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Czech Republic has world's highest-infection rate
By EUobserver
Czech prime minister Andrej Babiš has tightened lockdown measures, saying hospitals were nearing collapse as the number of patients in intensive care jumped to record levels, Reuters reports. The country of 10.7 million has the highest-per-capita infection rate in the world over the past week, according to the Our World in Data website, 11 times higher than Germany.