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UVZ: Individual Pastoral Services Should Be Sought Only Exceptionally

UVZ: Individual Pastoral Services Should Be Sought Only Exceptionally

Bratislava, March 31 (TASR) – The Public Health Authority (UVZ) on Wednesday recommended members of the public to ask for individual pastoral services as part of a new exemption from the curfew only in exceptional cases. UVZ listed several conditions for such an exemption, including good health of the person in

Mikas: Slovakia Has Hope for Improvement in Epidemiological Situation

Mikas: Slovakia Has Hope for Improvement in Epidemiological Situation

Bratislava, March 30 (TASR) – Slovakia can hope for an improvement in the epidemiological situation regarding coronavirus, Slovakia’s chief hygienist Jan Mikas stated in an open letter on Tuesday, adding that much depends on people’s behaviour during the upcoming Easter holiday. Mikas pointed to the fact that one year

President Praises Attitude of Local Government and its Key Role in Vaccination

President Praises Attitude of Local Government and its Key Role in Vaccination

Banska Bystrica, March 26 (TASR) – I praise the approach of local government, which, in my opinion is playing an absolutely key role in vaccination against COVID-19, President Zuzana Caputova said on Friday following her visit to the regional vaccination centre in Banska Bystrica and F.D. Roosevelt Faculty Hospital. “I’

Gov't Limits Stays in Countryside until 8 p.m., Bans Recreation Abroad

Gov't Limits Stays in Countryside until 8 p.m., Bans Recreation Abroad

Bratislava, March 24 (TASR) – As of Thursday (March 25), it will be possible to make use of an exemption for a trip into the countryside or to engage in individual sports within a district only between 5 a.m. and 8 p.m., according to an amended government resolution approved

COVID-automaton: 14 Districts in Black Colour as of Next Monday

COVID-automaton: 14 Districts in Black Colour as of Next Monday

Bratislava, March 23 (TASR) – A total of 14 districts will be in black colour in the COVID-automaton as of next Monday, while 58 districts will be in dark red and seven in medium-red, the Health Ministry announced on Tuesday, adding that Slovakia as a whole is black. The following districts

Transport Ministry Preparing Proposal for State Quarantine in Hotels

Transport Ministry Preparing Proposal for State Quarantine in Hotels

Bratislava, March 19 (TASR) – The Transport Ministry is preparing a proposal for state quarantine in hotels, ministry spokesman Ivan Rudolf told TASR on Friday. Rudolf said that the Transport Ministry is part of a working group that is preparing the legislative and technical conditions for people to spend mandatory quarantine

Heger: Over 126,000 People Have Registered in Vaccination Waiting Room

Heger: Over 126,000 People Have Registered in Vaccination Waiting Room

Bratislava, March 18 (TASR) – More than 126,000 people have registered in the so-called vaccination waiting room since Wednesday (March 17), Finance Minister Eduard Heger (OLaNO), who has been temporarily tasked with managing the Health Ministry, said at a press conference on Thursday, a day after the opening of the