Sign in Subscribe

Health

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

Judicial Council Suspends Judge for Refusal to Wear Face Mask at Courtroom

Judicial Council Suspends Judge for Refusal to Wear Face Mask at Courtroom

Bratislava, June 18 (TASR) – The Judicial Council on Friday temporarily suspended district court from Zvolen (Banska Bystrica region) Dalibor Milan, who’ve been refusing to wear a face mask in courtroom for months. All 15 members of the council who voted – while the 16th, Mazak, didn’t vote as the

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

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.

Lengvarsky: Remaining Vaccines Will Be Sold, Donated or Destroyed

Lengvarsky: Remaining Vaccines Will Be Sold, Donated or Destroyed

Michalovce, June 11 (TASR) – If some COVID-19 vaccines are left over, they can be sold, donated or destroyed as biological material, Health Minister Vladimir Lengvarsky (an OLaNO nominee) said on Friday when visiting eastern Slovakia. Regarding the vaccination with the unregistered Sputnik V vaccine, he will assess it only after

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.