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Matovic: Additional €365 million to Flow into Health-care Sector This Year

Matovic: Additional €365 million to Flow into Health-care Sector This Year

Bratislava, March 22 (TASR) – An additional €365 million should flow into the Slovak health-care sector this year, Finance Minister Igor Matovic (OLaNO) announced at a news conference on Tuesday. Higher payments for state policyholders should bring in €100 million, and the share capital of state-run health-insurer Vseobecna zdravotna poistovna (VsZP)

Gov't Okays Update to Pandemic Measures, Capacity-Limiting Modes Be Scrapped

Gov't Okays Update to Pandemic Measures, Capacity-Limiting Modes Be Scrapped

Bratislava, February 23 (TASR) – At its session on Wednesday, the Government approved an update to the anti-pandemic measures under which the OTP, OP and OP+ modes with their capacity limits will be scrapped as of February 26. This initial period of eased anti-pandemic measures will be in effect until March

Misik: Slovakia at Peak of Omicron Wave, We Can See First Signs of Drop

Misik: Slovakia at Peak of Omicron Wave, We Can See First Signs of Drop

Bratislava, February 16 (TASR) – Slovakia is currently at the peak of the pandemic wave caused by the omicron variant of coronavirus, said Matej Misik of the Health Analyses Institute following the Government session on Wednesday, adding that the first signs of stabilisation or even a decrease in the number of

Heger: Pandemic Measures to Be Eased Beginning as of February 28

Heger: Pandemic Measures to Be Eased Beginning as of February 28

Bratislava, February 16 (TASR) – Pandemic measures in Slovakia will start to be eased as of February 28, said Premier Eduard Heger (OLaNO) before the Government session on Wednesday. The OTP, OP and OP+ modes will be scrapped as part of the first stage of easing. Capacities for low- and medium-risk

UVZ Cancels Quarantine for People from Neighbouring States Threatened by War

UVZ Cancels Quarantine for People from Neighbouring States Threatened by War

Bratislava, February 15 (TASR) – The Public Health Office (UVZ) is to cancel as of Wednesday (February 16) mandatory quarantine for people entering Slovakia from a neighbouring country in which immediately before their arrival they were exposed to a threat during a national or international armed conflict, TASR learnt from UVZ

Gov't: Non-essential Stores Should Operate in 'Basic' Mode

Gov't: Non-essential Stores Should Operate in 'Basic' Mode

Bratislava, February 10 (TASR) – Non-essential stores should operate in ‘basic’ mode [with non-vaccinated people allowed to enter – ed. note], the Government recommended to Slovakia’s Chief Hygienist Jan Mikas at its online meeting on Thursday. Non-essential stores are currently in the OP mode [available to vaccinated and those who recovered

Thermal Spa in Podhajska Reopens to Public After More Than Year

Thermal Spa in Podhajska Reopens to Public After More Than Year

Podhajska, January 27 (TASR) – The thermal spa facility in Podhajska (Nitra region) will reopen to the public for the first time in more than a year on Friday (February 28), TASR has learnt from Roman Ivan, mayor of Podhajska, the spa’s owner. “A demanding legislative process has been successfully