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President: Mass Testing Unfeasible, We Need to Reconsider It

President: Mass Testing Unfeasible, We Need to Reconsider It

Bratislava, October 30 (TASR) – The goal of the mass testing for COVID-19 is unfeasible, President Zuzana Caputova declared after her Friday meeting with Chief of Slovak Armed Forces General Staff Daniel Zmeko and Joint Responsibility operation commander Ivan Pacho, and urged Prime Minister Igor Matovic (OLaNO) to carry out the

Caputova: Situation in Hospitals Bad, Personnel Shortages Abound

Caputova: Situation in Hospitals Bad, Personnel Shortages Abound

Bratislava, October 29 (TASR) – Hospitals are the Achilles heel in the fight against the novel coronavirus and the entire success or failure hinges on them, which is why it’s necessary to reinforce and protect the health personnel, ensure sufficient supply of equipment, lung ventilators and tests for every patient,

Matovic: Health Professionals Who'll Be at Mass Testing Both Days to Get €500

Matovic: Health Professionals Who'll Be at Mass Testing Both Days to Get €500

Bratislava, October 29 (TASR) – Health professionals who spend both days of the national testing for SARS-CoV-2 at testing sites this coming weekend will be given extraordinary payments of €500, Prime Minister Igor Matovic (OLaNO) announced at a press conference on Thursday. Matovic noted that it was his personal decision, but

Association of General Practitioners Slams Mass Testing for Coronavirus

Association of General Practitioners Slams Mass Testing for Coronavirus

Bratislava, October 29 (TASR) – The Slovak Association of General Practitioners (SVLS) on Thursday slammed the Government’s plan for countrywide testing for coronavirus scheduled for this coming weekend as being devised without consulting experts, ill-prepared and contributing towards an escalation in tension in society. “The Government’s course of action,

Police Investigating Sale of 15-years-old Girl for Marriage for €150

Police Investigating Sale of 15-years-old Girl for Marriage for €150

Trnava, October 29 (TASR) – The Slovak police are investigating the sale of a 15-years-old girl for marriage, with those responsible for the deal facing the possibility of spending up to 12 years in prison, TASR was told by Police Corps spokesperson Denisa Bardyova on Thursday. The case goes back to

Mass Testing: Nad Doesn't Rule out Mobilisation of Medical Personnel

Mass Testing: Nad Doesn't Rule out Mobilisation of Medical Personnel

Bratislava, October 29 (TASR) – Defence Minister Jaroslav Nad (OLaNO) on Thursday didn’t rule out the possibility that medical personnel will have to mobilised to help with mass testing in the country, stating that no political decision has been made on this yet. The minister explained that the Government will

Ban on Free Movement in Slovakia Extended, Negative Test Gives Exemption

Ban on Free Movement in Slovakia Extended, Negative Test Gives Exemption

Bratislava, October 28 (TASR) – The Government on Wednesday issued a decree banning the free movement of people in Slovakia between November 2-8 apart from in the intervals between 1 a.m. and 5 p.m. each night, but this measure won’t affect people with a negative PCR test for