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Michaela Kovacova

Michaela Kovacova

Adult and Teenage Slovaks Can Be Vaccinated by Their GPs as of July

Adult and Teenage Slovaks Can Be Vaccinated by Their GPs as of July

Bratislava, June 24 (TASR) – As of July, adult Slovaks and adolescents aged between 12-15 will be able to be vaccinated against COVID-19 by their general practitioner, Health Minister Vladimir Lengvarsky (an OLaNO nominee) told a news conference on Thursday, adding that people should contact their GP directly to arrange this.

Presence of Delta Variant of Novel Coronavirus Confirmed in Slovakia

Presence of Delta Variant of Novel Coronavirus Confirmed in Slovakia

Bratislava, June 23 (TASR) – Laboratories in Slovakia have confirmed the presence of the delta variant of novel coronavirus in the country, Public Health Authority (UVZ) spokesperson Dasa Rackova told TASR on Wednesday. “The person concerned hasn’t been in close contact with anyone, hasn’t been admitted to hospital and

Almost 4 Million Vaccines against COVID-19 Supplied to Slovakia So Far

Almost 4 Million Vaccines against COVID-19 Supplied to Slovakia So Far

Bratislava, June 17 (TASR) – Almost 4 million vaccines against COVID-19 have been supplied to Slovakia to date, Health Ministry’s spokesperson Zuzana Eliasova told TASR on Thursday. According to data provided by the ministry, a total of 2,366,910 doses of vaccine produced by the Pfizer/BioNTech consortium have

Austria and Slovakia Disagree on Completion of Mochovce Nuclear Power Plant

Austria and Slovakia Disagree on Completion of Mochovce Nuclear Power Plant

Bratislava, June 15 (TASR) – Austria and Slovakia disagree on the issue of the Mochovce nuclear power plant’s (NPP) completion, Slovak Prime Minister Eduard Heger (OLaNO) and Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz told a joint press conference in Bratislava on Tuesday. Heger assured his Austrian partner that Slovakia will do its

COVID-Automaton: Two Districts Remain Medium Red, Six Green as of Monday

COVID-Automaton: Two Districts Remain Medium Red, Six Green as of Monday

Bratislava, June 14 (TASR) – Not a single district is coloured black or dark red in the COVID-automaton as Monday, while only two districts are medium red, three light red, 19 orange, 49 yellow, and six green (the lowest-risk level in the scheme). Kysucke Nove Mesto and Myjava are medium red.

New Mosquito Species, Aedes Japonicus Japonicus, Appears in Slovakia

New Mosquito Species, Aedes Japonicus Japonicus, Appears in Slovakia

Bratislava, June 11 (TASR) – Monitoring of invasive species of mosquito in 2020 showed that a new species – the originally Asian mosquito Aedes japonicus japonicus – had appeared in Slovakia, Zuzana Vetrecin Ceplikova, PR manager of the Biomedical Centre of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAV) told TASR on Friday. The occurrence

Presence of Colombian Variant of Novel Coronavirus Confirmed in Slovakia

Presence of Colombian Variant of Novel Coronavirus Confirmed in Slovakia

Bratislava, June 11 (TASR) – Laboratories in Slovakia have confirmed the presence of a new, so-called Colombian variant of novel coronavirus in the country, TASR learnt from Public Health Authority (UVZ) spokesperson Dasa Rackova on Friday. “We’ve identified three cases as being of the so-called Colombian, i.e. B.1.