According to the Prime Minister of Slovakia, Igor Matovič, the lockdown will last at least three weeks throughout the country: “The goal is to open each district out of the lockdown only when we can let the children into schools without testing without any fear.”
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“From December 21, there will be school holidays for all schoolchildren,” added Slovak Health Minister Marek Krajčí.
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The Chief Hygienist of the Slovak Republic, Ján Mikas, announced that from 11.12. it will not be possible to serve food and drinks on the terraces of restaurants. “From Friday 11.12. they will teach driving schools in the distance form, “added Mikas.
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From 14.12. It will apply to ski resorts and hotels that visitors will need to have a negative antigen or PCR test no older than 72 hours. At the end of December, larger companies should start regular testing of their employees. Minister of Transport Andrej Doležal specified that ski resorts must set up their own test stations.
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Plan of restrictive measures in the Slovak Republic
The number of hospitalized with covid-19 has already exceeded 2000
The Minister of Health admitted that the epidemiological situation in Slovakia is deteriorating and that there are more and more patients with covid-19 in hospitals. “The situation will worsen in the coming days,” Krajčí warned. “The Christmas holidays will be a stress test for all our hospitals.”
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The chief hygienist said that the measures had to be tightened so that the capacity of Slovak hospitals would not be completely filled. The number of hospitalized on Monday exceeded 2,000 for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic. There is also a risk of staff shortages, as more than 2,000 health professionals are quarantined.
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In Slovakia, 2564 new cases of coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 were recorded on Tuesday and 38 people died. There are currently 1862 patients with confirmed covid-19 in the hospitals, of which 139 in the ICU and 131 in pulmonary ventilation. A total of 121,796 people have been tested positive in the country since the beginning of the pandemic. 1084 infected died.
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