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		</div><p>Czech businesses, arts establishments and sports facilities called for state support today, after new restrictions aimed at curbing one of the world&#8217;s sharpest spikes in Covid-19 cases were expected to cause further financial pain.</p>
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<p>The government has ordered theatres, cinemas and sport and fitness centres to close. Restaurants and pubs, an important part of life in the world&#8217;s most beer-thirsty nation, must shut by 8pm.<br />
The new measures came as a surprise to some, as the government had pledged not to bring back blanket restrictions.</p>
<p>&#8220;From one minute to the next we are out of business, instructors and coaches are out of work, clients are angry,&#8221; said Ondrej Kokta, a manager at the Euforie fitness club in Prague.<br />
Some clients said they were confused by the logic of the restrictions coming into force.<br />
&#8220;I am angry because there is no public data to show how many people get infected at fitness centres, swimming pools; it is not based on data,&#8221; said Tomas Hana, a club customer.</p>
<p>Among businesses affected was Prague Zoo, which had already lost 45 million crowns (€1.6 million) in lost ticket sales during a lockdown in the spring.<br />
&#8220;Closing means just that visitors are not inside. Zookeepers are still caring for the animals, everything runs as normal,&#8221; said spokeswoman Lucie Dosedelova.</p>
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<p>The Chamber of Commerce called on the government to extend or restart aid programmes to businesses that have been hit, including an extension to a debt payment moratorium.<br />
The Health Ministry reported 59,920 active Covid-19 cases as of this morning. A daily record of 8,615 new cases was reported on Friday.</p>
<p>A near-doubling in hospitalisations over the past week to 2,106 has already forced some hospitals to reduce non-urgent care and re-purpose beds for Covid-19 patients in preparation for a further rise.<br />
But there has been broader public pushback against restrictions than in the spring, with many criticising the government&#8217;s response as being bungled or unnecessary.</p>
<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re in luck that the coronavirus only goes around after 8 pm,&#8221; said Tereza Hromadkova, a customer at downtown Prague pub U Rarasku. &#8220;If it went around all day, we could not get to the pub at all.&#8221;</p>
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