Cabinet to ask MPs to extend state of coronavirus emergency

The government decided at its special meeting today that it would ask the Chamber of Deputies to extend the state of emergency over the COVID-19 epidemic in Czechia, valid from October 5 to November 3 so far, by one month until December 3, PM Andrej Babis (ANO) has told reporters. The cabinet can prolong the state of emergency only after a previous consent by the lower house of Czech parliament. MPs are to debate the proposal on Friday.