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Some Measures to Be Lifted from Monday, Stores and Services Reopen

Some Measures to Be Lifted from Monday, Stores and Services Reopen

Bratislava, April 13 (TASR) – Slovakia is going to ease its anti-pandemic measures from next Monday (April 19), opening all stores and zoos, and making it possible for people to attend Masses, Finance Minister Igor Matovic (OLaNO) said at a press conference on Tuesday. All shops and services will also be

Bitto Ciganikova: We Should Abandon Country-wide Antigen Testing

Bitto Ciganikova: We Should Abandon Country-wide Antigen Testing

Bratislava, April 13 (TASR) – It would be better for Slovakia to abandon country-wide antigen testing, said parliamentary health committee chair Jana Bitto Ciganikova (Freedom and Solidarity/SaS) on Tuesday, adding that such testing should be reduced to specific cases. The coalition MP pointed to a disparity between the cost of

Matovic: Russians Ask Slovakia to Return Sputnik V and Scrap Contract

Matovic: Russians Ask Slovakia to Return Sputnik V and Scrap Contract

Moscow/Bratislava, April 8 (TASR) – Slovak Finance Minister Igor Matovic (OLANO), who as prime minister in early March arranged the purchase of the Sputnik V vaccine from Russia, announced from his trip to Moscow on Thursday that he was told there that Slovakia should return the vaccine and the relevant

Sputnik V Manufacturer Didn't Supply SUKL with Most of Needed Data

Sputnik V Manufacturer Didn't Supply SUKL with Most of Needed Data

Bratislava, April 8 (TASR) – The manufacturer of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine didn’t provide the State Institute for Supervision of Medicines (SUKL) with approximately 80 percent of the data necessary for its evaluation, TASR has learnt from SUKL head Zuzana Batova, adding that the lack of and inconsistency of

Matovic Off to Moscow to Discuss Supplies of Sputnik V

Matovic Off to Moscow to Discuss Supplies of Sputnik V

Bratislava, April 8 (TASR) – Finance Minister Igor Matovic (OLaNO) has departed for Moscow, where’s set to meet head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund Kirill Dmitriev to discuss supplies of the Sputnik V vaccine for Slovakia, TASR learnt from the Finance Ministry on Thursday. “The talks will concern the

COVID-19: Schools to Be Among First to Be Reopened, Says Groehling

COVID-19: Schools to Be Among First to Be Reopened, Says Groehling

Bratislava, April 7 (TASR) – Schools will be among the first to be reopened, if Slovakia begins easing measures to contain the spread of coronavirus, said Education Minister Branislav Groehling (Freedom and Solidarity/SaS) after talks with new Prime Minister Eduard Heger (OLANO) on Wednesday. Groehling said that further moves concerning

SUKL: Benefits of AstraZeneca's Vaccine Continue to Outweigh Its Risks

SUKL: Benefits of AstraZeneca's Vaccine Continue to Outweigh Its Risks

Bratislava, April 6 (TASR) – The link between rare serious cases of thromboembolic complications and AstraZeneca’s Vaxzevria vaccine hasn’t been established but is being intensively investigated, State Institute for the Supervision of Medicines (SUKL) spokeswoman Magdalena Jurkemikova told TASR on Tuesday, adding that the benefits of the vaccine continue