Positive Covid-19 results for two employees at the bus produced Iveco Czech Republic has triggered a series of measures designed to keep the pandemic from spreading through the company’s staff of 4,000. The company carried out a general disinfection of its entire facility in Eastern Bohemia and tracked down who its infected employees had been in contact with. Iveco closed during the lockdown period from March 30 until May 4, making the company desperate to avoid a repeat of the exercise. Workers were allowed to take vacation time during the lockdown with 100 percent pay, or they could continue working at 80 percent of their usual wages. The number of Czechs currently diagnosed with active Covid-19 infections has risen in recent weeks to its highest ever level (4,826), with new cases now topping 100 on most days. The primary hotspot is currently centered around miners in the Karvina county on the eastern edge of the Czech Republic. The 7-day average of positive findings were 100 tests is currently around three.
