Returnees from Italy must start two-week quarantine - PM Babis

The people with permanent stay in the Czech Republic who will have returned from Italy as of Saturday must announce this to a doctor, but without a personal contact, and undergo a two-week quarantine, Prime Minister Andrej Babis (ANO) told journalists today. The measure is to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus. The Health Ministry has ordered the doctors to decide on a two-week quarantine for all the people in question. At present, there are about 16,500 Czechs in Italy.