“Teachers are the new miners,” Blesk quoted him as saying.
According to Dushek, the number of infected health workers is also increasing with the worsening epidemiological situation, but the rate of increase in cases among teachers is faster.
As of mid-September, 259 doctors and 433 nurses fell ill in the Czech Republic.
In addition, administration workers, self-employed workers, engineers and sports workers were among the most vulnerable to coronavirus.
Earlier, the Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic announced a five-fold increase in the number of seriously ill patients with coronavirus infection.