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Premier: 1,506 Positive People So Far Identified in Orava and Bardejov Testing

Premier: 1,506 Positive People So Far Identified in Orava and Bardejov Testing

Bratislava, October 23 (TASR) – During the first day of the pilot stage of testing for COVID-19 in Orava area (Zilina region) and Bardejov district (Presov region), 1,506 infected people were identified by 5 p.m., which is 3.63 percent out of 41,433 people tested, Prime Minister Igor

Going Out to Be Limited Only to Essential Cases from Saturday

Going Out to Be Limited Only to Essential Cases from Saturday

Bratislava, October 22 (TASR) – There will be a lockdown throughout Slovakia from Saturday, October 24, to Sunday, November 1, except for trips to be tested, to work and to provide necessary needs or to walk in natural surroundings in the district of residence, Prime Minister Igor Matovic (OLaNO) said following

Under One in Four Slovaks Would Be Vaccinated against Coronavirus

Under One in Four Slovaks Would Be Vaccinated against Coronavirus

Bratislava, October 22 (TASR) – A total of 23.5 percent of the Slovak population would have themselves vaccinated against novel coronavirus, according to the September results of a survey called ‘How Are You, Slovakia?’, which has been monitoring the attitudes of Slovaks since the beginning of the coronavirus outbreak. Back

Pellegrini: Talk of Lockdown Meant to Scare Public and Push It to Wall

Pellegrini: Talk of Lockdown Meant to Scare Public and Push It to Wall

Bratislava, October 21 (TASR) – Threatening the public with a lockdown is an attempt to scare people, former prime minister and head of Voice-SD Peter Pellegrini stated on Wednesday, adding that the Government doesn’t know the answers to questions asked by the regions regarding the planned mass testing. “This talk

Matovic: Either Lockdown, or People Will Do Something to Avoid It

Matovic: Either Lockdown, or People Will Do Something to Avoid It

Bratislava, October 21 (TASR) – Given the current epidemic and its development, Slovakia has two options: either a nationwide lockdown, or people will do something that will allow the country to avoid a lockdown scenario, Prime Minister Igor Matovic (OLaNO) stated on Wednesday after the Government session. According to Matovic, the

Survey: 44 percent of Slovaks Plan to Take Part in Mass Testing

Survey: 44 percent of Slovaks Plan to Take Part in Mass Testing

Bratislava, October 20 (TASR) – A survey carried out by AKO agency on behalf of Hospodarske noviny daily showed on Tuesday that 44.4 percent of the Slovak public intend to have themselves tested in the planned mass testing for coronavirus in the country. Approximately 28 percent of the respondents stated

Matovic: Coalition Unambiguously Supports Across-the-board Testing

Matovic: Coalition Unambiguously Supports Across-the-board Testing

Bratislava, October 20 (TASR) – Prime Minister Igor Matovic (OLaNO) stated at a press conference following a session of the Security Council on Tuesday that the coalition parties have expressed their unambiguous support for carrying out voluntary mass testing for coronavirus in the country, adding that people who don’t participate