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Coronavirus: Lockdown applies in Slovakia with exceptions (minute by minute)

10:30 SLOVAKIA – The Slovak Chamber of Doctors recommends using more negative financial stimulation, ie the participation of people not vaccinated in the treatment.

This was stated by representatives of the chamber at a press conference on the topic of solving the current epidemic situation.

At the same time, the Chamber calls for anti-pandemic measures to be relaxed for responsible citizens who have been vaccinated, as lockdown is a short-term solution.

10:11 WORLD – Tests in Hungary have confirmed 5,506 cases in the past 24 hours. In connection with the disease Covid-19 153 patients died in the last day.

Currently, 165,202 people are infected. They treat 6,337 covid patients in hospitals, 540 of whom are connected to artificial lung ventilation.

Of the nearly 6.2 million vaccinated against covid, 5.9 million received two doses and 3,028,149 people received three doses. Vaccination of children aged five to 11 began in Hungary on Wednesday.

10:01 SLOVAKIA – PCR tests for yesterday revealed 6,783 infected. The laboratories tested 20,985 samples.

The highest number of positive PRC tests was recorded by NCZI in Trnava (976), Košice (957), Nitra (907), Trenčín (885), Bratislava (869), Žilina (798), Banská Bystrica (729) and Prešov (662).

3510 women and 3273 men had a positive PCR test during the past day.

29,889 antigen assays were also performed.

105 people succumbed to the coronavirus. The total number of victims in Slovakia climbed to 15,621.

There are currently 3,222 people in the hospitals.

10:01 SLOVAKIA – 3,993 people could be vaccinated last day.

9:54 WORLD – The Italian Minister of Health has signed a regulation requiring them to unvaccinated visitors from other European Union countries after arriving in the country for five days in quarantine.

This is an attempt to prevent the spread of the coronavirus variant omicron.

Vaccinated visitors Italian from the rest of the EU, they have to take a test within 24 hours of arrival under a regulation that came into force on Wednesday and they can move freely if the result is negative.

9:52 SLOVAKIA – Prime Minister Eduard Heger is responsible for compulsory vaccinations. “The direction is set and we are following it,” he said. He responded to questions about whether he would promote this solution.

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9:37 SLOVAKIA – In the Lučenec district, the number of coronavirus positives fell by more than half week-on-week.

According to Lučenec City Hall, while two weeks ago they recorded 676 positive cases based on PCR tests, the last week there were 305. There is also a significant decrease in the number of positive Ag tests.

8:32 SLOVAKIA – Christmas markets and New Year’s fireworks will not take place in Martin this year. The reason is the current pandemic situation. According to spokeswoman Zuzana Kalmanová, the city is investing the allocated funds in the social area.

She added that the current government measures and regulations of the regional public health office do not allow the city to organize mass gatherings. shares.

7:39 SLOVAKIA – EU digital COVID card with confirmation of vaccination third dose vaccines against covid you can download it through the portal korona.gov.sk.

“If people are interested in downloading their EU COVID digital vaccine for the third dose of vaccine by mobile, they must first go to the website korona.gov.sk and choose the option Get the EU Digital COVID Card. By selecting this form, korona.gov.sk will be automatically redirected to the NCZI services portal, “described Alžbeta Sivá, NCZI spokeswoman.

To log in to the NCZI portal, you must enter your mobile phone number, year of birth and COVID-19-PASS. This is a nine-digit information, which consists of letters, numbers and dashes, those interested can find it in an SMS or email from NCZI.

6:37 WORLD – There were almost 17,000 new cases in the Czech Republic in the past day. The situation in the country has been slowly improving for several days.

The number of hospitalizations with covid also decreases slightly. There are currently 5,850 patients in hospitals, 966 of whom are in severe condition.

6:27 AM WORLD – The total number of covid-related deaths in the United States has exceeded 800,000. The AP reported this with reference to Johns Hopkins University.

The United States has the highest number of coronavirus deaths in the world. Although the U.S. population is about four percent of the world’s population, the country reports up to 15 percent of the 5.3 million known coronavirus deaths in all countries of the world.

However, as the AP points out, the actual number of covid victims may be significantly higher in the US and around the world.

6:23 WORLD – The Netherlands will close primary schools and extend the night curfew due to growing fears of spreading the omicron option.

Elementary schools will close on Monday, December 20, a week earlier than originally planned. This is due to concerns that pupils could infect elderly relatives who are among the most vulnerable groups of citizens.

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte also announced that his cabinet was extending pandemic measures until January 14, which means that shops, bars and restaurants they must be closed between 17.00 and 5.00.

00:20 WORLD – The British Parliament on Tuesday approved the tightening of anti-drug measures, proposed by the prime minister’s government Boris Johnson, despite the negative attitude of almost a hundred deputies from his Conservative Party.

As Sky News reports on its website, The House of Commons has approved an extension of the mandatory drape regulation, which will now apply to most public interiors.

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The majority of MEPs also supported – by a vote of 369 to 126 – another key item in the so-called Plan B to combat the coronavirus pandemic: nightclubs and major events will only be admitted with a valid National Health Service (NHS) covidpas. As many as 98 Conservative MEPs opposed the measure.

According to Sky News, this was the biggest uprising of Johnson’s party colleagues in parliament since the 2019 election, despite assurances from Health Secretary Sajid Javid that people will be able to prove infectivity with a negative coronavirus test.

00:00 WORLD – The Italian government has extended the covid pandemic emergency until 31 March 2022. This was announced on Tuesday by the office of Prime Minister Mario Draghi after the meeting of the government cabinet.

The government extended the validity by decree special civil protection powers, as well as the Pandemic Commissioner Francesco Figliuola, who, among other things, coordinates the vaccination campaign.