boston. 23 7 march 2020 confirmed travel-related italy — — home isolation male — cze a married couple (#23, #24) who returned from italy. 24 7 march 2020 confirmed travel-related italy — — home isolation female — cze a married couple (#23, #24) who returned from italy. 25 7 march 2020 confirmed travel-related austria — — home isolation male — cze a married couple (#25, #26) who were in contact with an infected woman in austria (this woman arrived from boston). 26 7 march 2020 confirmed travel-related austria — — home isolation female — cze a married couple (#25, #26) who were in contact with an infected woman in austria (this woman arrived from boston). 27 8 march 2020 confirmed travel-related italy, val gardena prague prague home isolation male — cze a married couple (#27, #28) who had been skiing in val gardena resort in italy with a group of people who were tested posively in previous days. 28 8 march 2020 confirmed travel-related italy, val gardena prague prague home isolation female — cze a married couple (#27, #28) who had been skiing in val gardena resort in italy with a group of people who were tested posively in previous days. 29 8 march 2020 confirmed travel-related italy, auronzo di cadore litoměřice ústí nad labem region home isolation female — cze women (case no. 29, #30) from a group that visited auronzo di cadore ski resort in italy. 30 8 march 2020 confirmed travel-related italy, auronzo di cadore litoměřice ústí nad labem region home isolation female — cze women (case no. 29, #30) from a group that visited auronzo di cadore ski resort in italy. 31 8 march 2020 confirmed person-to-person spread family — ústí nad labem region home isolation male — cze an elderly man, a relative of cases no. 29 and no. 30, who had not visited italy. 32 8 march 2020 confirmed person-to-person spread known connection hradec králové hradec králové region home isolation male — cze a man tested at university hospital hradec králové was in contact with a prague coronavirus case—a person who had been infected in boston (case no. 15 or #22). 33 9 march 2020 confirmed travel-related italy, trentino rožnov pod radhoštěm zlín region — female ~42 cze a woman (*1978) who had been on a family holiday in trentino, italy. she had mild respiratory issues. 34 9 march 2020 confirmed person-to-person spread known connection prague prague home isolation male ~12 cze a young man (*2008) has family ties on a case infected in italy. he was diagnosed at bulovka hospital in prague. 35 9 march 2020 confirmed travel-related italy, trentino prague prague home isolation male ~45 cze a man (*1975) who returned from lombardy, italy. he was diagnosed at bulovka hospital in prague. 36 9 march 2020 confirmed person-to-person spread known connection — — home isolation female ~62 cze a woman (*1958) with a connection to a group that was skiing in val gardena, italy. 37 9 march 2020 confirmed travel-related italy, trentino — central bohemian region — male — cze a man from central bohemia who visited trentino, italy. 38 9 march 2020 confirmed community spread prague prague prague bulovka hospital, prague male 40–45 cze a prague uber driver with no travel history and no known connection to other cases; however, german nationals he was in contact with are investigated. it is the first community spread case in the czech republic. 39 10 march 2020 confirmed person-to-person spread workplace — central bohemian region — female ~61 cze a woman (*1959) from central bohemia contracted the virus at work where she had been in contact with a woman infected at val gardena ski resort in italy. 40 10 march 2020 confirmed travel-related italy, sexten — ústí nad labem region — male ~54 cze a man (*1966) returned from skiing in sexten, italy. 41 10 march 2020 confirmed travel-related germany prostějov olomouc region hospital in prostějov, olomouc region male ~55 jpn an employee of japanese origin of company toray textiles central europe in prostějov. the patient returned from germany with high fever. after spending initial week in home isolation, the patient's state worsened significantly which led to his relocation to infectious ward of the prostějov hospital. the patient developed serious pneumonia. doctors put him into complete isolation and on antibiotics treatment. his state became better after about a week before being finally cleared after two consecutive negative tests on 23 march 2020. 42 10 march 2020 confirmed travel-related austria — pardubice region home isolation male — cze elderly man was skiing in bad gastein. 43 10 march 2020 confirmed — — prague prague — female — — student of vše in prague. 44 10 march 2020 confirmed — — prague prague — male child cze student of norbertov elementary school in prague 6. 45 10 march 2020 confirmed travel-related italy litovel olomouc region hospital in prostějov, olomouc region male — cze husband of an infected woman (case # 46). both were skiing in italy. 46 10 march 2020 confirmed travel-related italy litovel olomouc region hospital in prostějov, olomouc region female — cze wife of an infected man (case # 45). both were skiing in italy. 47–63 10 march 2020 confirmed — — — — — — — — no details yet. 64 11 march 2020 confirmed travel-related italy, livigno — pilsen region — female — cze a woman returning from livigno. 65 11 march 2020 confirmed travel-related italy, trentino — zlin region — male — — a man was skiing in trentino. 66 11 march 2020 confirmed travel-related italy, dolomites brno south moravian region home isolation male — cze a man(#66) and a woman(#67) from brno returned from a skiing holiday in the dolomites. 67 11 march 2020 confirmed travel-related italy, dolomites brno south moravian region home isolation female — cze a man(#66) and a woman(#67) from brno returned from a skiing holiday in the dolomites. 68 11 march 2020 confirmed person-to-person spread brno, household brno south moravian region university hospital brno female 84 cze a czech woman who was in touch with her daughter who returned from italy. 69–94 11 march 2020 confirmed — — — — — — — — information not provided. 95 12 march 2020 confirmed travel-related germany — south bohemian region home isolation male 45–50 — a middle-aged man who works in germany noticed symptoms after returning from germany. mild condition. 96 12 march 2020 confirmed travel-related italy — liberec region regional hospital liberec female 59 cze the first case in liberec region is a 59-year-old woman who was skiing in italy. she had symptoms and stayed home after she told her employer, she moved to hospital on 10 march. reportedly in mild condition. 97 12 march 2020 confirmed travel-related italy — karlovy vary region home isolation male 65+ cze the first case in karlovy vary region is a man over 65 years old who was skiing in italy. mild condition. 98 12 march 2020 confirmed person-to-person spread prague litomyšl pardubice region pardubice hospital female 30 cze the second case in pardubice region is a woman from litomyšl that was infected in prague. she works in administrative and was in contact with another case, which is why she was tested. even though she had no symptoms, regional epidemiologist said she would be transferred to pardubice hospital. 99 12 march 2020 confirmed community spread frýdek-místek frýdek-místek moravian-silesian region — female — cze a nurse from hospital in frýdek-místek with no travel history and no known relation to other cases. policies to fight the contagion policy details type of measure specific details date enacted in force note authority soft measures travel restrictions (before border closure) suspension of issuing of new visas in china. 30 january 2020 indefinitely. revoked on 21 april 2020. visas issued prior remained valid. ministry of health protection measure no. mzdr 5503/2020-2/pro ministry of health protection measure no. mzdr 16518/2020-1/min/kan suspension of direct flights to/from china. 8 february 2020 from 9 february onwards (indefinitely). revoked on 21 april 2020. ten direct flights a week, all of them cancelled. ministry of health protection measure no. mzdr 4618/2020-1/min/kan ministry of health protection measure no. mzdr 4618/2020-2/min/kan (revocation) suspension of direct flights to/from selected regions of italy. 2 march 2020 from 5 march 2020 until 19 march 2020. all direct flights to/from italian regions emillia-romagna, piemont, lombardia, venetia suspended. around 100,000–110,000 czechs visited northern italy over the previous month (mostly for skiing holidays). ministry of health protection measure no. mzdr 5503/2020-6/pro suspension of direct flights to/from south korea. 2 march 2020 from 5 march 2020 onwards (indefinitely). revoked on 24 march 2020. all direct flights to/from south korea suspended. ministry of health protection measure no. mzdr 5503/2020-5/pro ministry of health protection measure no. mzdr 5503/2020-15/pro (revocation) suspension of issuing of new visas in iran. 7 march 2020 from 7 march onwards (indefinitely). revoked on 21 april 2020. applies to all applicants requesting visas in iran (notwithstanding nationality). ministry of health protection measure no. mzdr 10384/2020-1/min/kan ministry of health protection measure no. mzdr 10384/2020-2/min/kan (revocation) random medical checks at major border crossings 7 march 2020 from 9 march 7 am onwards (indefinitely). major border crossings (rozvadov, folmava, železná ruda, dolní dvořiště, strážný, mikulov, hatě, břeclav, cínovec, and pomezí) staffed by a combination of police, customs, and fire service personnel. drivers provided with informational leaflets in czech, english, german and italian. random temperature checks of vehicle occupants. similar measures put in place at all international airports as well as in cross-border trains. people with symptoms can either turn back at the border or be transported by a hazmat ambulance for medical examination at the nearest hospital. army deployed on 10 march (see below). government restrictions on sale of medical means ffp3 respirators sale ban ffp3 respirators may be sold only to: healthcare providers (exemption revoked on 6 march) welfare providers (exemption revoked on 6 march) czech republic government and its component agencies resellers of ffp3 based in the czech republic, provided resellers will sell only to the other groups mentioned 3 march 2020 from 4 march onwards (indefinitely) revoked on 6 april 2020 the ffp3 respirators sale ban was preceded by a memo from security information service to the government, according to which chinese embassy in prague was conducting massive purchases of respirators available on czech market during january and february and transferring them to china. this led to shortage of ffp3 respirators for use by healthcare providers which lasted for weeks after the ban was passed. ministry of health protection measure no. mzdr 5503/2020-8/pro ministry of health protection measure no. mzdr 5503/2020-12/pro ministry of health protection measure no. mzdr 15190/2020-1/min/kan (revocation) hand sanitizers export ban. 5 march 2020 from 5 march onwards (indefinitely). revoked on 21 april 2020. ban on export of hand sanitizers listed in annex 1, category 1 of eu regulation no. 528/2012 (with exemption of small amounts for personal use). ministry of health protection measure no. mzdr 5503/2020-9/pro ministry of health protection measure no. mzdr 16771/2020-2/min/kan (revocation) ban on export of medication 17 march 2020 from 17 march onwards (indefinitely). 17 march – 1 april 2020 – general ban on export of medication. from 1 april onwards – ban on export of selected medication. ban only on export of medication destined for the czech market. medication manufactured directly to foreign order may still be exported. government regulation no. 104/2020 coll. (until 1 april) government regulation no. 146/2020. coll (after 1 april) duty to report gatherings over 5,000 people. organisers must inform health authorities about all planned gatherings where they expect 5,000 or more visitors during a single day 4 march 2020 from 4 march onwards (indefinitely). revoked on 17 april ministry of health protection measure no. mzdr 9826/2020-1/hes ministry of health protection measure no. mzdr 9826/2020-2/min/kan (revocation) quarantine spectators banned from attending the world biathlon cup championship race in nové město na moravě. championship can take place, but no spectators allowed. 2 march 2020 from 5 march 2020 to 8 march 2020. ministry of health protection measure no. mzdr 5503/2020-7/pro residents returning from abroad ordered to self-quarantine for 14 days. all residents of the czech republic (citizens and non-citizens), as well as other persons working in the czech republic who return to the country from italy, are ordered to contact their general practitioner by phone or email