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NCZI Scraps Terms for First AstraZeneca Shots

NCZI Scraps Terms for First AstraZeneca Shots

Bratislava, May 13 (TASR) – The National Health Information Centre (NCZI) announced on a social network on Thursday that it has cancelled the terms allocated for people who were supposed to receive their first AstraZeneca vaccine jab against coronavirus. “They haven’t been sent back to the waiting room; they’ve

President to Approach Constitutional Court over Referendum Question

President to Approach Constitutional Court over Referendum Question

Bratislava, May 12 (TASR) – President Zuzana Caputova announced on Wednesday that she will approach the Constitutional Court over the referendum question on organising an early election. “The president’s role is to make a decision that will make the referendum in line with the Constitution and that won’t be

Coalition: Families in Need Will Be Given €333 per Child

Coalition: Families in Need Will Be Given €333 per Child

Bratislava, May 12 (TASR) – The coalition presented its own proposal to help families, announcing the move at a press conference during the Government meeting on Wednesday. Prime Minister Eduard Heger (OLaNO) stated that families in need will receive €333 per child, emphasising that the aid agreed by the coalition is

Lengvarsky: Sputnik V Might Be Used in Slovakia as of June

Lengvarsky: Sputnik V Might Be Used in Slovakia as of June

Bratislava, May 12 (TASR) – The Russian Sputnik V vaccine could well be used in Slovakia as of June, Health Minister Vladimir Lengvarsky (an OLaNO nominee) announced on Wednesday. Lengvarsky expects the vaccine to be included in the country’s vaccination programme. “We have a statement – consent to its use – definitively

IFP: Industry Up, Consumption Down in Early 2021

IFP: Industry Up, Consumption Down in Early 2021

Bratislava, May 11 (TASR) – While domestic consumption in Slovakia was high and industry down in the first wave of COVID-19 a year ago, the two have swapped their positions in 2021, the Finance Ministry’s Institute for Finance Policy (IFP) observed on Tuesday. An increase of revenues in retail in

Klus: EU Preparing for COVID Passport as of June 15

Klus: EU Preparing for COVID Passport as of June 15

Brussels, May 11 (TASR) – The EU-member countries have the will to introduce the COVID passports as of June 15, said Slovak Foreign and European Affairs Ministry State Secretary Martin Klus (SaS) after a meeting of the EU’s General Affairs Council in Brussels on Tuesday. “I hope that as of

Slovakia Suspends Inoculation with AstraZeneca Vaccine

Slovakia Suspends Inoculation with AstraZeneca Vaccine

Bratislava, May 11 (TASR) – Slovakia has suspended vaccination with the AstraZeneca vaccine, TASR was told on Tuesday by Health Ministry spokeswoman Zuzana Eliasova, who added that the decision will concern those who were about to receive their first shot. “People waiting for the second shot of the AstraZeneca vaccine are