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CoFoE: EU Coordination in Area of Health to Help Manage Crises, Says Dolinkova

CoFoE: EU Coordination in Area of Health to Help Manage Crises, Says Dolinkova

Bratislava, January 20 (TASR) – The creation of a European Health Union (EHU) could be an important step towards providing safer, more accessible and better quality health-care to everyone, but several goals need to be met first, Zuzana Dolinkova of the extra-parliamentary Voice-SD party has told TASR. Finalising the EHU is

Misik: We're Abandoning COVID Automaton, Measures Will Be Country-wide

Misik: We're Abandoning COVID Automaton, Measures Will Be Country-wide

Bratislava, January 12 (TASR) – Slovakia is abandoning the COVID automaton; new measures valid from Wednesday, January 19 will apply country-wide, head of the Health Ministry’s Health Analyses Institute (IZA) Matej Misik said on Wednesday, adding that the reason is the speed of the spread of the new mutation and

Government: Period of Full Vaccination to Be Reduced to Nine Months

Government: Period of Full Vaccination to Be Reduced to Nine Months

Bratislava, January 12 (TASR) – As of February 1, the period within which people will be viewed as being fully vaccinated will be reduced from 12 months to nine months since their last vaccine dose, according to draft measures related to the omicron variant of novel coronavirus approved by the Cabinet

Government Eases Conditions for Organising Mass Events

Government Eases Conditions for Organising Mass Events

Bratislava, January 10 (TASR) – The Government at its session on Monday eased the conditions for organising mass events. According to the Government-approved recommendations for the country’s chief hygienist Jan Mikas, mass events should be held in OP mode (for the vaccinated and those who have recovered from COVID-19). For

Premier Asks People to Be Responsible Even Though Some Measures Are to Be Lifted

Premier Asks People to Be Responsible Even Though Some Measures Are to Be Lifted

Bratislava, January 9 (TASR) – I’m asking people to remain responsible, even if some measures are going to be eased as of Monday (January 10), Prime Minister Eduard Heger (OLaNO) posted on a social network on Sunday. “The easing of some measures means an improving situation, but not a win.

Public Health Office: 34 More Omicron Cases Confirmed in Slovakia

Public Health Office: 34 More Omicron Cases Confirmed in Slovakia

Bratislava, January 7 (TASR) – A total of 34 more cases of the omicron variant of novel coronavirus have been confirmed in Slovakia, TASR learnt from the Public Health Office (UVZ) on Friday. Travel history was confirmed in 19 persons, in eight cases there was a contact with a positive person,

Government Approves Suspension of COVID-Automaton until January 18

Government Approves Suspension of COVID-Automaton until January 18

Bratislava, January 7 (TASR) – At its online session on Friday the Government approved a regulation suspending the COVID-automaton until January 18, Health Ministry’s spokesperson Zuzana Eliasova confirmed for TASR on the same day. The COVID-automaton was initially suspended during a curfew. As the curfew will no longer be in