All measures remain in place until otherwise stated:

• Ban on going outside without a facemask: the government has prohibited going outside without protecting your respiratory track (nose and mouth), by means such as facemasks or scarves. Without these means of protection, you can’t go outside, shopping etc.
• No using public transport without a facemask:it is prohibited to use public transport in Brno (also in Prague) without using means of protecting respiratory track (nose and mouth), such as facemasks or scarves.
• During 8–10 am only seniors (people older than 65) can shop in grocery store, drugstore and pharmacies.
• Czech Post limits opening hours, all post offices will close at 4 pm and weekend working hours are cancelled. Between 10 am – 12 pm, all post offices will be opened only for seniors (over 65 years old).
• Prohibition of mass events.
• All restaurant, bars, cafes and shops are closed. Students canteens, grocery stores, chemist´s, pharmacies and petrol stations will be opened. Opened are also technology stores, consumer electronics, newspapers, magazines and tobacco products, and pet shops and optician shops.
• International carriers are banned from transporting more than 9 people across the borders (Austria, Germany, Poland, and Slovakia).
• The government has suspended issuing visas and residence permits.
• Students who were legally in the territory of the Czech Republic, may remain in the territory for the duration of the State of Emergency, even if their visa will expire. Upon the end of the State of Emergency, students must resolve their status immediately.

From Friday 24 April, ban on free movement of people in the area of Czech Republic is no longer valid. However, it is not possible to gather in public in more than 10 people.

From 27 April, foreigners from EU and Czech visa holders may enter the Czech Republic. At the border, you have to present a confirmation of study (you can generate it in the IS) and an accommodation contract. There are two options for arrival in the Czech Republic. For more info, please see the section Travel Restriction.

From 27 April, Czechs can travel abroad again, including holidays. See the conditions in section Travel Restriction.

Re-opening schedule:

• From Thursday 2 April, housewares shops are opened. Thursday 9 April, hobby markets, building supply store, ironmongery stores and bicycle shops or bicycle service can be opened.
• From Monday 20 April, farmers' markets, craftsmen’s place of business, car dealerships and car showrooms are open.
• From Monday 27 April, stores will open up to 2,500 square meters, if they are not located in shopping malls. Driving schools, gyms and fitness centres, libraries, zoological, botanical and dendrological gardens can restore operation. Church services can be held for up to 15 participants.
• From Monday 11 May, stores in shopping malls will be opened as well as stores over 2500 square meters that are not located in shopping malls. Restaurants, cafes or wine bars with sales through the window and with outdoor seating. Hairdressers, barbers, pedicures and manicures will open. Also, museums, galleries and exhibition halls as well as castles, chateaux and open-air museums will open for public.
• From 25 May, restaurants, hotels, cafeterias, cafes, hotels and other accommodation facilities, taxi services, theatres, castles and chateaux will open, and cultural, social and sporting events for up to 50 people are allowed.

While shopping, everyone must follow strict hygiene measures. At the entrance to the shops, there must be disinfection and people will have to keep a distance of two meters between each other. Shops can also limit the number of visitors present in the shop at the same time.

From 27 April, foreigners from EU and Czech VISA holders* may enter the Czech Republic. Upon your arrival, it is necessary to prove a negative test for Covid-19 or 14-days quarantine. See the conditions here and below.

• *Foreigner with resident permit in CZE: any student/staff/faculty who has a visa over 90 days OR a long-term residence permit OR residence permit

EU citizens without a residence card have to present at the border crossing at least 1) accommodation contract or confirmation of accommodation, 2) a health insurance card / or confirmation of study / or confirmation of employment (employment contract) / or trade licence.

There are two options for arrival in the Czech Republic:

• presentation of a test certificate issued by a doctor or public health authority confirming that they have been tested for COVID-19 with a negative result. The test must not be older than four days and is provided by the person at his own expenses (you can use this template). Please note that for first 14 days in the Czech Republic, movement restriction applies to you and that after 10 or 14 days in the Czech Republic, you have to go for a test for COVID-19 once again.
• you will be required to go into quarantine for 14 days during which you cannot leave your house. You also have to report your arrival by phone to the regional hygiene station of the South-Moravian region.
• see the details in the document of Ministry of Interior of the Czech Republic or on the website of Ministry of Interior.

Czechs (and Czech visa holders) can travel abroad again, including holidays. When returning to the Czech Republic, however, people will have to prove themselves with a negative test for coronavirus, or they will have to go for a two-week quarantine. However, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic continues to recommend travelling abroad only in urgent and necessary cases, mainly due to extensive restrictive measures and restrictions that are currently applied by most countries.