Czechs tighten COVID lockdown, seek more tests for factory workers The Czech Republic, battling the world's worst surge in COVID-19 infections, deployed more police officers and soldiers on Monday to help enforce new lockdown measures that seek to confine people mostly to their home districts.Reuters | Prague | Updated: 02-03-2021 01:34 IST | Created: 02-03-2021 01:24 IST Representative image Image Credit: Pixabay The Czech Republic, battling the world's worst surge in COVID-19 infections, deployed more police officers and soldiers on Monday to help enforce new lockdown measures that seek to confine people mostly to their home districts. Prime Minister Andrej Babis has said the healthcare system faces collapse without the new restrictions due to a record number of patients in a serious condition.