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Classic Czech Christmas in danger: Hygiene decides what will be allowed

Whether the traditional Advent markets on Prague’s Old Town Square will take place at all and whether Praguers will not lose the traditional lighting of the Christmas tree, according to the statement of the Mayor of the Capital City of Prague Zdeněk Hřib, the hygienist will decide.

“At the moment it is not clear how the situation will develop, however, if we all follow the current measures, I believe that we will be able to stop the growth of infected and perhaps the markets could take place. However, the final verdict will be on the decision of hygiene,” TN.cz A mushroom that firmly believes that the lighting of a tree “perhaps no one will forbid us”.

However, Prague will have to do without the New Year’s fireworks and the representative ball of the Capital City of Prague. “We have already decided on this during the holidays, because the situation is really uncertain at the moment, it is not clear what the hygiene rules will be for gathering such a large number of people in one place,” says Hřib.

“Markets will really depend on how the situation develops, and it will depend on how we all comply with the measures in force. It’s not just about the veils, but it’s also about keeping distances and hand disinfection,” he said. with the mayor of Prague.

The absence of fireworks is not to be reconciled by the city district of Prague 2, which sponsors the Fireworks for Prague event. The costs associated with organizing fireworks was created under the heading Prague Lives! even a public collection.

The statement of the Minister of Health Roman Prymula is cautiously optimistic – according to him, Christmas could be in the spirit of relaxing measures, if the epidemiological situation allows at least a little.

“Now we are trying to plan the immediate 14 days so that it has some order and meaning, Christmas is not planned yet. We need to bring down the unfavorable values ​​quickly so that we do not reach the edge of capacity, and as soon as it succeeds, the measures will be released again. I hope that at Christmas there should not be such a regime, which will be here for the next two or three weeks, “Minister Prymula told TN.cz.

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