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Health: Home Isolation of COVID-19 Positive Shortened to 5 Days

Health: Home Isolation of COVID-19 Positive Shortened to 5 Days

Bratislava, January 24 (TASR) – Home isolation of individuals testing positive for COVID-19 will be shortened to five days, in all cases, regardless of their immune system status, according to the latest directive of the Public Health Office, set to come into effect as of Tuesday (January 25). The shortened quarantine

CoFoE: EMA's New Powers to Improve EU's Readiness and Coordination, Says Lexmann

CoFoE: EMA's New Powers to Improve EU's Readiness and Coordination, Says Lexmann

Bratislava/Strasbourg, January 24 (TASR) – The stronger powers for the European Medicines Agency (EMA) approved by the European Parliament last Thursday (January 20) will improve the European Union’s (EU) level of preparations for health crises, reads a statement by Slovak MEP Miriam Lexmann provided by the European Parliament’s

CoFoE: Kyriakides: Recommendations of EU Citizens Essential for Strong EHU

CoFoE: Kyriakides: Recommendations of EU Citizens Essential for Strong EHU

Brussels, January 22 (TASR) – European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Stella Kyriakides stated on Friday that a European Health Union (EHU) should put people and their recommendations first. According to Kyriakides, the COVID-19 pandemic has shown that EU citizens “expect much more from the EU in the area of

CoFoE: EU Coordination in Area of Health to Help Manage Crises, Says Dolinkova

CoFoE: EU Coordination in Area of Health to Help Manage Crises, Says Dolinkova

Bratislava, January 20 (TASR) – The creation of a European Health Union (EHU) could be an important step towards providing safer, more accessible and better quality health-care to everyone, but several goals need to be met first, Zuzana Dolinkova of the extra-parliamentary Voice-SD party has told TASR. Finalising the EHU is

Misik: We're Abandoning COVID Automaton, Measures Will Be Country-wide

Misik: We're Abandoning COVID Automaton, Measures Will Be Country-wide

Bratislava, January 12 (TASR) – Slovakia is abandoning the COVID automaton; new measures valid from Wednesday, January 19 will apply country-wide, head of the Health Ministry’s Health Analyses Institute (IZA) Matej Misik said on Wednesday, adding that the reason is the speed of the spread of the new mutation and

Government: Period of Full Vaccination to Be Reduced to Nine Months

Government: Period of Full Vaccination to Be Reduced to Nine Months

Bratislava, January 12 (TASR) – As of February 1, the period within which people will be viewed as being fully vaccinated will be reduced from 12 months to nine months since their last vaccine dose, according to draft measures related to the omicron variant of novel coronavirus approved by the Cabinet

Government Eases Conditions for Organising Mass Events

Government Eases Conditions for Organising Mass Events

Bratislava, January 10 (TASR) – The Government at its session on Monday eased the conditions for organising mass events. According to the Government-approved recommendations for the country’s chief hygienist Jan Mikas, mass events should be held in OP mode (for the vaccinated and those who have recovered from COVID-19). For