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Since the start of the epidemic, this is the fourth change of the official heading the health ministry

Czech government loses fourth health minister during pandemic Back to the beginning: Adam Vojtěch was the first health minister during the pandemic, forced out when Covid cases began to rise. Now he's back as health minister number five - after performing "My Way" on a popular TV chatshow (Photo: YouTube) Prague, 27. May, 07:17 The Czech government on Tuesday (25 May) announced the resignation of the country's fourth health minister since the Covid-19 pandemic began. Petr Arenberger was forced to quit after being accused of hiding millions of crowns (tens of thousands of euros) in revenue o...

The Czech health minister has come under fire after allegations that he had withheld information about supplementary income. Petr Arenberger - who only took office on 7 April - has been asked to explain alleged substantial irregularities in his tax returns, Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš has said. National media have reported that Arenberger had declared significantly more assets and a higher income after joining the government than in previous years. Before becoming a member of the Czech Cabinet, he was the director of the Vinohrady University Hospital in Prague. Opposition politicians h...

The explosive reset of Czech-Russian relations May 02,2021 - Last updated at May 02,2021 PRAGUE — The Czech Republic has endured one of its most dramatic fortnights since the Velvet Revolution in 1989, following the government’s announcement that two Russian agents were responsible for explosions at a munitions depot in the Moravian village of Vrbetice in 2014, in which two people were killed. Former prime minister Bohuslav Sobotka expressed the public’s shock perfectly: “I would say that this is the largest Russian attack on Czech soil since the invasion in 1968. It is a historic mom...

  Over three million doses of vaccines against Covid-19 have been administered in the Czech Republic since vaccination began four months ago, more than three-quarters of them from Pfizer / BioNTech. So far, 980,327 people have been fully vaccinated in the Czech Republic, while the current number of patients in hospital is declining. Photo Credit: Courtesy of South Moravian Region. Czech Rep., Apr 29 (BD) – The number of patients in Czech hospitals with Covid-19 dropped under 3,000 on Wednesday, for the first time since October 2020. Of the 2,483 patients, 622 are in a serious condition, ac...