“It will only be possible to go outside the place of residence to the nearest grocery store, pharmacy, doctor or walk a dog a maximum of one hundred meters from the place of residence, take care of a relative or go to a funeral,” the prime minister said.
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“If people want to have freer movement, they must prove it by a PCR test or an antigen test not older than October 23,” Matovič added. The “reward” for having people in the affected areas tested, the permit will go to work, accompany the child to school or kindergarten, go to the post office, to the bank, visit a car service or gas station or take a trip to nature, but only in within the district.
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In the rest of the Slovak Republic, these exceptions are allowed even by people without a test.
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The actual curfew will be gradually extended to three weeks, Matovic said. The conditions of the exceptions will change so that the government will force the inhabitants to participate in the planned general testing of the population, according to the statement of the members of the cabinet.
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The situation is serious, we do not have it under control.
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From Monday 26 October to 27 November, schools will also be closed, except for crèches, kindergartens and primary schools.
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Full-area testing
Slovakia will start comprehensive testing of the population for covid-19 antigen tests. In Orava and Bardejov from 23 to 25 October and in other areas from 30 October to 1 November and from 6 to 8 November.
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Minister of Health Marek Krajčí said that on average 18 people die every day in Slovakia. “The situation is serious, we do not have it under control,” the minister admitted.
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Slovakia has registered 35,330 infected people since the beginning of the pandemic and 115 people have died. Currently, 731 people are hospitalized in Slovakia with a confirmed covid-19. Of these, 20 people are in the ICU and 63 in the lung ventilation.
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