Open AccessGovernment response to COVID-19 in the Czech Republic: February–July 2020
Author(s) -
Olga Löblová
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
zeszyty naukowe ochrony zdrowia, zdrowie publiczne i zarządzanie/zeszyty naukowe ochrony zdrowia, zdrowie publiczne i zarządzanie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2084-2627
pISSN - 1731-7398
DOI - 10.4467/20842627oz.20.007.12661
Subject(s) - czech , outbreak , transparency (behavior) , public health , covid-19 , government (linguistics) , pandemic , political science , transmission (telecommunications) , geography , public administration , environmental health , economic growth , development economics , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease , medicine , virology , economics , law , telecommunications , nursing , pathology , computer science , philosophy , linguistics
The Czech Republic initially managed the outbreak of the novel coronavirus remarkably, with relatively few cases and low death rate. Its public health response was characterized by swift implementation of public health measures driven by an implicit precautionary principle, but also chaotic communication of measures and a lack of transparency in justifying individual policies. June and July 2020 have seen a rise in COVID-19 cases linked to two regional clusters but later associated with community transmission, which exposed weaknesses in the country’s test-trace-isolate system.