Overview
- Czech authorities have confirmed roughly 2,300 Hepatitis A cases this year with 28 deaths, with clusters affecting mountain towns near Germany.
- Boží Dar in the Karlovy Vary district has posted Czech‑ and German‑language notices at ski areas urging strict hygiene, including frequent handwashing.
- Saxony’s health ministry says investigations do not implicate specific foods or drinking water, pointing instead to sustained person‑to‑person transmission.
- Saxony has logged 39 cases in 2025 and currently assesses the risk to the wider state population as low, while continuing surveillance.
- Health advisories encourage travelers to disinfect hands and consider vaccination to prevent infection, particularly for day‑trippers and skiers.