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Patient in the intensive care unit at the University Clinic in Prague: "Explain to the citizens that they will die here"
Photo: DAVID W CERNY / REUTERS
The two gentlemen wear dark suits, appropriate for the occasion, and speak with FFP2 masks in front of their mouths.
Andrej Babiš, Czech Prime Minister, and Health Minister Jan Blatný came to Prague this Thursday to explain how the nationwide anti-Covid vaccination program should work.
Babiš was the first Czech to have himself vaccinated in the Prague military hospital, flanked by a 95-year-old World War II veteran.
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Prime Minister Andrej Babiš at the Covid vaccination in Prague: The curve is steeply upwards
Photo: Ondøej Deml / dpa
Health Minister Blatný is trying to reassure the electorate.
He denies reports that the first triages have already occurred in the Czech Republic - medical decisions about life and death.
They become necessary when a health system is about to collapse and can no longer care for all patients equally well.
Only around 30 percent want to be vaccinated
With a 14-day incidence of 1513, the Czech Republic is currently one of the countries most affected by the coronavirus in the world.
The number of new infections is almost five times the German comparison value.
In relation to the population, more people died from or with the virus in the Czech Republic than in the USA or Great Britain.
To make matters worse, hardly any other nation is more skeptical about vaccinations than the Czechs.
According to a study by the Olomouc Palacký University, only around 30 percent of the population intend to be immunized by an injection.
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