CURRENT The epidemiological situation is bad: The third wave will be even worse! The strictest phase is threatening in Kysucie – Topky.sk

Information on the current epidemiological situation was postponed for one day. The reason was the approval of a major health care reform, which was presented yesterday by the Minister of Health Vladimír Lengvarský together with other experts. However, the situation in Slovakia is deteriorating and the number of cases continues to grow.

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Updated 3:25 PM IZA chief Mišík expects the current wave to peak in October or November. “Let’s not expect us to return to the low numbers from the summer then,” stated. The higher load will take weeks to months. According to the expert, this is difficult to estimate, as we do not have an overview of immunity in society.

Updated 3:22 PM The third, the so-called booster dose, other groups could soon be vaccinated. Awaiting EMA approval.

Updated 3:19 PM He starts with a third dose

Vaccination with the third dose of COVID-19 vaccine could be launched in the coming days. It will be accessible especially for people with reduced immunity, regardless of age, said Elena Prokopová, an expert in the Ministry of Health for Pediatrics. The third dose will be given on the basis of a recommendation from a specialist or general practitioner. “They will be able to be vaccinated with the third dose at the earliest four weeks after the second dose,” added Prokopová.

Updated 3:14 PM Children in the classroom do not have to wear a veil

Wearing drapes in classrooms will no longer be mandatory “In practice, we imagine that children in the classroom, in a closed group, do not have to have a veil. When they go out into the hallway or dining room, they will have to have a duty to cover their airways.” says Prokop. The measure will apply to primary schools. It has yet to be confirmed by a decree of the Public Health Office. It should be the beginning of next week.

Updated 3:05 PM The regional differences in terms of hospitals are huge. While 34 patients are hospitalized in UNB, more than 70 in Košice.

Updated 3:04 PM “We really ask people to respect the changed regime in the outpatient clinics. It’s a solution so that people don’t get infected in waiting rooms and at the same time so that complete health care can be maintained.” she said people should contact clinics electronically first.

Updated 2:59 PM Prokop reminds that no one wants social restrictions as they were during the first two waves. On behalf of all the medics, she asked the residents for help in coping with the third wave.

Updated 2:56 PM “We’re going into the third wave of the pandemic. It will be the same as the second wave of the fall in terms of positive numbers, or worse,” said pediatrician Elena Prokopová. “The whole third wave will be in health care, ambulances and hospitals as they manage it,” she said.

Updated 2:55 PM Almost half of the patients are hospitalized in the Košice and Prešov regions. “Overall, on average, 12% of the maximum we reached in the second wave is hospitalized,” said Mišík.

Updated 2:54 PM There were an average of 1,200 cases per day, an 11 percent increase. There are currently 453 patients with COVID in hospitals, which is an increase of up to 40 percent.

Updated 2:53 PM The situation in Čadca and Kysucké Nové Mesto has deteriorated significantly, and regional epidemiologists have expressed concern that they will enter the black phase. The situation is still bad in Bardejov and Stará Ľubovňa. In Skalica and Senica, the situation stabilized. “A more significant increase can be seen in Detva, Stropkov and Svidník,” said Mišík.

Updated 2:50 PM Not a single district will be in the green phase next week. “In several districts, vaccination coverage has increased over 50 years, in Bratislava it is already over 75 percent, which allows a shift in the capital two degrees lower. However, as the situation worsens, the regional office has decided to put Bratislava in the orange phase, ” said the head of the Institute of Health Analyzes Matej Mišík.

From Monday, we will not have a single green district in Slovakia and the number of burgundies, which are only a step away from the worst phase, is increasing.

New division of districts

There are more Bord districts, despite the announced changes in the methodology of classifying districts into individual phases of the COVID automaton. According to the new methodology, five positive children equals one adult. Cases of children thus have a lower weight and the measures should theoretically be mitigated. However, this does not seem to have helped the situation and is still deteriorating.

From Monday, October 4, there will be 13 districts in burgundy color, where stricter rules apply. Most districts, 39, will be in the red phase. The rest will be in the degree of vigilance and thus orange. Green is no longer a single district. Experts and the health sector expect the rapid arrival of the third wave, but also a rapid decline in cases.

Vigilance phase (orange): districts Banská Bystrica, Banská Štiavnica, Bratislava I. – V., Brezno, Dunajská Streda, Galanta, Hlohovec, Komárno, Malacky, Nové Zámky, Partizánske, Pezinok, Piešťany, Prievidza, Revúca, Rimavská Sobota, Šaľa, Senec, Topoľčany, Trnava , Turčianske Teplice, Žiar nad Hronom and Zvolen.

1st degree of threat (red color): districts Bánovce nad Bebravou, Bytča, Detva, Dolný Kubín, Gelnica, Humenné, Ilava, Kežmarok, Levice, Levoča, Liptovský Mikuláš, Lučenec, Martin, Medzilaborce, Michalovce, Myjava, Nitra, Nové Mesto nad Váhom, Poltár, Poprad, Považská Bystrica , Prešov, Púchov, Rožňava, Ružomberok, Sabinov, Senica, Snina, Sobrance, Spišská Nová Ves, Stropkov, Trebišov, Trenčín, Tvrdošín, Veľký Krtíš, Vranov nad Topľou, Žarnovica, district Žilina and Zlaté Moravce.

2nd degree of danger (burgundy color): districts Bardejov, Čadca, Košice I. – IV., Košice-okolie, Krupina, Kysucké Nové Mesto, Námestovo, Skalica, Stará Ľubovňa and district Svidník.