So here we go again. When we posted our last post about the covid situation and restrictions in late June, we may have honestly thought it would be the last one: after a slower rollout, vaccines were widely available to anyone who wanted them, our infection numbers were low, and the future was bright.

Well, some five months and one general election later, we entered a pretty brutal fifth wave in November 2021: the number of infections were breaking all previous records, and our hospitals started to fill up with mostly unvaccinated patients.

Right now it seems the peak of this wave is behind us, and the numbers of infections, hospitalisations and Covid-related deaths have been steadily falling, and some of the restrictions have been lifted.

So let’s look at what the situation and restrictions are, how did we get here, and what may be our way forward.

We have realised information about the Covid situation and Covid restrictions in the Czech Republic - written in English - is scarce. So we’ve decided we will write a blog post about what is closed in the Czech Republic and what is open, if you can enter the Czech Republic and on what conditions, what are the current Covid and vaccination numbers, and so on. We will be update this on a weekly basis until it is no longer needed. (Which will be hopefully soon.)

Enough chit chat, let’s do this.

So you’re itching to get to Prague or the rest of the Czech Republic and wonder what the Covid restrictions in the Czech Republic are now, or what are the Covid travel requirements to get entry in the Czech Republic

Easy. There are two good sources for that:

The US Embassy in Prague has a great and frequently updated overview of the entire Covid situation in the Czech Republic and whether foreign travellers (with a special focus on US citizens, obviously) are allowed in the country and on what conditions.

Czech Tourism Board has the official information, although the updates are not as frequent and at times they may lag behind the reality by a week or so. For best results, we would combine these two sources to get the best picture.

Now, the bigger question is… how the hell did we end up here?