Country: Czech Republic

A multi-channel strategy to move from a general lock-down due to COVID-19 spreading prevention to more normal life an economic activity. This strategy includes: - call centre software and call centre operators to offload auxiliary calls; - “memory maps” based on the location data from mobile operators and credit card payment data from banks; - a contact-tracing mobile application “eRouska”. This complex national solution was built as a non-profit project, piloted in two regions and…

The ePrescription and eSick note services were introduced shortly before COVID-19 pandemic. These services help to avoid unnecessary “face-to-face” contact between patients and health care providers, while enabling collection of relevant data to adjust policies and plan effective responses.

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport introduced an official portal for schools, students and parents with a set of online resources to support them in a new situation, when learning in the classroom is not possible due to anti-epidemic measures. The portal “#nadalku” will soon provide an online assessment guide to ensure that end-of –year exams as well as admission and final exams take place for as many students as possible. The distance learning of primary-school students during…

#eleaders In the Czech Republic, the Ministry of Health has built a dedicated website on COVID-19 situation providing all important contact details, guidelines, recommendations and information on extraordinary measures related to pandemic situation. Relevant and up-to-date information is available in Czech and English. Besides being a central official information resource for public, the portal provides a collaboration platform for public administration and private companies to help health care…

The Ministry of Industry and Trade created a funding program for SMEs where companies can apply with their innovative solutions regarding the current crisis. It includes not only innovations that aim at solving the current crisis but also such innovations which can help companies to transform their processes so that they would be able to better protect the health of their employees and the stability of their business in the future (e.g. innovations regarding automatization, digitization, remote…

Since March 16, Czech Television has been running a unique program called UčíTelka . Every day, students of the first grade of elementary schools wait for TV lessons on CT2. Every weekday from 9 am, classes start. Each class will last thirty minutes and will be designed for one year of the first stage with a short break in the form of educational programs produced by Déčka. Broadcasting will be regular to allow parents to adjust their daily schedule accordingly. One teacher will always…

eRouska (eFacemask) is an app for mobile phones that has been developed to use bluetooth to track all users of the app with whom you come into contact with. The eRouška application is available for operating systems Android (download here) and iOS (it should be released for iPhone in the next few upcoming hours/days) and it’s based on the Bluetooth technology. Once the users give their permission to the app, phones with activated Bluetooth service can let one another know when they meet. The…

The Czech government established a platform working as a marketplace for goods and services regarding the current crisis. Specialized government team connects the state (or even companies) demand for products or services with the supply of companies. To apply, companies need to fill a very simple online form. There are five steps: Fill in and send your offer or inquiry. You will be included in the CoVpoint central register. CoVpoint will contact the bidder. CoVpoint processes the offer or…

The website https://www.zachranmesluzby.cz/ allows Czech people to purchase future services from businesses and entrepreneurs, redeemable when businesses are able to re-open. There are currently 343 businesses from which people can purchase future services, all available through the online platform, on which you can sign up either as a supporter or as a service provider.

SousedskaPomoc.cz was created to provide food and medicine to people most at risk of coronavirus infection with the help of volunteers.These are mainly old and sick people who should not leave the house in the coming days at all. Users register, link with volunteers via an application that connects people with other local other cities, and then co-ordinate with volunteers through this app. Users can be dispatchers, couriers, seamstresses or caregivers.