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Zeman (above, in 2018) has been vaccinated against the coronavirus three times and reportedly showed no symptoms of Covid-19. - PHOTO: REUTERS |
Published: November 26, 2021
PRAGUE (REUTERS) - Czech President Milos Zeman was taken back to hospital on Thursday (Nov 25) after testing positive for the coronavirus, his office said, just hours after his release following more than six weeks of treatment for an unrelated condition.
Zeman, 77, was released to home care on Thursday morning but an ambulance took him back to the Central Military Hospital in the evening after testing positive at the presidential retreat at Lany, west of Prague.
The hospitalisation means Zeman will not for the time being appoint centre-right opposition leader Petr Fiala as prime minister, which had been planned for Friday.
"The president's programme will be suspended pending the treatment of Covid-19," his office said in a statement.
Zeman has been vaccinated against the coronavirus three times and local media quoted unnamed sources as saying he showed no symptoms.
The president was previously admitted to hospital on Oct 10 with complications to a chronic illness that his office never specified but which doctors said was a liver condition.
He went into hospital a day after a parliamentary election in which Zeman's allies, led by Prime Minster Andrej Babis, lost to a centre-right coalition and the president's leverage over parliament was undermined.
Zeman was initially treated in an intensive care unit and doctors said the prognosis was uncertain. Parliament prepared to debate taking away his presidential duties but after several weeks the president's condition improved.
He had said he would respect the election result and that he would appoint the centre-right leader Fiala as prime minister on Friday, with the appointment of the Cabinet to follow later.
The hospital said earlier the that president had decided to continue treatment at the presidential retreat despite suggestions from the hospital that he should stay.
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