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Czech Hepatitis A Outbreak Hits 2,375 Cases as Border Ski Resort Warns Tourists

Officials elevate prevention efforts to limit cross-border spread.

In Bozi Dar warnen Behörden vor einer Hepatitis-Infektion.
Darstellung der Leber und einer Nahaufnahme von Hepatitis-A-Viren.
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Overview

  • Czech authorities report 2,375 Hepatitis A infections and 28 deaths this year, with cases concentrated in Prague, Karlovy Vary and Central Bohemia.
  • The ski resort of Boží Dar on the German border issued a hygiene alert urging visitors, including day-trippers, to avoid direct contact with high-touch surfaces and disinfect hands regularly.
  • Prague expanded prevention on public transport by adding sanitizer dispensers and increasing cleaning and disinfection of handholds in trams, the metro and buses.
  • Germany’s Robert Koch Institute counts 993 domestic cases and six deaths so far this year, and STIKO advises vaccination for travelers to higher-risk countries including Czechia.
  • Hospital pressure is rising in the Karlovy Vary region, the Czech state authority has notified EU partners via the ECDC, and Saxony’s health ministry currently sees no epidemiological danger to its general population.