, ventilation and disinfection of the premises between individual lessons,
- the greatest possible dispersion of people in the changing rooms must be ensured, occupy distant ends or allow access to every other locker,
- the possibility of hand disinfection must be ensured in the changing rooms,
- areas which clients pass through must be regularly decontaminated – regular cleaning and disinfection.
- the cleaning and disinfection of the insides of lockers must be ensured every day and after operating hours,
- clients must be instructed to minimise the time spent in the changing rooms,
facilities which conduct activities which are a trade pursuant to the Trades Act, during which the integrity of the skin is breached, in that their operators must observe the following rules:
- hand disinfection must be available to customers at the entrance to the facility,
- if there are several employees in the room at the same time, the individual workplaces must be separated by a curtain.
- the chair/recliner must be disinfected after every customer,
saunas, in that their operators must observe the following rules:
- the customer must disinfect their hands before entry,
- disinfectant and paper towels must be available to customers throughout the premises,
- the operator must check the saunas and observance of measures with increased frequency,
- surfaces touched by hands must be disinfected regularly,
- all linens must be disinfected by boiling (sheets, towels, face masks),
- ice wells and crystalline cooling is not in operation,
- employees must disinfect their hands regularly,
- 100% air exchange using air conditioning equipment is performed,
- intensive cleaning and disinfection using virucidal products of the entire premises must be performed every day after closing operations, beyond the scope of standard cleaning,
- a dispenser with disinfectant soap must be installed in every shower.

Restrictions in education

The Ministry of Health, as the competent administrative authority, pursuant to Section 80(1)(g) of Act No. 258/2000 Coll., on Public Health Protection and on the amendment of certain related acts, as amended (hereinafter “Act No. 258/2000 Coll.”) and Section 2(1) of Act No. 94/2021 Coll., on Extraordinary Measures during the COVID-19 Disease Epidemic and on the amendment of certain related acts (hereinafter “Act No. 94/2021 Coll.), orders this Extraordinary Measure, proceeding pursuant to Section 69(1)(b) and (2) of Act No. 258/2000 Coll., and pursuant to Section 2(2)(f) of Act No. 94/2021 Coll., in order to protect the population against the further spread of the COVID-19 disease caused by the novel SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus:

I. Effective from 12:00 a.m. on 1 July 2021 until the cancellation of this Extraordinary Measure, the operation of schools and educational facilities is modified so that:

1) the operation of universities pursuant to Act No. 111/1998 Coll., on Universities, and on the amendment and supplementation of related acts (the Act on Universities), as amended, including foreign universities and their branches operating in the Czech Republic (hereinafter “universities”), is modified as follows:

the conditions stipulated by other extraordinary measures for educational events and examinations in person do not apply to the education of students,
the conditions stipulated by other extraordinary measures for educational events and examinations in person apply to examinations for students and participation of persons at academic ceremonies if these are attended by more than 10 persons at one time,

2) the operation of secondary and post-secondary vocational schools, conservatories and practical schooling centers pursuant to Act No. 561/2004 Coll., on Preschool, Elementary, Secondary, Higher College and other Education (the Schools Act), as amended, is modified in that

the conditions stipulated by other extraordinary measures for educational events and examinations in person do not apply to the education of pupils and students and the extraordinary date of the common part of the school-leaving examination,
the conditions stipulated by other extraordinary measures for educational events and examinations in person apply to examinations for pupils and students, if these are attended by more than 10 persons at one time,

3) the operation of preschools, primary schools and school groups pursuant to Act No. 561/2004 Coll., on Preschool, Elementary, Secondary, Higher College and other Education (the Schools Act), as amended, is modified in that

the conditions stipulated by other extraordinary measures for educational events and examinations in person do not apply to the education of children and pupils at schools and the regular activity of school groups,
the conditions stipulated by other extraordinary measures for educational events and 2 examinations in person apply to examinations, if these are attended by more than 10 persons at one time,
for other than the regular activity of school groups, the conditions stipulated by other extraordinary measures for the operation of facilities or provision of services to persons aged 6 to 18 years, focussed on activities similar to extracurricular education, shall apply,

4) the conditions stipulated by other extraordinary measures for the operation of facilities or provision of services to persons aged 6 to 18 years, focussed on activities similar to extracurricular education, shall apply to the operation of leisure centers and school clubs pursuant to Act No. 561/2004 Coll., Coll., on Preschool, Elementary, Secondary, Higher College and other Education (the Schools Act),

5) the conducting of

admission examinations at universities are modified in that they are subject to the conditions stipulated by other extraordinary measures for educational events and examinations in person, if these are attended by more than 10 persons at one time,
admission examinations at post-secondary vocational schools, secondary schools and conservatories are modified in that they are subject to the conditions stipulated by other extraordinary measures for educational events and examinations in person, if these are attended by more than 10 persons at one time,
recognition examinations pursuant to the Schools Act are modified in that they are subject to the conditions stipulated by other extraordinary measures for educational events and examinations in person, if these are attended by more than 10 persons at one time.

II. Effective from 12:00 a.m. of 1 July 2021 until this Extraordinary Measure is repealed, secondary schools, conservatories, post-secondary vocational schools and primary schools are ordered to provide persons present at examinations, except for persons from the public, with a test to stipulate the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus antigen, designed for self-testing or approved by the Ministry of Health for use by a non-professional, or to ensure testing using RT-PCR tests to determine the presence of SARS-CoV-2 virus, in cases when they are mandatory for the purpose of examinations conducted by the school; this does not apply to admission examinations.

III. Effective from 1 July 2021, the extraordinary measure of the Ministry of Health of 7 June 2021, Ref. No. MZDR 14600/2021-15/MIN/KAN, as amended by the extraordinary measure of the Ministry of Health of 21 June 2021, Ref. No. 14600/2021-16/MIN/KAN, is repealed. IV. This Extraordinary Measure shall take effect on the date of its issue.

Testing in schools from 1 November

The Ministry of Health, as the competent administrative authority pursuant to Section 80(1)(g) of Act No. 258/2000 Coll., on Public Health Protection and Amendments to Certain Related Acts, as amended (hereinafter referred to as “Act No. 258/2000 Coll.”), orders this Extraordinary Measure, proceeding pursuant to Section 69(1)(i) and (2) of Act No. 258/2000 Coll., to protect the population and prevent the occurrence and spread of COVID-19 caused by the novel SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus:

1. A child in the preparatory class of primary school and the preparatory level of a special primary school or a pupil of a primary school, full-time form of education at a conservatory or full-time form of education of a secondary school (hereinafter referred to as a “school”) shall only be allowed by the school, school group or school club (hereinafter also referred to as the “school facility”) to be present in person at schooling or in the provision of school services if

they have taken a non-invasive preventive antigen test for the SARS-CoV-2 virus antigen at the intervals stipulated pursuant to Art. III, performed on their own or performed by another person and provided by the school (hereinafter the “preventive antigen test”), and submits the negative result of this test, or
they demonstrate any of the facts referred to in Art. II, or
at all times during the provision of schooling or school services in a school building or school facility or in an outdoor environment, if it is not possible to maintain a distance of at least 1.5 m from other children or pupils, they use respiratory protective equipment, that being a respirator or similar device (always without an exhalation valve) fulfilling at least all the technical conditions and requirements (for the product), including a filtration effectiveness of at least 94% according to the relevant standards; children and pupils up to 15 years of age and primary school pupils in the course of schooling or provision of school services at a primary school, school group or school club, and lower secondary school pupils in the course of secondary school education shall be entitled to use as protective equipment a medical face mask or similar device fulfilling at least all the technical conditions and requirements (for the product) of standard CSN EN 14683+AC, which prevents the spread of droplets.

2. A school may only conduct preventive tests using the tests designated for self-testing or permitted for use by non-professionals by the Ministry of Health.

3. The protective equipment referred to in paragraph 1(c) need not be used

by persons with intellectual disorders, disorders on the autistic spectrum and cognitive disorders or severe alterations of their mental state, whose mental capacity or current mental state does not allow them to observe this prohibition,
by persons who are unable for serious medical reasons to wear respiratory protective equipment as referred to in point 1(c) of the sentence before the semicolon, and who prove this fact to the school by a medical certificate; however, such persons shall be required to wear protective equipment as referred to in point 1(c) of the sentence after the semicolon which is specified in the medical certificate, except where the medical certificate specifically states that the person concerned cannot wear any respiratory protective equipment.

4. For the purposes of the personal presence of the child or pupil at the school facility, the condition under point 1(b) shall be deemed to be fulfilled if the person provides an affidavit of a negative result of a preventive antigen test carried out at the school. An affidavit is not required if the activities of the school and the school facility are carried out by a single legal entity.

5. For children and pupils referred to in point 1(c), the extraordinary measure of the Ministry of Health that stipulates the wearing of respiratory protective equipment and exceptions to this shall not apply while schooling or school services are being provided.

II. According to Art. I(1)(b), a child or pupil may demonstrate that

they have been vaccinated against COVID-19 and submit a national certificate of completed vaccination or a certificate of completed vaccination issued pursuant to the European Union regulation on the EU COVID digital certificateI , under the condition that at least 14 days have passed since completion of the vaccination programme; a national certificate of completed vaccination refers to a written confirmation issued at least in the English language by the authorised entity operating in a third country, a specimen of which is published in the list of recognised national certificates on the website of the Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic; a written confirmation must contain data about the vaccinated person, type of vaccine administered, date of administration of the vaccine, identification of the entity that issued the confirmation of that vaccination, whereas these data must be verifiable via remote access directly from the written confirmation, assuming the vaccination was performed using

a medicinal product containing a COVID-19 vaccine granted market authorisation under Regulation (EC) No. 726/2004, or
a medicinal product manufactured in accordance with a patent for the medicinal product pursuant to point i), if this medicinal product has been approved by the World Health Organization for emergency use; or

they have undergone a laboratory-confirmed case of COVID-19, where the period of ordered isolation has ended, and no more than 180 days have passed since the first positive RT-PCR test for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus or rapid antigen test (RAT) for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 antigen, or
they took an RT-PCR test for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus with a negative result no more than 72 hours earlier, or took a rapid antigen test (RAT) for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus antigen with a negative result no more than 24 hours earlier;

III.

1. Preventive testing at schools is performed on 1 November and 8 November 2021.

2. A preventive antigen test is always performed immediately after arriving at school. If the child or pupil is not present on the date of testing at school, the test will be performed on the date of their arrival.

IV. If the result of the preventive antigen test pursuant to Art. I(1)(a) is positive, the school is obliged to contact the child’s or pupil’s legal guardian immediately and inform them of the result of the preventive antigen test. The school will issue confirmation of the positive test result immediately, indicating the date and time of the test, to the child or pupil. The child or pupil is obliged to leave the school immediately; in the case of a child or pupil that cannot leave the school alone, the school is obliged to ensure their separation from other persons immediately and their legal guardian or other escort must pick them up at school. The legal guardian of the child or pupil, or the pupil is obliged to inform the healthcare services provider in the field of general medicine or general pediatric medicine via telephone or other usual remote communication about a positive test result.

V. Without undue delay after receiving the test results, a school shall electronically send to the relevant regional public health authority or the Public Health Authority for the City of Prague (hereinafter referred to as the “regional public health authority”) a list of the names of children or pupils who have been tested in school and have a positive result of the RT-PCR test for the SARS-CoV-2 virus or a positive result of the rapid antigen test (RAT) for the SARS-CoV-2 antigen, and shall also send without delay to the relevant regional public health authority a list of children or pupils who were in contact at the school 2 days before the performance of the test or 2 days after the test with another child or pupil or teaching staff member who has had a positive RT-PCR test result for SARS-CoV-2 or a positive rapid antigen test (RAT) result for the SARS-CoV-2 antigen.

VI. In the case of a positive result of a preventive antigen test pursuant to Art. I(1)(a), a healthcare services provider in the field of general medicine or general pediatric medicine is obliged to decide on the performance of a confirmation test using the RT-PCR testing method and complete the electronic request form for this test. In the event that the result of the confirmation test is positive, the healthcare service provider will order isolation for the child or pupil.

VII. All persons with a positive result of the preventive antigen test pursuant to Art. I(1)(a) are ordered to undergo a confirmation RT-PCR test for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

VIII. All healthcare service providers are directed to only issue a certificate under Art. I(3)(b) to persons who are prevented from using respiratory protective equipment under Art. 1(1)(c) for serious medical reasons, and are further directed to make a record of that fact and the reasons for it, including the diagnosis, in the person’s medical records, including that the natural person has been advised of the risks associated with not using respiratory protective equipment under Art. I(1)(c).

IX.

1. Children or pupils according to Art. I(1)(c) during schooling or the provision of school services

shall not exercise indoors; when exercising outdoors, they shall change clothes at a distance from other persons and shall not use the showers,
shall not sing, unless it is possible to maintain a distance of 2 m from other persons,
shall use the sanitary facilities designated by the school or school facility only for children and pupils who have not undergone a preventive antigen test as referred to in paragraph 1(a), if it is organizationally possible to provide special sanitary facilities for these pupils at the school,
when consuming food and meals, including beverages, shall be seated at a bench or table and shall not be required to wear respiratory protective equipment in accordance with Art. I(1)(c) and shall maintain a distance of 1.5 meters from other persons,
shall not be required to wear respiratory protective equipment as referred to in Art. I(1)(c) when in a room (i.e. outside the common areas) at an outdoor school or other similar event organised by the school. 2. The school and the school facility shall ensure compliance with this article.

1. The school may replace testing using antigen tests to determine the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus antigen with testing using RT-PCR tests for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, provided it has non-invasive diagnostic in vitro resources for the performance of self-sampling designated for the subsequent performance of the RT-PCR test and if it has arranged for the performance of RT-PCR tests with a healthcare service provider named in the list of analysis laboratories of the State Institute of Public Health (http://www.szu.cz/tema/prevence/laboratorni-vysetrovani- puvodce-covid-19). Art. I to VI, IX and XI apply, as appropriate, unless stated otherwise below, where this non-invasive preventive RT-PCR can be substituted by documenting the result of a rapid antigen test (RAT) for the SARS-CoV-2 antigen performed by a healthcare service provider that is no more than 24 hours old; the substitution of a preventive RT-PCR test may only be allowed if the results of the rapid antigen tests (RATs) are documented within the time limits specified in Art. III,

2. The healthcare service provider in the field of general medicine or general pediatric medicine that was informed of the positive result of a preventive RT-PCR test orders isolation for the child or pupil.

XI. The school shall report aggregated data about performed testing of the child or pupil pursuant to Art. I(1)(a) electronically to the COVID forms App without undue delay on the date the test results are obtained. The report shall contain, at least, the contact person, type of test, total number of tested persons, number of persons with a positive test result, number of persons with a negative test result and number of inconclusive tests.

XII. Before commencing preventive testing pursuant to this extraordinary measure, the school will inform all the affected children and pupils and their legal guardians and affected employees about the manner of performing tests and rules specified in this extraordinary measure.

XIII. The school shill ensure that all employees and persons subject to testing use personal protective respiratory equipment allocated by the employer, namely a respirator or other device (always without an exhalation valve) meeting at least all the technical conditions and requirements (for the product), including a filtration effectiveness of at least 94% in accordance with the relevant standards.

XIV.

1. An employer who is a school, school facility as referred to in Art. I or a school canteen or school canteen-dispensary shall allow its employees to be present in person at the employer's workplace only if the employee proves one of the facts referred to in Art. III by the deadline referred to in Art. II or undergoes a rapid antigen test (RAT) on site to determine the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 antigen for self-testing (use by non-professionals) with a negative result; similarly, if the employee proves on site that they have undergone a rapid antigen test under the supervision of a healthcare professional via an online service no more than 24 hours prior and proves the completion of the test and the negative result by a certificate from the healthcare service provider. In the event of a positive result of a test undergone on the spot, Art. IV to VII shall apply, as appropriate.

2. If an employee does not meet one of the conditions for presence at the workplace in accordance with point 1, Art. I(1)(c) applies to the employee when performing activities, with the exception of the rule that they do not have to wear a protective device when complying with distancing of at least 1.5 m from others, Art. I(3) and (5) and Art. IX apply as appropriate. In exceptional cases, where it is necessary for a child or pupil to be able to see the teaching staff member’s mouth during schooling or the provision of school services, it is possible for the teaching staff member to use a protective shield as a respiratory protective device, provided that they maintain a distance of at least 1.5 meters from the children or pupils. As a part of education activity whose character does not enable the wearing of a protective device (in particular Pg. 6 of 7 physical education, playing wind instruments), a teaching staff member that does not meet the conditions in accordance with point 1 has to maintain a distance of at least 1.5 metres from others.

XV.

1. The university shall only provide accommodation to university students at university accommodation facilities under the condition that the accommodated students demonstrate one of the facts referred to in Art. II, or the student undergoes a rapid antigen test (RAT) on site to determine the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 antigen for self-testing (use by non-professionals) with a negative result; similarly, if the student proves on site that they have undergone a rapid antigen test under the supervision of a healthcare professional via an online service no more than 24 hours prior and proves the completion of the test and the negative result by a certificate from the healthcare service provider.

2. Students are obliged to demonstrate the facts referred to in point 1 prior to the commencement of their accommodation and the university accommodation facility is obliged to check the proof of the facts referred to in point 1. A student who fails to demonstrate the facts referred to in point 1 shall not be allowed to enter the accommodation facilities of the university.

3. The facts shall be demonstrated before the start of the accommodation and every 7 days thereafter, except for the facts referred to in Art. II(1)(a) and (b), which shall be demonstrated only once before the start of the accommodation.

XVI. This extraordinary measure applies only to schools and school facilities registered in the school register pursuant to Act No. 561/2004 Coll., on Preschool, Primary, Secondary, Higher Vocational and Other Education (the Schools Act), as amended, that have a place of provision of education or educational services in the districts of České Budějovice, Ostrava-City, Prostějov, Prachatice, Brno-Countryside, Přerov, Opava and Karviná, with the exception of schools established by the Ministry of Justice and schools established at institutions for the performance of institutional or protective education and primary schools at healthcare facilities.

XVII. The obligations arising from this Extraordinary Measure shall apply until 14 November 2021, with the exception of the obligations arising from Art. IV through VII, which shall remain in effect until the consequences of a positive test of the child, pupil, or educational worker have expired, and except for Art. XV, which shall remain in effect until 31 December 2021.

XVIII. Effective from 1 November 2021, the Extraordinary Measure of 20 August 2021, Ref. No. MZDR 14600/2021-19/MIN/KAN, is repealed. Pg. 7 of 7 XIX. Effectiveness This Extraordinary Measure shall take effect on 1 November 2021.

Testing in schools from 8 November

Effective from 12:00 a.m. on 8 November 2021, the Extraordinary Measure of 27 October 2021 Ref. No. MZDR 14600/2021-20/MIN/KAN is amended, in that:

1. Art. III(1) reads:

“1. The preventive test is performed

at schools pursuant to Art. XVI(1) on 1 November and 8 November 2021,
at schools pursuant to Art. XVI(2) on 8 November and 15 November 2021,

2. Art. XVI and XVII read:

“XVI. This extraordinary measure applies only to schools and school facilities registered in the school register, with the exception of schools established by the Ministry of Justice and schools established alongside facilities for the performance of constitutional or protective education and primary schools alongside healthcare facilities, pursuant to Act No. 561/2004 Coll., on Preschool, Primary, Secondary, Higher Vocational and Other Education (the Schools Act), as amended, that have a place of provision of education or educational services:

1. in the districts of České Budějovice, Ostrava-City, Prostějov, Prachatice, Brno-Rural, Přerov, Opava and Karviná,

2. in the Capital City of Prague and districts of Beroun, Kolín, Prague-West, Prague-East, Strakonice, Český Krumlov, Domažlice, Klatovy, Plzeň-City, Rokycany, Louny, Olomouc, Šumperk, Jihlava, Blansko, Brno-City, Vyškov, Frýdek-Místek, Nový Jičín, Kroměříž, Vsetín and Zlín.

XVII. The obligations arising from this Extraordinary Measure apply

1. in the case of schools and school facilities established pursuant to Art. XVI(1) by 14 November 2021,

2. in the case of schools and school facilities established pursuant to Art. XVI(2) by 21 November 2021, with the exception of the obligations arising from Art. IV through VII, which shall remain in effect until the consequences of a positive test of the child, pupil, or educational worker have expired. The obligations pursuant to Art. XV are valid until 31 December 2021.”

Periodic medical examinations

In relation to Government Resolution No. 196 of 26 February 2021, whereby the Government, in line with Articles 5 and 6 of Constitutional Act No. 110/1998 Coll., on the Security of the Czech Republic, declared a state of emergency for the Czech Republic due to the health risks related to the proven incidence of a coronavirus (identified as SARS-CoV-2) in the Czech Republic, and in line with Section 5(a) to (e) and Section 6 of Act No. 240/2000 Coll., on Crisis Management, and amending certain acts (the Crisis Act), as amended, to address the current emergency situation, the Government has decided to adopt crisis measures, pursuant to Section 6(1)(c) of the Crisis Act.

Effective from 12:00 a.m. on 27 February 2021 until 11:59 p.m. on 28 March 2021, the Government

I. orders the viewing of affidavits

1. of persons whose employment relationship is created starting from the date of announcement of this measure until the termination of the state of emergency and whose agreed type of work is, in accordance with Act No. 258/2000 Coll., on the Protection of Public Health and on amendments of certain related acts, as amended, classified in category one or two and if this work does not include activities, for the performance of which conditions for medical fitness are determined by another item of legislation or in Annex No. 2 part II of Decree No. 79/2013 Coll., on Occupational Health Services and Certain Types of Assessment Care, as amended, with the exception of points 1, 2, 4, 5 and 13 of the aforementioned Annex, and for whom no initial medical examination has been performed yet, to be viewed as an assessment of the medical fitness of job applicants in accordance with Act No. 373/2011 Coll., on Specific Healthcare Services, as amended; a specimen of the affidavit which can be used to replace the assessment of the medical fitness of job applicants is provided in the Annex to this measure; this affidavit is valid at most until 90 days have passed from the day following the termination of the state of emergency;

2. of persons whose employment relationship is created starting from the date of the announcement of this measure until the termination of the state of emergency and who perform activities which pose an epidemiological risk, to be viewed as a medical certificate issued in accordance with Section 19(2) of Act No. 258/2000 Coll.; the affidavit which can be used to replace a medical certificate is valid at most until 90 days have passed from the day following the termination of the state of emergency;

II. grants an exception to the performance of periodical medical examinations in accordance with Decree No. 79/2013 Coll.; periodical medical examinations do not need to be provided and performed over the duration of this state of emergency;

III. imposes upon

1. medical assessments, the validity of which ends over the course of the state of emergency, to continue to be deemed valid, i.e.

medical assessments about health qualifications issued on the basis of initial medical examinations pursuant to Section 59(1) of Act No. 373/2011 Coll., and pursuant to Section 10 of Decree No. 79/2013 Coll., or periodical medical examinations pursuant to Section 11 of Decree No. 79/2013 Coll., for the period until the end of the state of emergency and furthermore for an additional period of at most

90 days from the day following the termination of the state of emergency, if the outcome of the medical assessment states that the assessed person is medically fit for the purpose for which they were assessed,
30 days from the day following the termination of the state of emergency, if the outcome of the medical assessment states that the assessed person is conditionally medically fit for the purpose for which they were assessed,

medical assessments regarding medical fitness to perform work issued on the basis of an extraordinary medical examination pursuant to Section 12 (2)(e) or (f) (3) of Decree No. 79/2013 Coll., the validity of which expired during the period of the state of emergency, this being until the termination of the state of emergency and also for an additional period of at most

90 days from the day following the termination of the state of emergency, if the outcome of the medical assessment states that the assessed person is medically fit for the purpose for which they were assessed,
30 days from the day following the termination of the state of emergency, if the outcome of the medical assessment states that the assessed person is conditionally medically fit for the purpose for which they were assessed,

2. providers of occupational healthcare services in accordance with Act No. 373/2011 Coll., or registering providers of healthcare services for assessed persons, who are authorized to do so in accordance with Act No. 373/2011 Coll., or another item of legislation, subject to a request

by an employer to perform an initial medical examination or periodical medical examination of the person in question and to issue a medical assessment regarding their medical fitness to perform work within the deadline determined according to point I for the validity of the affidavit or point III/1 for the validity of medical assessments.

Rules for cremation

Effective from 12:00 a.m. of 27 February 2021 through to 11:59 p.m. of 28 March 2021, the government hereby:

I. prohibits the cremation of the body of a person deceased outside of the Czech Republic that is not a citizen of the Czech Republic and does not have permanent residence in the Czech Republic, with the exception of a deceased person who was located in the Czech Republic as at 27 February 2021;

II. orders the operation of crematoria in the maximum possible scope, not taking into account the restrictive limits of operation stipulated by municipalities.

Healthcare and social service institutions

In relation to Government Resolution No. 1065 of 25 November 2021, whereby the Government, in line with Articles 5 and 6 of Constitutional Act No. 110/1998 Coll., on the Security of the Czech Republic, declared a state of emergency for the Czech Republic due to the health risks related to the proven incidence of a coronavirus (identified as SARS-CoV-2) in the Czech Republic, and in line with Section 5(a) to (e) of Act No. 240/2000 Coll., on Crisis Management, and amending certain acts (the Crisis Act), as amended, to address the current emergency situation, the Government has decided to adopt crisis measures, pursuant to Section 6(1)(c) of the Crisis Act.

Effective from 12:00 a.m. on 26 November 2021, the Government orders

1. in order to ensure the provision of healthcare services by healthcare service providers that provide acute inpatient care to patients with Covid-19, for the duration of the state of emergency related to the incidence of the Covid-19 epidemic in the Czech Republic, a work duty on physicians and healthcare professionals who perform non-medical healthcare occupations, who provide medical services in the form of

outpatient care,
one-day care, or
inpatient care, at whose healthcare facility there are no patients hospitalised with Covid-19 disease,

or who are the employees of such providers; this obligation does not apply to providers in the fields of general practical medicine, general practical pediatric medicine and gynecology and obstetrics and their employees, and healthcare professionals at special inpatient healthcare facilities such as hospices,

2. the Minister for Health to inform and methodically guide the persons listed in point 3 in the process of ensuring the provision of care pursuant to point 1,

3. all healthcare service providers that provide acute inpatient care to patients with Covid-19, to make use of the work duty of the persons specified in point 1 and to inform the Ministry of Health of the measures adopted in this respect,

4. the governors and Lord Mayor of the City of Prague to issue and recommend orders for the performance of work duties pursuant to this resolution for the specific persons listed in point 1, based on the specific requests of the entities listed in point 3, which must specify in their request the required number of physicians and healthcare professionals who perform non-medical healthcare occupations that they require to perform work duties, and the expected period of performing work duties,

5. the healthcare service providers to which or to whose employees the work duty under point 1 applies, to compile a list of physicians and healthcare professionals who perform 2 non-medical healthcare occupations pursuant to point 1, and to send these within 1 day, and upon any change always by the next day, to the locally component governor or the Lord Mayor of the City of Prague,

6. the entities pursuant to point 3 to ensure, within 30 days from the end of the performance of work duties, to issue confirmation to the given person of the performance of work duties and the actual time during which the specific person performed the ordered work duties, and to submit this confirmation in one counterpart to the given person, and to send one counterpart to the governor or Lord Mayor of the City of Prague who issued the order to the given person pursuant to point 4; the confirmation of the performed work duties must contain the identification of the person performing the work duties based on the order to impose work duties, the identification of the entity for which the work duties were performed, the period of the performance of work duties, and the stamp and signature of the person authorised to act on behalf of the entity issuing this confirmation.

Visits at healthcare and social service institutions

Effective from 12:00 a.m. on 22 November 2021 until the cancellation of this Extraordinary Measure:

1. visits to patients at healthcare facilities are restricted among all healthcare service providers, in that visits may only be permitted under the condition that the person visiting the patient does not show clinical symptoms of COVID-19, and (with the exception of children under 12 years of age) demonstrates to the healthcare service provider that they meet the following conditions:

the person has taken an RT-PCR test for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus antigen with a negative result no more than 72 hours ago, or
the person has taken a rapid antigen test (RAT) for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 antigen with a negative result no more than 24 hours ago, carried out by a healthcare professional, or the person has been vaccinated against COVID-19 and submits a national certificate of completed vaccination or a certificate of completed vaccination issued pursuant to the European Union regulation on the EU COVID digital certificate EU COVID1 , under the condition that at least 14 days have passed since the completion of the vaccination program;a national certificate of performed vaccination refers to a written confirmation issued at least in the English language by an authorized entity operating in a third country, a specimen of which is published in the list of recognized national certificates on the website of the Ministry of Health; the written confirmation must contain data about the vaccinated person, administered type of vaccine, date of administration of the vaccine and identification of the entity that issued the confirmation of that vaccination, whereas these data must be verifiable via remote access directly from the written confirmation, assuming vaccination was performed using

a medicinal product containing a COVID-19 vaccine granted market authorization under Regulation (EC) No. 726/2004, or
a medicinal product manufactured in accordance with a patent for the medicinal product pursuant to point i), if this medicinal product has been approved by the World Health Organization for emergency use; or

the person has undergone a laboratory-confirmed case of COVID-19, where the period of ordered isolation has ended, and no more than 180 days have passed since the first positive RT-PCR test for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus or rapid antigen test (RAT) for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 antigen,

unless the healthcare service provider stipulates otherwise in justified cases by means of an organizational measure; the person visiting a patient who fulfils one of the listed conditions may conduct the visit while observing the provider’s other systemic measures,

2. prohibits all healthcare service providers from allowing the presence of a third party during childbirth at a healthcare facility, if the following conditions are not met:

childbirth takes place in a separate birthing room or box with its own social amenities,
contact between the third party and other birthing mothers is restricted,
a third person is subject to the same rules as person visiting a patient pursuant to point 1,

3. visits to users among all social service providers, at homes for seniors and homes with special regimes, and all social service residential facilities (pursuant to Section 44, 49 and 50 of Act No. 108/2006 Coll., on Social Services), are restricted in that visits may only be permitted under the condition that the person visiting the user does not show clinical symptoms of COVID-19 and (with the exception of children under 12 years of age) demonstrates to the social service provider that they meet the following conditions:

the person has taken an RT-PCR test for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus antigen with a negative result no more than 72 hours ago, or
the person has taken a rapid antigen test (RAT) for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 antigen with a negative result no more than 24 hours ago, carried out by a healthcare professional, or
the person has been vaccinated against COVID-19 and submits a national certificate of completed vaccination or a certificate of completed vaccination issued pursuant to the European Union regulation on the EU COVID digital certificate1 , under the condition that at least 14 days have passed since the completion of the vaccination program; a national certificate of completed vaccination refers to a written confirmation issued at least in the English language by the authorized entity operating in a third country, a specimen of which is published in the list of recognized national certificates on the website of the Ministry of Health; the written confirmation must contain data about the vaccinated person, administered type of vaccine, date of administration of the vaccine, identification of the entity that issued the confirmation of that vaccination, whereas these data must be verifiable via remote access directly from the written confirmation, assuming the vaccination was performed using

a medicinal product containing a COVID-19 vaccine granted market authorization under Regulation (EC) No. 726/2004, or
a medicinal product manufactured in accordance with a patent for the medicinal product pursuant to point i), if this medicinal product has been approved by the World Health Organization for emergency use; or

the person has undergone a laboratory-confirmed case of COVID-19, where the period of ordered isolation has ended, and no more than 180 days have passed since the first positive RT-PCR test for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus or rapid antigen test (RAT) for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 antigen, unless the social services provider stipulates otherwise in justified cases by means of an organizational measure; the person visiting a user who fulfils one of the listed conditions may conduct the visit while observing the provider’s other systemic measures.

II.

Effective from 12:00 a.m. on 22 November 2021, the Extraordinary Measure of the Ministry of Health of 5 November 2021, Ref. No. MZDR 14597/2021-4/MIN/KAN, is repealed.

The obligation to wear face masks

1. Effective from 12:00 a.m. of 1 November 2021 until this Extraordinary Measure is rescinded, all persons are prohibited from moving around and being present without the protection of their airways (nose, mouth), which is a respirator or similar device (always without an exhalation valve) meeting at least all the technical conditions and requirements (for the product), including a filtration effectiveness of at least 94% in accordance with the relevant standards, which prevents the spread of droplets, specifically:

in the internal spaces of buildings that serve as a:

retail outlet;
service provision outlet;
healthcare facility;
social service buildings, such as weekly care centers, homes for persons with medical handicaps, homes for senior citizens and homes with a special regime, and facilities providing facilitating social services in residential form;
international airports;
universities, schools or school facilities, with the exception of primary school pupils during education at primary school, school groups or school clubs, pupils on the lower levels of six-year and eight-year high school during education at high school, pupils of the first four years of an eight-year conservatory curriculum during education at a conservatory, if they use a medical face mask or similar device meeting at least all the technical conditions and requirements (for the product) of the CSN EN 14683+AC standard that prevent the spreading of droplets,
museums, galleries, exhibition grounds, publicly accessible historical or cultural monuments (castles, chateaux or similar historical monuments, etc.), observatories and planetariums or places where trade fairs or retail economic exhibitions are held,
gambling halls, casinos, music, dance, gaming and similar social clubs or discotheques,

in all other indoor premises of buildings not specified in point 2(a), except for the place of residence or accommodation (e.g. hotel room), where there are at least 2 persons present in the same place at the same time at a distance of less than 1.5 meters, unless these are exclusively members of one household.
in means of public transit, including vehicular transit for third party use, the subject of which is passenger transport (in particular taxi service),
as concerns attendees at concerts and other musical, theatre, film or other artistic performances, circuses and variety shows and sports matches,
during participation at congresses, educational events and examinations in person,
during participation at public or private events, including assemblies pursuant to Act No. 84/1990 Coll., on the Right of Assembly, as amended, during which multiple persons gather in one place, unless these are members of one household; this applies to outdoor premises in cases when the event is attended by 30 or more people, where they do not maintain a distance of 1.5 meters, with the exception of children under 15 years of age, who may also wear different types of protective equipment at these places, such as a medical face mask or similar device meeting at least all the technical conditions and requirements (for the product) under CSN EN 14683+AC, which prevents the spread of droplets, unless they are subject to the exception under point 2.

In exceptional cases, when it is necessary for the child, pupil or student to see the teacher’s mouth during teaching, it is possible for the teacher to use a protective shield as protective respiratory equipment, under the condition that they maintain a distance of at least 1.5 meters from the children, pupils or students. Pupils or students performing practice, practical schooling or practical training at the workplaces of legal entities and natural persons shall observe the rules applied to employees at this workplace.

2. The prohibition pursuant to paragraph 1 does not apply to:

children that have not yet commenced mandatory school attendance; this does not apply to children in preparatory classes of primary school and children in the preparatory level of special primary school,
children, pupils and students as a part of educational activities for which the wearing of protective equipment is impossible (in particular physical education, singing and playing wind instruments),
teaching staff members or academic workers as a part of educational activities whose character does not enable the wearing of a protective device (in particular physical education, singing and playing wind instruments), if they maintain a distance of at least 1.5 metres from others,
children in preparatory classes of primary school, children in the preparatory level of special primary school, pupils and students during schooling who are seated at a desk or otherwise seated,
teaching staff members or academic workers that were vaccinated against COVID-19 and at least 14 days have passed since the completion of the vaccination programme in accordance with the summary of product characteristics, during the provision of education,
carers in a children’s group that were vaccinated against COVID-19 and at least 14 days have passed since the completion of the vaccination programme in accordance with the summary of product characteristics, during the provision of care in accordance with Act No. 47/2014 Coll., on the Provision of Child Care Services in a Children’s Group and Amending Related Acts, as amended,
examined persons and examiners at school or university, if all the persons maintain a distance of at least 1.5 meters,
accommodated children, pupils or students while staying in their room (i.e., outside of the common areas) at a boarding school or children’s home or during school field trips;
children and employees in educational facilities for the performance of institutional education or protective education and schools established as a part of them and centers of educational care when providing services in the form of boarding;
schools established by the Ministry of Justice;
children and employees at facilities for children requiring immediate assistance,
persons with intellectual disorders, disorders on the autistic spectrum and cognitive disorders or severe alterations of their mental state, whose mental capacity or current mental state does not allow them to observe this prohibition;
patients, if they are hospitalised in inpatient healthcare facilities or if this is necessary for the provision of healthcare services;
healthcare workers for the necessary period of time, if required for the provision of healthcare services;
social service users in social service buildings, such as weekly care centers, homes for persons with a medical handicap, homes for senior citizens and homes with a special regime, and in facilities providing facilitating social services in residential form;
other cases worthy of consideration that are stipulated by a healthcare or social service provider or attending doctor for movement and staying in healthcare facilities and social service facilities;
persons while performing work at the workplace or while performing similar activities, for the period when they perform this activity in one place without the presence of other persons,
persons while performing work at the workplace or while performing similar activities in accordance with adopted and implemented hygiene, technical, organisational and other measures to prevent risks stipulated by the employer in accordance with Section 102 of Act No. 262/2006 Coll., the Labour Code, as amended, provided they are equipped, at least, with other protective devices, which are a medical face mask or similar device fulfilling at least all the technical conditions and requirements (for the product) of the CSN EN 14683+AC standard, that prevent the spread of droplets,
persons driving public transport vehicles who are not in direct contact with passengers during their boarding and alighting;
judges, lay assessors, public prosecutors, accused persons and their defense counsel, parties to civil, administrative and constitutional court proceedings and their representatives, witnesses, experts, interpreters and other persons on which a court decides, in the place and at the time of the court proceedings;
persons performing copyrighted works (e.g. theatre, dance or musical performances), lecturers and persons participating in the creation and production of audio-visual works or programs;
hosts, reporters and other persons appearing on radio, television and other programs;
persons performing work classified by a decision of the competent public health protection authority in category three or four due to the risk factor affecting working conditions of heat stress, and also persons performing work which has not yet been categorised and for which it can be anticipated that, after categorization has been performed, it will be classified in category three or four due to the presence of a risk factor affecting working conditions of heat stress;
customers of catering establishments while consuming food and meals, including drinks, subject to the condition that the customer is sitting at a table;
persons outside catering establishments for the necessary period for the consumption of food and meals, including drinks;
a couple being married over the course of the wedding ceremony and other persons attending the ceremony, and persons declaring that they are entering into registered partnership together and other persons attending this declaration;
persons for the essential time needed to take their portrait photograph, or photographs of newlyweds, including a group photograph with household members and other direct relatives, and other close persons and persons for the period of time required to take photographs during photography sessions organised by the school or school facility,
athletes or persons exercising during training, exercises, matches, competitions, etc., including running and cycling, and trainers, other team members within the framework of collective sports, and referees during participation in sporting activities or training conducted within competitions organised by sports unions or umbrella sports organizations,
persons on the premises of artificial swimming areas, swimming pools, bathing pools, pools for infants and toddlers and paddling pools, spa and therapeutic pools, saunas, wellness facilities and salt caves,
persons for the period of time necessary to provide services which are provided to the person in the area of their head and neck and where use of protective equipment would prevent the provision of this service, such as barber shops, hairdressing salons, solariums, cosmetic, massage and similar regenerative or reconditioning services or other similar services during which skin integrity is breached,
persons during the organised activity of choirs, and only at the place of actual performance of the activity (singing) and during this activity,
persons participating in rehabilitation events or other similar events, both residential and non-residential, events or persons under 18 years of age when staying in and moving about the indoor and outdoor venue of the event (e.g., campground) and in the countryside, if no other mass event is held concurrently in the same place,
members and employees of the basic components of the Integrated Rescue System, if they use a mask or half mask meeting all of the technical conditions and requirements (for the product) of the CSN EN 140 +A1 standard,
persons who are unable for serious medical reasons to wear a respirator or medical face mask or similar device fulfilling at least all the technical conditions and requirements (for the product) of the CSN EN 14683+AC standard, that prevent the spread of droplets, and who are able to prove this fact by a medical certificate; however, such persons shall be required to wear other respiratory protective equipment pursuant to this measure, which is specified in the medical certificate, except where the medical certificate specifically states that the person concerned cannot wear any respiratory protective equipment.

3. Effective from 12:00 a.m. of 1 November 2021 until this Extraordinary Measure is rescinded, all employers are ordered to equip employees with respirators, in a sufficient number for each work shift; this does not apply if the employee does not come into contact with other persons during the period of work performance and in connection with work performance (e.g., remote work performance outside of the employer’s premises).

4. Effective from 12:00 a.m. on 1 November 2021 until this Extraordinary Measure is rescinded, all healthcare service providers are directed to only issue a certificate under paragraph 2(hh) to persons who are prevented from using respiratory protective equipment pursuant to this measure for serious medical reasons, and are further directed to make a record of that fact and the reasons for it, including the diagnosis, in the person's medical records, including that the natural person has been advised of the risks associated with not using respiratory protective equipment pursuant to this measure.

II.

Effective from 12:00 a.m. of 1 November 2021, this Extraordinary Measure repeals the Extraordinary Measure of the Ministry of Health of 22 October 2021, Ref. No. MZDR 15757/2020- 60/MIN/KAN.

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