In its emergency meeting on 14 October, the Government passed several subsidy programmes to support businesses and entrepreneurs in economic sectors which have been the most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. This, in fact, represents an extension of the existing programmes or new programmes under preparation, such as COVID – Culture, COVID – Rental, COVID – Bus or COVID – Sport II. Businesses and entrepreneurs will be provided with CZK 3.45 billion in total from these programmes.

The Czech government introduced a new set of measures yesterday due to the surge of Covid-19 infections. Measures are focused mainly on limiting gatherings of people, impacting restaurants, culture events, sports and related services. We revise our 2020 GDP forecast to -7.5% from -6.5%

The topic of the last AmCham HR committee online meeting which took place last Friday, October 16 was Leadership.

There were four speakers discussing how organizational leadership has been impacted by COVID and what changes will last beyond the pandemic.

Vodafone will provide unlimited free internet access to families who cannot provide online teaching for their children. Seniors get an unlimited call on the existing Tarif 60+. In addition, customers who use the eRouška app will not pay for the data that the app needs for its operation. The company has also provided 40 operators to support tracing and is also thinking about supporting companies. Vodafone believes that telecoms can help change the world and the current plight for the better.