Index – Abroad – Slovakia starts the year with stricter exit procedures



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Slovakia will start the new year by tightening exit restrictions to stop the spread of the coronavirus, and as of January 1, people from different households will not be able to meet on family visits, MTI wrote in a decision made at an extraordinary cabinet meeting in Bratislava. Thursday night.

Also, people can only leave the counties of their residence in extremely justified cases. For the time being, the measures will remain in force until January 24.

Unfortunately, many people come and go, visit each other, and hospitals collapse

The express Igor Matovic Slovak Prime Minister. About the first measure above Andrej Doležal The Minister of Transport has reported on social media that hotels cannot receive new guests and the ski slopes must be closed.

TASR is a Slovak news agency Marek Krajčí Minister of Health and Jan Mikas Citing a national medical director, he stated that the exception to exit restrictions is business or work, if it cannot be done from home. Other exceptions are basic necessities, such as the purchase of food or medicine, banking or insurance services, emergency medical care or coronavirus testing, or the care of a close relative.

Churches will be closed, food will be prohibited in the open street, food can only be taken from restaurants for domestic consumption.

In Slovakia, with a population of 5.5 million, 179,543 people have been identified since the outbreak, of which 2,138 have died from the disease.

Tailor He warned that the situation in Slovak hospitals is serious, if not downright critical. Currently, 2,672 patients are treated in institutions for coronavirus, while 3,100 with medical care. He estimates that by January 11, the number of hospital admissions could exceed 3,600.



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