Czech Republic cancels flights, prevents fans from running over coronavirus

PRAGUE (Reuters) – The Czech Republic will cut flights to South Korea and cities in northern Italy and ban spectators from an international biathlon event this week due to coronavirus problems, Prime Minister said on Monday Minister Andrej Babis.

Central European country took action after reporting its first three virus cases on Sunday in people who visited or lived in northern Italy, the region with the largest coronavirus outbreak in Europe.

Some universities have removed students while the bus operator RegioJet also plans to suspend its international connections Prague-Venice-Rome and Prague-Milan at the end of the week.

The stop to flights to and from the Italian cities of Milan, Venice and Bologna will last two weeks and could be extended, said Minister of Industry Karel Havlicek.

One of the people infected with the coronavirus was a teacher from the Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague who had attended a conference in Italy, which prompted the school to cancel the courses. Monday and Tuesday as they established contacts with students and colleagues.

The Czech Technical University also kept students and staff from certain departments at home on Monday after the patient's colleague's visit to the school last week, the university said.

In the country's second largest city, Brno, the University of Mendel has announced that it will switch to an online course program and cancel its courses until March 15 due to concerns related to the contagion of coronaviruses.

Babis said the State Security Council, which met Monday to discuss precautions to stop the spread of the virus that has infected more than 86,500 people worldwide, will meet at again Wednesday to decide on a possible ban on large gatherings.

The board decided on Monday to go ahead with a biathlon world cup event at Nove Mesto, 165 km (102 miles) southeast of Prague, but without spectators. The event usually attracts tens of thousands of people from all over Europe.

Report by Robert Muller and Jason Hovet Editing by Mark Heinrich

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