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  • “The target is a good economy after the crisis” – Unions chief welcomes short-time work scheme
    Among the many coronavirus measures introduced by the Czech government is a
    “kurzarbeit”, or short-time working, programme. Under the scheme the
    state will make up some of the income lost by employees whose work is
    reduced by factory outages, helping firms avoid redundancies. The idea has
    received widespread backing, including from the Czech Confederation of
    Trade Unions, headed by Josef Středula. I discussed it – and the outlook
    in general – with the unions chief.
    6 min
  • Health Ministry presents central information system as “brain centre“ to combat epidemic
    The Ministry of Health has developed a special information system that
    delivers complex up-to-date data on the evolution of the coronavirus
    epidemic and provides prognosis models on possible development. The system
    monitors the number of infected, their current state and needs regarding
    medical care, the capacities of hospitals, as well as people tested and
    quarantined, updated by the minute which should enable faster and
    coordinated decision making in view of saving lives.
    4 min
  • Health officials and IT groups use big data to track spread of coronavirus
    Nearly half of the Czechs who were quarantined after returning from Italy,
    broke the government order, data released by an independent IT initiative
    shows. It was collected by analysing anonymous card payment details and is
    just one of the ways in which big data is being used to keep better track
    of COVID-19 and its spread. The government has also stepped in, giving
    patients the option to share their movement with hygienists.
    4 min
  • Czech researchers develop top-grade respirator for 3D printing
    The coronavirus pandemic has sparked a global scramble for face masks and
    respirators. Most of the world's face masks are made in China and
    Taiwan, which currently find it hard to satisfy demand, and scientists are
    racing to find alternative sources. A team of researchers at the Czech
    Institute of Computer Science, Robotics and Cybernetics (CIIRC) has
    developed a high-grade respirator that can be printed on industrial 3D
    printers or produced by injection molding technology.
    4 min
  • Miřenka Čechová: If my parents had known one percent they would have taken me out of ballet school
    Miřenka Čechová is an internationally acclaimed performer, director and
    choreographer known for combining dance and physical theatre. In her
    recently published autobiographical novel Baletky (Ballet Dancers)
    Čechová draws on her years as a pre-teen and teenage student at
    Prague’s Dance Conservatory, detailing extreme physical demands and
    constant psychological pressure. Nevertheless, the 38-year-old says she did
    not intend the book – which also paints a vivid portrait of ‘90s Prague
    – as a “My Ballet Hell” style misery memoir. When we spoke, I first
    asked her about some of the extreme things she had been through as a young
    ballet student.
    16 min
  • Report from the town of Žďár nad Sázavou
    How does a partial lockdown feel in a small Czech town? The government
    declared a state of emergency more than a week ago. There is a ban on
    travel, schools are closed as well as most shops and other public
    institutions. Vít Pohanka lives in the town of Žďár nad Sázavou and
    sent this report.
    18 min
  • Dana Zatopkova – Olympic gold winner and national sweetheart
    Dana Zátopková – one of the greatest Czech sportswomen of all time and
    a national sweetheart – died last Friday at the blessed age of 97. The
    winner of two Olympic medals and one-time world record holder in the
    javelin-throwing category was also known as the wife of the legendary
    runner Emil Zátopek.
    5 min

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