Health

Bratislava, March 8 (TASR) – Two new cases of the novel coronavirus were confirmed in Slovakia on Sunday – one in Bratislava, the other in the district town of Senec (Bratislava region), Health Ministry spokesperson Zuzana Eliasova told TASR on Sunday. One of the persons has been admitted to a special clinic

Bratislava, March 7 (TASR) – The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bratislava has temporarily permitted Communion in the hand as of Saturday after coronavirus was diagnosed in the village of Kostoliste (Bratislava region) for the first time in Slovakia on Friday, TASR was told by Michal Lipiak from the Slovak Bishops’ Conference’

Bratislava/Kittsee, March 7 (TASR) – A four-member Slovak family, quarantined with coronavirus in Austria, was also in Slovakia after it contracted the infection, Foreign and European Affairs Ministry press office director Juraj Tomaga told TASR on Saturday. The family was quarantined in its weekend cottage in the Austrian border village

Bratislava, March (TASR) – Another two people were tested positively on the novel coronavirus in Slovakia on Saturday after the country reported its first case with a 52-years-old man on Friday. The two new cases concern the wife and a son of the first person tested positively. The son, who was

Bratislava, March 6 (TASR) – Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini (Smer-SD) announced at a press conference on Friday that the first case of coronavirus in Slovakia has been confirmed. “The infected person is a 52-year-old man from a small town near Bratislava. He was probably infected by secondary transmission,” said the prime

Bratislava, February 27 (TASR) – Medical checks on every passenger arriving from abroad at three international airports in Slovakia will be carried out as of Friday as a measure aimed at preventing the spread of coronavirus, Slovakia’s Security Council decided at a meeting on Thursday. Random checks will also be