Czech president appoints new PM in ceremony behind glass

Milos Zeman performs inauguration ceremony from cubicle after testing positive for coronavirus

The Czech president, Milos Zeman, has appointed the leader of a centre-right alliance, Petr Fiala, as prime minister in a ceremony he performed from a plexiglass cubicle after testing positive for Covid-19.

Fiala leads a bloc of five centre and centre-right opposition parties that won an election in October, ousting the incumbent Andrej Babiš and his allies.

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Source: The Guardian