[ad_1]
Subscribe to the epidemic newsletter
We send you what you need to know about the epidemic every day of the week. Sign up and take care of each other!
In Slovakia, there will be a full-day curfew starting on Saturday due to the coronavirus epidemic, Health Minister Marek Krajci announced after a meeting of the Bratislava government.
The ban will go into effect on December 19 starting at 5 a.m. and is currently scheduled to remain in effect until January 10. The curfew does not apply, among other things, to commutes to work and to those who go to buy food or fuel, nor to those who send mail to the post office, bank, doctor, religious service or online store. At the time of curfew, people living in a separate household can only meet to a limited extent, and have to choose at the beginning of the curriculum which household whose members they want to meet.
The government measure that has just been adopted was justified by the Minister of Health on the basis of an “extremely serious” epidemic.
In response to the announcement, Robert Fico, chairman of the strongest party in the Slovak parliamentary opposition, the Directional Social Democracy (Smer – SD), asked Prime Minister Igor Matovic to resign. Fico, whose statement was quoted by the Slovak public service news agency TASR, said Matovic could not do his job, as evidenced by his government-approved curfew ban and conditions to close shops “bringing further chaos. to society than ever. “
Two days ahead of schedule, the store closings will also go into effect on Saturdays, which applies to all stores except grocery stores, pharmacies, and drug stores. This measure will remain in effect for at least 3 weeks, subject to prior notification.
In Slovakia, a further tightening of measures previously taken in relation to the spread of the coronavirus was announced last week. Part of this is that starting Monday, hotels and other lodging establishments will only be able to accept guests who can perform a negative coronavirus virus test no longer than 72 hours.
At the meeting, the government also approved the country’s vaccination strategy against Covid-19. In this, the population of a country of 5.5 million is expected to continue to live in four waves. 60 to 70 percent are vaccinated.
How did they get here?
On October 1, the Igor Matovic government introduced a state of emergency in Slovakia, which it had once extended. In principle, the extension will expire at the end of the year, but the government last week approved a constitutional law allowing more extensions of the emergency. This legislation, which had once been postponed, is scheduled to be voted on in the Bratislava legislature on Thursday.
According to recent data from the National Center for Health Information, more than 16,000 PCR tests were performed on Tuesday, resulting in the registration of 3,565 new infections. The number of new registered infections increased in mid-October and began to rise slightly again in recent weeks, averaging just over 2,000 last week.
Since the spring onset of the disease in the country, the presence of the coronavirus has been detected in 139,000 people by PCR, and to date more than 1,246,000 viruses of this type have been tested. The number of those declared cured is about 101 thousand. Now, 2105 infected are being treated in the hospital. Official sources attribute 1,309 deaths to the disease, a number that rose by 58 on Tuesday. (MTI)
[ad_2]
