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Matovic: Gov't Won't Stress Out Parents with COVID Sworn Statements

Matovic: Gov't Won't Stress Out Parents with COVID Sworn Statements

Bratislava, August 12 (TASR) – Education minister Branislav Grohling’s (SaS) announcement earlier in the day that parents will need to sign sworn statements to confirm their child is COVID-free at the start of the school year was premature, Prime Minister Igor Matovic (OLaNO) stated during the Government’ session on Wednesday.

Krajci: Epidemiological Situation in Slovakia Under Control, Don't Go Abroad

Krajci: Epidemiological Situation in Slovakia Under Control, Don't Go Abroad

Bratislava, August 11 (TASR) – Even though the number of COVID-19 cases has been going up, the epidemiological situation in Slovakia is under control, Health Minister Marek Krajci (OLaNO) stated after the session of Slovak Government’s Pandemic Committee on Tuesday. Slovakia currently faces the second wave of the novel coronavirus,

Slovakia Approves New Pandemic Plan

Slovakia Approves New Pandemic Plan

Bratislava, August 11 (TASR) – The Slovak Government’s Pandemic Committee approved a pandemic plan at its session held at the Health Ministry on Tuesday, Health Minister Marek Krajci (OLaNO) announced at a press conference on the same day. It was only on its second attempt that the Committee passed the

Flights from Bratislava to Manchester Resumed as of Wednesday

Flights from Bratislava to Manchester Resumed as of Wednesday

Bratislava, July 22 (TASR) – Flights from Bratislava Airport to Manchester will be resumed as of Wednesday with the line being served twice a week – on Wednesdays and Fridays, TASR learnt from the airport’s spokesperson Veronika Sevcikova on the same day. Regular flights from Bratislava to Edinburgh and Birmingham will

Greek Catholic Archbishop Vasil & Deputy Tested Positive for COVID-19

Greek Catholic Archbishop Vasil & Deputy Tested Positive for COVID-19

Kosice, July 19 (TASR) – Greek Catholic Archbishop Cyril Vasil, a former senior Vatican official, who now runs Kosice Eparchy, was tested positive for COVID-19, along with his principal deputy, protosyncellus Jaroslav Lajciak, the Slovak Bishops’ Conference’s (KBS) press office has reported. Vasil and Lajciak had positive tests after returning

Slovakia: COVID-19 Test Mandatory after Arrival from Non-green Country

Slovakia: COVID-19 Test Mandatory after Arrival from Non-green Country

Bratislava, July 18 (TASR) – Everyone coming to Slovakia who in the past 14 days spent some time in a country not listed as ‘low risk’ concerning coronavirus is obliged to report this fact to the local office of the Regional Public Health Authority, TASR has learnt from the Public Health

Analysis: 51.5 percent of Recent Coronavirus Cases in Slovakia Imported

Analysis: 51.5 percent of Recent Coronavirus Cases in Slovakia Imported

Bratislava, July 15 (TASR) – As many as 51.5 percent of the registered coronavirus infections in Slovakia between June 1-July 8 were imported from abroad, while 69 percent of the 363 cases were asymptomatic, stated Banska Bystrica Regional Public Health Authority epidemiologists Maria Avdicova and Jana Namesna in an analysis.