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Prime Minister Igor Matovič spoke about this on Saturday, who also said that if Slovaks want to open theaters and cinemas, as well as gyms and restaurants, a new round of national tests will definitely be needed. According to the New Word report, the head of government plans to launch a social debate on this issue in the coming days.
Matovič also pointed out that he cannot rule out a complete shutdown of the country when he was not even able to return home from work for two weeks, but this can only happen if people “start to behave drastically irresponsible, but I do not assume it at all.”
According to the Prime Minister, there is an extremely difficult space for the country, as well as for the whole of Europe, but he believes that they will be able to overcome it through massive tests. According to an article in New Word, Matovič is confident that the number of infected people will drop in three weeks, but sees no prospect of easing the measures until the average value of the seven-day move drops to 500. It is currently 2,282.
The second round of national coronavirus testing began in Slovakia on Saturday. Unlike the first round, this time only about 60 percent of the districts are affected by the tests, which end on Sunday nights. This time, there are no tests in the two largest cities, Bratislava and Košice, for example. The result is expected on Monday morning.
In the first round, which took place at the end of last week, around 5,000 places from the population were sampled. The test was attended by 3.63 million citizens, two-thirds of the country’s population. Screening tests revealed coronavirus infection in 38,359 people, or 1.06 percent of all those tested.
Basically, the current exams only cover the 45 “red” districts, mainly in the northern part of the country, where the rate of positive tests in the first round was above 0.7 percent. However, for various reasons, test sites were also opened in 13 “green” districts where the number of positive tests was low. In areas inhabited by Hungarians, for example in Komárom, Dunaszerdahely or Nagykapos, tests are also being carried out.
About 3,000 test sites have been established across the country. About 4,000 soldiers from the Slovak Army help in the sampling. No major issues were reported as of Saturday afternoon. Prime Minister Igor Matovic has previously said that he would consider it a success if the number of participants in the current tests reached two million. (New word, MTI)
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