%0 Journal Article
%T Government response to COVID-19 in the Czech Republic: February–July 2020
%A Löblová, Olga
%J Zdrowie Publiczne i Zarządzanie
%V 2020
%R 10.4467/20842627OZ.20.007.12661
%N Tom 18, Numer 1
%P 75-79
%K COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Czech Republic, Public Health Response; COVID-19, Republika Czeska, działania zdrowia publicznego
%@ 1731-7398
%D 2020
%U https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/zdrowie-publiczne-i-zarzadzanie/artykul/government-response-to-covid-19-in-the-czech-republic-february-july-2020
%X 
	The Czech Republic initially managed the outbreak of the novel coronavirus remarkably, with relatively few cases and low death rate. Its public health response was characterized by swift implementation of public health measures driven by an implicit precautionary principle, but also chaotic communication of measures and a lack of transparency in justifying individual policies. June and July 2020 have seen a rise in COVID-19 cases linked to two regional clusters but later associated with community transmission, which exposed weaknesses in the country’s test-trace-isolate system.