{"id":3453,"date":"2021-02-11T21:10:32","date_gmt":"2021-02-11T20:10:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/czechpoints.com\/?p=3453"},"modified":"2021-02-11T21:10:34","modified_gmt":"2021-02-11T20:10:34","slug":"government-imposes-complete-lockdown-on-hardest-hit-regions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/czechpoints.com\/government-imposes-complete-lockdown-on-hardest-hit-regions\/","title":{"rendered":"Government imposes complete lockdown on hardest-hit regions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Czech government has imposed a complete lockdown on the three hardest-hit regions to help contain a more contagious variant of the coronavirus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Health Minister Jan Blatny says the measure will become effective Friday for two regions in western Czech Republic on the German border \u2014 Cheb and Sokolov \u2014 and another in the northern part of the country \u2014 Trutnov \u2014 on the border with Poland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Residents of the regions are barred from leaving those places, while people without residency can\u2019t travel there. 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