Abstract
The next few months will see the Czech Republic in a delicate balance between as much normality as possible and as much physical and social distancing as necessary. The country has made enormous progress in suppressing and controlling the virus, through enormous economic and personal sacrifices made by the whole population.
These achievements need to be safeguarded through constant watchfulness. It is still unknown whether immunity is acquired from surviving the disease, and for how long, but in any case the frequency of immunity in the Czech population is likely to be negligible, the conditions are thus qualitatively unchanged and should the virus reemerge we could see it spread quickly, exponentially.
There will invariably be local outbreaks as schools, offices and restaurants reopen, just as there are in other countries that otherwise have the epidemic well under control. Examples of renewed outbreaks in South Korea and other countries demonstrate the importance of continuous vigilance, but they also show that sudden outbreaks can be brought under control with quick and decisive action supported by the right preparation.