In the Czech Republic, where in the last two weeks the total number of newly infected people has been falling, 19 percent of citizens do not want to be vaccinated, six percent are hesitant, while 14 percent of anti-vaxxers are even determined not to allow them to be vaccinated at any cost, it showed. is the regular November survey of the STEM agency.
Three quarters of Czechs have received at least the first dose of one of the four vaccines approved in the European Union or expect to be vaccinated, and so far in the Czech Republic, out of 10,7 million inhabitants, 13,69 million doses have been given, while 6,39 million have been fully vaccinated, and over a million Czechs received the third dose.
The government with the resignation of Prime Minister Andrej Babiš plans to introduce mandatory vaccination for people over the age of 60 from the end of February because, as the Prime Minister assessed, the possibilities of campaigning and persuading Czechs to get vaccinated have been exhausted, and it would also be mandatory for some professions, primarily in the state administration: soldiers, policemen, firefighters, rescuers, doctors and medical personnel.
According to the November STEM survey, 43 percent of Czechs reject the introduction of mandatory vaccination, while the same number believe that mandatory vaccination is the solution in a situation where there are still over 360.000 unvaccinated among the risk group of the elderly.
The Czech Vaccinological Society announced today that it does not agree with the introduction of mandatory vaccination for those over 60 years of age, but that it supports the vaccination of certain groups of employees as one of the most important preventive measures during the pandemic.
"I can't imagine that someone would fine an old man 400 euros just because he didn't get vaccinated. We fully support the vaccination of the elderly, for us it is the most risky group, but not as an obligation," said Roman Hlibek, president of the Czech Vaccinology Society, to the daily Mlada fronta Dnes. .
The future government of the newly appointed Prime Minister Petar Fijala, which otherwise for now supported the sanitary measures introduced by the outgoing government, also does not want mandatory vaccination to be introduced in the country.
In the Czech Republic, interest in vaccination has grown since the government, in its resignation on November 22, abolished PCR tests as a covid-19 pass for hospitality facilities, cultural and sports events and the use of some services, such as beauticians or hairdressers, and only vaccinated and those who have suffered from covid-19.
While during the summer and early fall the number of vaccine doses dropped to 10.000 to 15.000 per day, 88.607 doses were given on Thursday.
This Sunday, the daily increase of newly infected people is oscillating, on Thursday 18.582 newly infected people were discovered, which is over 9.300 less than a week ago, the reproduction number is now around one, and experts cautiously estimate that the momentum of this wave may be slowly, but still faltering.
There are currently 6.683 covid-19 patients in hospitals, which is 112 less than the previous day, of which 934 patients are in intensive care and on ventilators. 50 people died in one day, and since the beginning of the pandemic, 33.450.
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