CURRENT Government discusses further changes: There is also a new COVID slot machine in the game, a local lockdown and a state of emergency – Topky.sk

Last week, parliament approved a package of tougher measures proposed by the government. This was preceded by a heated debate in which opposition deputies in particular spoke. Today, the government should also deal with a possible change in the COVID machine, and even tougher measures are not ruled out.

EXTRAORDINARY VIDEO The situation in hospitals is critical: a turning point is approaching! Lengvarsky issued a harsh order

Updated 14:46 The government’s meeting will continue at 4 p.m.

Updated 14:30 Professor Vladimír Krčméry is also at the meeting.

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Updated 14:10 According to the current division of districts valid from Monday, November 22, there will be 54 districts in the black phase, only Bratislava and Dunajská Streda will be in the red phase. The remaining districts will be in a burgundy phase.

Updated 13:42 He added that he did not want to provide partial information. “We should reward people who are vaccinated because they approach it responsibly, there are more than half of them, we should not punish them.” said Nad. He also reminded that according to doctors, the situation is catastrophic and hospitals are filling up.

Updated 13:40 The situation is critical, we are negotiating a local lockdown or emergency

The pandemic situation is critical, the introduction of a local lockdown or emergency is being negotiated, the Minister of Defense Jaroslav Naď announced. “None of us want to do things that will lead to a lockdown or an emergency, but I’m wondering what the alternative is?” said Nadi during the government meeting. He called on the opposition, which questions the vaccination, to come up with a solution. He recalled that experts are discussing whether to introduce an emergency or local lockdown.

Updated 13:39 The Minister of Defense declared that the Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic are ready to send medical personnel to hospitals. According to him, it is necessary to decide whether it is possible to send it even without an emergency.

According to Naďa, the army wants to help, but the legislation needs to be changed. “We would be ready to board tomorrow. We don’t have many doctors, we have a relatively large number of paramedics, which we have trained several hundred. We can send them to hospitals. stated.

According to the Minister, 354 to 400 soldiers are deployed to resolve the pandemic situation. “The deployment of defense personnel in hospitals cannot be decided by agreement between me and the Minister of Health, and probably not by a government resolution. An emergency will probably be required. Lawyers are deciding whether we can help without it.” declared the minister.

Updated 13:00 A COVID vending machine is being discussed at a government meeting

A COVID vending machine is being discussed at a cabinet meeting. This was confirmed by the Minister of Justice Mária Kolíková. According to his own words, he will support the comments of the Minister of Health Vladimír Lengvarský.

According to her, it will also be possible to restrict the movement of people by making entry into employment and employment conditional on proof of vaccination, overcoming the disease or a negative test. “In this context, there should be a requirement for thorough control,” Kolíková pointed out. She added that there is a state application for checking QR codes and thus provide information about human vaccinations or testing.

The Minister perceives climate change and the tensions in society that have arisen between the vaccinated and the unvaccinated. According to her, it is an accident. “I am aware that the space we give the employer to find out what the situation is like in the workplace should not lead to an increase in tension, but that he will be able to organize his work effectively.” she said. At the same time, she noted that Slovakia is “long after the twelfth” in the third wave of the pandemic.

Updated 12:30 Teachers were also allowed to apply for the third dose of the vaccine

Teachers were allowed to apply for the third dose of COVID-19 vaccination. According to the Minister of Education, teachers are already registering. “The only thing that will save us from the pandemic is vaccination. I am very glad that teachers have already been allowed to sign up for the third batch, that they receive individual SMS with PIN codes. I also receive messages that teachers are signing up.” declared before the journalists the minister.

Gröhling explained that teachers receive SMS from the National Center for Health Information (NCZI) after six months. “Subsequently, under the PIN code they have in the SMS, they can log in to the system where the location is generated. By default, like everyone else,” he said.

Updated 12:10 COVID Gröhling ruled out the holiday

The Ministry of Education insists that schools continue to follow the regional system and the COVID vending machine. The COVID holiday, as proposed by the consortium of experts, the minister excludes. “We will still go to the school traffic light regime, where regional public health authorities have the power to close individual classes within a ‘focus’.” the minister approached. Elena Prokopová, the chief expert of the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic for pediatrics, recommended that the schools be closed for a shorter period of time – ie 1 or 2 weeks.

Updated 12:05 Minister of Education on the amendment to the Higher Education Act

Gröhling stated that he encountered positive reactions during the drafting of the amendment. However, they also wanted reactions from the general public, so the proposal was in an inter-ministerial comment procedure, which ended last week. The department will adjust individual changes based on comments. However, he does not understand the politicization of universities, according to him sufficient power will be left to the academic senate. At the same time, the Ministry of Education refuted that it would like to withdraw the amendment to the Higher Education Act.

Updated 11:55 The government’s deliberations are currently suspended. The Chief Hygienist of the Slovak Republic, Ján Mikas, and members of the expert council also came to the meeting.

Updated 10:25 At the same time, Lengvarský is coming to the government with changes to address the critical situation in hospitals. “I come to the government with very serious and drastic solutions that should reverse this situation,” he said, adding that we had reached a turning point in the pandemic.

Updated 10:20 Currently, 83 percent of students in schools attend full-time education, in the distance, 17 percent of schoolchildren, said Minister of Education Branislav Gröhling. He also added that the positivity in schools is rising slightly. He will comment on the amendment to the Higher Education Act and the protests after the government.

Updated 10:10 Minister of Health Vladimír Lengvarský made an extraordinary statement this morning. The situation in hospitals is critical, so the minister issued an order to restrict white medicine. There are currently more than 2,800 people in hospitals, there are few beds, and there are also a few beds available for artificial lung ventilation.

Updated 10:02 Among other things, they should regulate the conditions of entry to restaurants or hotels in black districts.

Updated 10:00 The government cabinet should deal with the change of the COVID machine. Minister of Health Vladimír Lengvarský announced the change of measures at Tuesday’s meeting over the weekend. The leaders on the coalition council also discussed the change of the COVID machine yesterday. The proposal to change the COVID of the machine is not published yet.

They discuss several topics in government

Several materials were submitted to the government by the Ministry of Defense. The government cabinet will also deal with the concept of preparing the population for the defense of the state. The Ministry of Defense justifies its acceptance and implementation by the urgency of the system solution and also by the current development of the security environment. According to the Ministry, cooperation between the state and the population in the field of defense may have the potential to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the protection of the interests and inhabitants of the Slovak Republic against the current security threats. Therefore, according to the ministry, it is currently necessary to emphasize the participation of the population in the defense of the state and to improve the current state of its preparedness.

The floods in Slovakia in the first half of 2021 caused damage worth more than 2.2 million euros. This follows from the Report on the course and consequences of floods in the territory of the Slovak Republic in the period from January to June 2021, which will also be discussed by the government on Tuesday. At the same time, it will negotiate the release of funds to cover expenses incurred for the implementation of flood protection works in the amount of more than 2,587,382 euros and to cover expenses incurred for the implementation of flood rescue works in the amount of more than 715,388 euros.

Handtmann Kechnec is to receive EUR 4.5 million in state investment aid for the establishment of a new plant for the production of aluminum die-castings in Kechnec in the Košice-okolie district. This follows from the proposal of the Ministry of Economy (MH) SR. The company expects a combination of eligible investment and wage costs in the total amount of 87.39 million euros. In direct connection with the investment plan, 158 new jobs will be created in the years 2019 to 2025, the ministry explained in the material.

They discuss several topics in government

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