Number of respiratory diseases rises by 80 pct in Prague in Jan

The number is still the lowest in the whole of the Czech Republic where some 956 people per 100,000 inhabitants are ill now.

An epidemic starts at 2000 per 100,000.

Chief sanitary commissioner Michael Vit told CTK that Prague has always been an exception.

"People leave for Christmas and end-year holidays and the incidence of acute respiratory diseases is always the lowest in Prague at this time," Vit said.

Now that children are back at school and nurseries, the sickness rate is increasing.

Autor: ČTK
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