Coronavirus in Slovakia: The state has already passed more than three hundred million euros for testing (minute by minute) – SME.sk

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WORLD – A cruise ship from Germany with 178 people on board in quarantine is moored in Vienna. The reason is that 80 of them were tested positive for the new one coronavirus.

A cruise ship with tourists sailed from the town of Passau on the border with Austria and is currently located in Vienna at the Nussdorf lock on the Danube Canal.

9:07 SLOVAKIA – By the end of August 2021, the total reserve created to address the negative effects of the pandemic in connection with testing was more than 335 million euros.

It is stated in published annex to the draft general government budget for the years 2022 to 2024.

Almost EUR 39.45 million was earmarked directly for the Ministry of Economy to procure antigen tests and EUR 139.15 million for the Ministry of Health.

The Administration of State Material Reserves procured antigen rapid tests from the created reserve in the total amount of EUR 53,955,000. Together so on purchase more than € 232.55 million spent on antigen testing.

The Ministry of Education requested EUR 3,238,272 and the Ministry of the Interior a total of EUR 6,283,203 to test pupils, parents and school staff in connection with the resumption of full-time teaching in schools and the operation of school facilities.

Expenditure on a nationwide screening test of the population for the presence of COVID-19, which was financially the responsibility of the Ministry of the Interior, amounted to EUR 93 million. In total, more than 102.52 million euros were spent on testing.

8:55 SLOVAKIA – The Prešov self-governing region will be vaccinated in three shopping malls next weekend – in Prešov, Poprad and most recently also in Humenné.

The county began coordinating revaccination with a third dose this week vaccines in social services facilities.

However, in large-capacity vaccination centers, they do not currently vaccinate with a third dose of the vaccine due to low interest.

8:17 WORLD – There are 5,824 new cases of coronavirus infection in the Czech Republic. The positivity of the PCR assays reached approximately 10 percent. There are currently 1,277 people in hospitals with a covid.

7:56 WORLD – The covid epidemic in Germany is getting stronger, on Wednesday in this country with 83 million inhabitants, 28,037 new infections were added. One week ago, the Robert Koch Institute reported 16,077 cases.

In the seven-day incidence, there are about 130 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants, on Wednesday morning this value was 118, a week ago 85.6.

00:00 SLOVAKIA According to the Minister of Health Vladimír Lengvarský, the situation is slightly deteriorating.

There will be 24 districts in black from Monday, 39 districts in the burgundy phase, eight districts will turn red and eight will be in the orange phase.