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Death Rate Among Elderly Up in Slovakia in 2020, Nitra Region Hardest Hit

Death Rate Among Elderly Up in Slovakia in 2020, Nitra Region Hardest Hit

Bratislava, February 10 (TASR) – Almost 11 people per 1,000 died in Slovakia last year, and as many as 16 per 1,000 in December, the Statistics Office reported on Wednesday. “In several regions, 70-90 elderly people (aged 65 and over) died per 1,000 people in this age category,

Stats Office: Industry Up in December, But Slumped in Whole of 2020

Stats Office: Industry Up in December, But Slumped in Whole of 2020

Bratislava, February 10 (TASR) – Industrial production in Slovakia in December 2020 rose faster than in any other month of the year, but for the whole of 2020 the sector slumped by 9.1 percent when compared to 2019, the Statistics Office reported on Wednesday.Industrial output in Slovakia recovered in

Negative Test for Coronavirus Required to Be Allowed to Go to Work

Negative Test for Coronavirus Required to Be Allowed to Go to Work

Bratislava, February 10 (TASR) – Negative test certificates for coronavirus no older than seven days are required for people living in districts with the two most severe levels of alerts in order to be allowed to go to work as of Wednesday, according to a Public Health Authority decree. In districts

Krajci: Situation with COVID Deteriorates Slightly, Vaccines Coming

Krajci: Situation with COVID Deteriorates Slightly, Vaccines Coming

Bratislava, February 9 (TASR) – The situation in Slovakia concerning the novel coronavirus has worsened slightly, with the reopening of schools in many areas expected to bring further deterioration, said Health Minister Marek Krajci (OLANO) at a weekly press conference on Tuesday. The daily number of deaths from and with COVID-19

Matovic Attends Online Summit with Xi, Protocol on Lamb Meat Export Signed

Matovic Attends Online Summit with Xi, Protocol on Lamb Meat Export Signed

Bratislava, February 9 (TASR) – This year will be one of co-operation in agricultural diversity between China and countries of Central and Eastern Europe, with Slovakia having signed a protocol on exports of lamb meat to China, Slovakia’s Government Office told TASR on Tuesday. The protocol was signed during an

No Mass Inoculation of MPs against COVID-19

No Mass Inoculation of MPs against COVID-19

Bratislava, February 9 (TASR) – There won’t be any mass vaccination of lawmakers against COVID-19, Parliamentary Chair Boris Kollar’s (We Are Family) spokesperson Michaela Jurcova told TASR on Tuesday. Kollar in late January asked caucuses to reconsider inoculation and to report the number of their MPs interested in it.

Fire at COVID Department of Kosice Hospital, No Loss of Life

Fire at COVID Department of Kosice Hospital, No Loss of Life

Kosice, February 8 (TASR)- One patient suffered injuries in a fire that erupted at Louis Pasteur University Hospital’s COVID department in Kosice on Sunday, TASR learnt from Kosice Firefighter and Emergency Corps spokesperson Jana Matis Libova on Monday. “The incident was the result of arson committed by an