COVID-19-Positive Czech President Appoints New Prime Minister From Plexiglass Cubicle

Czech President Milos Zeman, separated by a transparent wall after testing positive for COVID-19, appoints Civic Democratic Party (ODS) leader Petr Fiala as the new prime minister, at the Lany Chateau, near Prague, Czech Republic, on Nov. 28, 2021. Roman Vondrous/Pool via Reuters

PRAGUE—Czech President Milos Zeman appointed the leader of an opposition alliance Petr Fiala as prime minister on Sunday in a ceremony he performed from a plexiglass cubicle after testing positive for COVID-19.

Fiala leads a bloc of five opposition parties that won an election in October, ousting the incumbent premier Andrej Babis and his allies.