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FILE - successful this March 22, 2021 record photo, A pistillate walks by thousands of crosses that are painted astatine the Old Town Square, to commemorate the 1-year day of the decease of archetypal Czech COVID-19 patient, successful Prague, Czech Republic. The Czech Republic has been deed by a steep emergence successful COVID-19 infections that person reached the levels unseen since precocious April, the Health Ministry said connected Wednesday Oct. 20, 2021. The Czech Republic has been deed by a steep emergence successful COVID-19 infections that person reached the levels unseen since precocious April, the Health Ministry said connected Wednesday Oct. 20, 2021. The Czech Republic has recorded a caller grounds precocious successful coronavirus infections successful 1 time since the opening of the pandemic. The quality was announced by the Health Ministry connected Wednesday Nov. 17, 2021, a time earlier the authorities is acceptable to o.k. caller restrictions tackle the caller wave. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek/File)

PRAGUE – PRAGUE — The Czech Republic and Slovakia reported grounds regular numbers of caller coronavirus cases Wednesday, a time earlier the governments of the neighboring European countries program to o.k. caller restrictions successful effect to rising infections.

The Czech regular tally soared to 22,479 caller cases, eclipsing the erstwhile grounds acceptable Jan. 7 by astir 5,000 and astir 8,000 much than a week ago.

The country’s corruption complaint roseate to 813 caller cases per 100,000 residents implicit the past 7 days, up from 558 a week earlier.

Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis said the authorities is considering respective options, including pursuing neighboring Austria successful ordering a lockdown for unvaccinated residents. Another measurement nether reappraisal is nary longer allowing radical to be nationalist events oregon spell to bars and restaurants based connected coronavirus trial results.

Slovakia reported 8,342 caller microorganism cases, surpassing the erstwhile grounds of 7,244 acceptable Friday. The Slovakian authorities is readying caller restrictions connected unvaccinated radical arsenic the country's hospitals are getting overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients.

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Slovakian Prime Minister Eduard Heger said his Cabinet would ballot Thursday connected recommendations from an advisory radical of aesculapian experts. Among the proposals, which would beryllium instituted for 3 weeks, are banning unvaccinated individuals from non-essential stores, buying malls, gyms, pools, hotels and wide nationalist gatherings.

Slovakia's Health Ministry said that 81% of the country's 2,879 hospitalized COVID-19 patients person not received coronavirus vaccines.

The Czech Republic and Slovakia person vaccination rates beneath the mean of the 27 European Union nations.

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