Minute by minute: the USA issued the highest warning before the trip to Slovakia – SME.sk

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6:23 WORLD – Frank Ulrich Montgomery, a German physician who chairs the World Medical Association (WMA), called for the widespread use of supplementary, supportive vaccines.

“Anyone who was fully vaccinated six months ago should soon receive a booster dose,” Montgomery told the German media, the DPA quoted on Tuesday.

He added that a new, central vaccination campaign should be launched in Germany during the autumn, which will promote anti-vaccination for unvaccinated people as well as booster doses.

00:00 WORLD – The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced on Monday that issued the highest warning before traveling to Slovakia, to Russia and Belgium, given the very unfavorable epidemiological situation in these three European countries.

The CDC has urged all U.S. citizens not to travel to these countries – and about 80 other countries and territories around the world. If they have to travel there, they should be fully vaccinated before the trip.

“Given the current situation in Slovakia, even fully vaccinated travelers are at risk of infection and the spread of new variants coronavirus, “is stated in the travel warning concerning Slovakia, which is identical for all countries in this group.

23:30 SLOVAKIA – From Monday, the strictest measures apply in 24 districts. There are 39 districts in the second level of threat, ie in the burgundy phase.

There are eight red and orange districts each.