Czech President Milos Zeman was discharged from hospital under the influence of COVID News

The 77-year-old president has left the military hospital in Prague and will appoint Petr Fiala as prime minister on Sunday, his office says.

Czech President Milos Zeman has left a military hospital in the capital city of Prague after being tested positive for coronavirus.

The 77-year-old was discharged after more than a month of treatment for an unspecified illness on Thursday, but was re-admitted a few hours later after being diagnosed with COVID-19.

Zeman received monoclonal antibodies, a standard treatment for people at risk groups. It is fully vaccinated against COVID-19, including the booster. The president has no symptoms of the disease, the hospital said.

He was taken to hospital on October 10, the day after the parliamentary elections, and treated in an intensive care unit. His condition was attributed to an unspecified chronic illness.

Zeman, a heavy smoker and drinker with diabetes, has trouble walking and is using a wheelchair.

The presidential office said on Saturday it had planned to swear in coalition leader Petr Fiala, who won the Zeman election, as the country’s new prime minister on Sunday.

The ceremony was scheduled to take place on Friday, but the president’s new hospitalization prevented that from happening.

The office said the event will be organized according to current coronavirus measures, but details were not known. Those who test positive should be isolated in the Czech Republic for two weeks.

The country has seen a record rise in a new wave of infection. The new day’s rise hit a record nearly 28,000 cases on Thursday. The infection rate was 1,207 new cases per 100,000 population in the last seven days.

Overall, the nation of 10.7 million has registered more than 2.1 million cases with 32,744 deaths.