Coronavirus in Slovakia: SaS vouchers for 500 euros will not be supported, schools will not close (minute by minute) – SME.sk

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

9:10 SLOVAKIA – In four days (November 25-28), the Prešov self-governing region administered less vaccines to people than the week before. Their number fell by about 28 percent.

As TASR spokeswoman Daša Jeleňová informed, the reason is the lockdown. At the same time, the region opened more vaccination dates and allowed vaccination in 29 different places. In total, he administered more than 6,000 covid vaccines, including 3,415 of her first doses.

9:00 WORLD – Only a few hours have passed since South African scientists confirmed the finding of a new variant coronavirus and travel from southern Africa has almost stopped. For fear of the variant omicronwhich, according to the World Health Organization, poses a “high risk” to the number of mutations and higher infectivity, countries began to disrupt flights and close borders.

Is it currently safe to travel which countries are closing and there is also a threat of closing the Slovak borders? You can read more in the article by Lukáš Onderčanin >>>

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8:40 WORLD – The head of the American pharmaceutical company Moderna Stéphane Bancel, based on preliminary findings considers that current covid vaccines will be less effective in combating the new omicron variant. He said this in an interview with the Financial Times, but added that it would be necessary to wait at least two more weeks for the data to be sufficiently informative.

“I don’t think there is a possibility that the efficiency will be at the same level as we had in the variant delta, “said Bancel at the company’s headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

“I think there will be a decrease in the efficiency of the material. I just do not know how big, because we have to wait for the data. But all the scientists I spoke to say: this will not be good,” added the head of Moderna. Development and production vaccines According to him, the tailor-made omicron variant will take several months.

8:25 WORLD – Japan has the first confirmed case of a new omicron variant. The Kyodo news agency reported, citing unnamed government sources.

The local health minister announced on Monday that one “traveler” from Namibia had a positive coronavirus test at the airport and it is necessary to find out if this is a new variant. According to information from the Kyoto agency, the infected is a Namibian diplomat at the age of about 30, who arrived at Narita International Airport on Sunday.

7:45 WORLD – Tests in the Czech Republic yesterday revealed 17,599 infected. This is an increase of more than three thousand compared to Monday last week.

Hospital care requires 6,394 patients, the highest since April 7. There were 1,022 of them in serious condition, for the first time since 7 April this number exceeded one thousand, informs the CT24 website. The seven-day incidence also rose to 1,230, which is almost three times higher than in Germany.

7:40 AM WORLD – Germany recorded 45,753 new coronavirus cases and 388 victims last day. The number of infected is similar to a week ago (45,326), but there are 79 more victims.

For the first time in more than three weeks, the seven-day incidence rate decreased slightly (the average number of people infected per 100,000 people in seven days), the DPA news agency reported. According to the Robert Koch Institute, which monitors the development of the pandemic in Germany, it was 452.2 this morning. The day before it reached the value of 452.4, which is the maximum so far.

7:15 SLOVAKIA – Although schools do not have a national lockdown, parents are not sure that they will not close the school their children go to. Hygienists will decide according to the epidemic situation in the district. Ministry of Education headed by Branislav Gröhling he will not stop them.

Regional public health offices have so far closed classes or individual schools. However, they also have the power to close schools throughout the district, and from this week several are taking this step. The second grade of primary school, secondary school and grammar school will close this week in eight districts. Pupils will switch to distance learning in them.

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6:45 SLOVAKIA – Probably the most infectious mutation of the coronavirus omicron may be the biggest threat to the world and Slovakia, however, it can also end the whole pandemic. Slovakia is currently preparing for a pessimistic scenario and is introducing a quarantine for returnees from high-risk countries.

Can Slovakia still avoid omicron? What is the risk of open schools, where can it be ascertained whether the omikron variants are already infected and why can people protected only by overcoming the virus have a problem?

The SME daily prepared a series of questions and answers >>>

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6:10 SLOVAKIA – Zemanová also announced that the government parties as a whole had not agreed on the form of 500-euro vouchers for pensioners, if they can be vaccinated. “We insist on our position, we do not agree with the 500-euro contribution,” said the head of the SaS club

The party said last week that it would support vouchers up to a maximum of 150 euros. The disagreement in the governing coalition means that the deputies will probably try to enforce the proposal without the consent of the SaS. “We did not see a specific proposal, but it is possible that it will be organized in this way,” Zemanová added.

06:00 SLOVAKIA – Schools will not close widely. After the meeting of the coalition council This was announced by the chairwoman of the SaS parliamentary group, Anna Zemanová.

Coalition leaders talked about the possibility, although the government left them open last week when it decided on the lockdown. The proposal to close them at that time was vetoed by the SaS, but by the movement OĽaNO is still in favor of them being closed.

Even after the coalition council, at least nothing has changed yet. Zemanová said that it is up to the regional hygienists to assess the situation individually in the region.

0:00 SLOVAKIA – From Monday, school staff must also be tested, if not vaccination or have not surpassed the covid in the last 180 days. They are too closed extracurricular activities for children.

Elementary art schools, leisure centers or various school clubs, where children from several classes are mixed, can only operate online.

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23:30 SLOVAKIA – The OTP regime applies at workplaces from Monday. People who are not vaccinated, have not passed the covid less than 180 days ago and do not even have a negative test should no longer be employed.

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