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Government communication during COVID-19 pandemic
Kovalčík, Petr ; Shavit, Anna (advisor) ; Koudelková, Petra (referee)
The topic of communication by the government of the Czech Republic during the COVID-19 pandemic is still poorly mapped. The pandemic crisis has been going on since the end of 2019, when the first mentions of the threat in the form of the new Sars-CoV-2 virus, better known by the name of COVID-19, began to appear. In the communication of the government of the Czech Republic, there were both bright and dark sides, which are definitely worth analyzing. In connection with the pandemic crisis, more than 35,000 citizens died in the Czech Republic, and several controversial issues arose during the events related to the pandemic, which divided Czech society, and the government's communication had a hard time calming down the whole situation. The government of the Czech Republic has also been attacked for a long time for insufficient communication, mediation of information and overall communication and managerial incompetence, and it is attributed to the general number of deaths of Czech citizen. Compared to countries such as Sweden, Israel or neighboring Austria, there was a noticeably higher number of deaths in the Czech Republic. In Sweden, where the population is comparable to that of the Czech Republic, less than half of the people who died from the disease of COVID- 19 compared to the deaths in the...
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Preparation of the pandemic plan - the course of the influenza pandemy caused by the Pandemic A (H1N1) 2009 virus in the Pilsen region.
VELKOBORSKÁ, Marcela
An influenza is an illness annually affecting 5-15 percent of the world population. During the influenza pandemy 40-50 percent of world population can be affected and millions of people can die.The measures resulting from the pandemic plans help to limit the influenza virus spreading, to reduce morbidity and mortality. In April 2009 the first cases of the flue pandemic caused by Pandemic A (H1N1) 2009 virus occurred on the American continent, in the Czech Republic there was the first case registered in May, in the Pilsen region in July. Based on these facts I decided to assess the pandemic plans at the level of the Pilsen region and to analyse the course of the pandemy in the Pilsen region too. Having studied the Pandemic plan of the Pilsen region and the Pandemic plan of the Regional Hygiene Station of the Pilsen Region I got to the conclusion that in case of the pandemy caused by the highly virulent tribe of the influenza it would not be possible to use up the pandemic plans efficiently. The disadvantages concern mainly the way of the distribution of the pandemic vaccine and antivirotics. The other disadvantage is the absence of a parenteral form of antivirotics. A bad awarness of the inhabitants also came out effecting mass rejection of vaccination by the pandemic vaccine and preventative taking antivirotics. The analyse of the course of the pandemy in the Pilsen region proved that at many patients with the flue pandemic there was present a risky factor of more serious course of the influenza in the anamnesis. If these patients had been vaccinated by the pandemic vaccine they had been entitled for, they could have been protected against this illness, for some of them the vaccination might have meant life-saving. It was also proved that originally the pandemic tribe of Pandemic A (H1N1) 2009 virus became the causer of the common seasonal influenza in the season of 2010-2011.
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Provision of population protection during solving an emergency caused by bulk poultry infection
JIRÁSKOVÁ, Erika
For my bachelor work I have chosen a theme called "Insuring Protection of Inhabitants during Solving Major Incident Caused by Mass Infection in Poultry". Recently the problems connected with aviation influenza have occurred more and more especially the subtype called H5N1. Outbreak of bird flu started in the areas of south-east Asia and for a common European it was a rare and remote disease. In a short period of time the infection spread and crossed the borders of continents and in spring 2006 this dangerous pandemic also occurred in the Czech Republic. Knowledge concerning characters of influenza virus and possibilities of its unpredictable genome are still inefficient and it is known very little about genetic fund of influenza virus and its replication cycle in the nature. Therefore even after some experience it is not known how pathogenic and potentially pandemic H5N1 influenza virus capable of human-to-human spread develop from many different subtypes which pass among poultry and is able to be deadly not only for large-scale breeding but also for humans. It is also more than necessary to remind general public of basic aspects concerning the outbreak and spread of this disease including other possible impacts in case that virus H5N1 occurs in the Czech Republic and transmits to humans. Nowadays there have been structures of particular measures in form of legislative regulations created. Emergency planning should get big space and attention as it will be used as a basis for all parts which participate and will participate in solving and implementation in case of major incident caused by mass infection in poultry. In spite of developing research, improvement and progress of new technologies, application of the most modern methods and systems, there will still exist a danger of possible outbreak and spread of pandemic infections. The spread can not be prevented, however, the impact should be minimized out of consideration for protection of inhabitants and the environment. To achieve this goal special attention is paid to readiness in form of training programmes and emergency exercises of Emergency Service in cooperation with Regional Health Authority. That is the reason why there is a survey included in this work which shows how inhabitants are informed and ready in case of major incident caused by virus H5N1.
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PROBLEMS OF PANDEMIC OF INFLUENZA CAUSED BY A NEW VARIETY OF VIRUS AND APPROACHES TO ITS SOLVING WITHIN CZECH REPUBLIC
TEJČKA, Luděk
I have chosen the subject of this work because I am very interested in the flu issue. One of the reasons also was a huge interest in pandemic flu which makes me think a lot and raises loads of questions. The theoretical part deals especially with the flu issue and categorization of its various sorts: seasonal flu, bird flu and pandemic flu. The theoretical part also includes basic facts about the preparedness of the Czech Republic for a pandemic flu. It mentions the most important laws and legal rules that determine procedures of the government authorities and other institutions of the Czech Republic in the pandemic flu prevention.
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