By , PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech government announced on Friday strict new restrictions limiting people’s movement over the next three weeks and tightening shop and school closures in a bid to slow a fast spread of COVID-19 infections.The country of 10.7 million, in which around one in 10 have been infected in the past year, has the highest per capita infection rate in the world over the past week, according to the Our World in Data website, 10 times higher than Germany. The death toll has risen to 20,000 from about 600 in five months.The country is facing a renewed surge in infections,...…By , PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech government announced on Friday strict new restrictions limiting people’s movement over the next three weeks and tightening shop and school closures in a bid to slow a fast spread of COVID-19 infections.The country of 10.7 million, in which around one in 10 have been infected in the past year, has the highest per capita infection rate in the world over the past week, according to the Our World in Data website, 10 times higher than Germany. The death toll has risen to 20,000 from about 600 in five months.The country is facing a renewed surge in infections,...WW…

By , PRAGUE (Reuters) -Petr Kellner, the Czech Republic’s richest man and founder of investment group PPF, was killed in a helicopter crash on a skiing trip in Alaska.Kellner, 56, was among the five, including the pilot, killed on Saturday in the crash near Knik Glacier northeast of Anchorage, Alaska State Troopers said.One survivor was taken to hospital, they said, adding the group had been on a heli-ski tour.Kellner, who avoided public attention, was featured in one PPF annual report on a snowboard.A spokeswoman for the exclusive Tordrillo Mountain Lodge, where the crash victims were...…By , PRAGUE (Reuters) -Petr Kellner, the Czech Republic’s richest man and founder of investment group PPF, was killed in a helicopter crash on a skiing trip in Alaska.Kellner, 56, was among the five, including the pilot, killed on Saturday in the crash near Knik Glacier northeast of Anchorage, Alaska State Troopers said.One survivor was taken to hospital, they said, adding the group had been on a heli-ski tour.Kellner, who avoided public attention, was featured in one PPF annual report on a snowboard.A spokeswoman for the exclusive Tordrillo Mountain Lodge, where the crash victims were...WW…