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To protect their citizens and make travel easier, the European Union is considering implementing a COVID-19 vaccine passport. Among other EU countries, the Czech Republic is also planning to use a digital health pass for its citizens. Tomáš Petříček, the Czech Foreign Minister, expressed his opinion about the necessity of having a digital passport: “If we are unable to reach an agreement on a vaccine passport across the EU, then we will at least start negotiating with our neighbors about a green pass for our region.” According to Ursula von der Leyen, the new digital passport will provide the ‘proof that a person has been vaccinated; results of tests for those who couldn’t get a vaccine yet; and info on theRead more.

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President Miloš Zeman criticized Minister of Health, Jan Blatný, and director of the State Institute for Drug Control (SÚKL), Irena Storová, because they actively prevent the approval of the Sputnik V vaccine in the Czech Republic. Zeman also offered to remove them from office because their attitude towards Sputnik V will have many negative consequences, such as the deaths of patients.  Zeman is convinced the Russian and Chinese vaccines as the best solution during the current critical situation in the country. “The conclusion is that if millions of people are vaccinated with these vaccines, whether Russian or Chinese, then the two I spoke of [Minister of Health Blatný and also the director of the State Institute for Drug Control] areRead more.

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The government is expecting to receive the first 9,750 doses of COVID-19 vaccine by the end of the month, equally distributed between Prague and Brno according to ČVS (Czech Vaccinology Society). Another 250,000 doses are expected to arrive in January, according to Irozhlas.cz. The vaccination will begin immediately. Currently, the speed at which the vaccines will arrive in the Czech Republic depends on how soon the European Medicine Agency can approve the shots. The meeting considering the BioNTech/Pfizer vaccine should happen on the 21st of December (eight days earlier than originally planned) and it will take a few more days for delivery. “Within two days, the vaccine will be approved by the European Commission, and from December 24, it willRead more.