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Health system measures in Czech Republic - COVID-19 - June 2020 - P4H Network

Health system measures in Czech Republic – COVID-19 – June 2020

The health system measures put into place in Czech Republic to contain the spread of COVID-19 are:

From 16 March 2020, the government has banned all doctors, dentists, pharmacists and medical staff from taking their leave during the emergency
– recalled on April 09.
The Ministry of Finance announced on March 4 that it would start regulating prices of protective respiratory masks (FFP3 class) and prohibited exporting the masks and their sale to the general public.
All acute inpatient care facilities have been ordered to allocate maximum possible bed capacity to COVID-19 patients, including the provision of necessary staff and appropriate safety conditions.
Medical students in their last two years of studies and students in the last two years of nursing schools were called to assist in the provision of health services.
Exports of drugs from the Czech Republic has been prohibited.
Planned surgeries that can be delayed were ordered to be postponed.
With the aim to boost health system capacity a bill was proposed (April 6, pending parliamentary approval), so that non-EU medical staff without fully validated degrees will be allowed to work in Czech hospitals for the time of the crisis and immediately after.

You can find the published information here

Reference
18 Jun 2020