Coronavirus in Slovakia: More than 6,600 infected and 57 victims arrived, several measures have been released for the vaccinated (minute by minute) – SME.sk

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

11:16 SLOVAKIA Consulium of experts criticizes new measures, talks about the impact of politics.

The set of measures taken is perceived by experts as a political decision that must be justified and explained by its authors.

10:59 WORLD Australia will start vaccinating children aged 5-11 from January.

Children will first be given anti-antidotes vaccines from the Pfizer / BioNTech consortium. In the meantime, the Australian regulators will also assess the suitability of the Moderna children’s vaccine, which they should decide on in the coming weeks.

10:26 SLOVAKIA The Prešov Region made more than 40 dates available for vaccination this week.

As part of strengthening its vaccination strategy, the region launched a week-long vaccination regime in two shopping malls. Over the weekend, it will open all its traditional vaccination sites for both new and vaccinated vaccines. The county’s mobile vaccination unit will visit 17 different municipalities.

10:15 WORLD The fourth wave of the pandemic is probably culminating in Hungary, says Orbán.

The daily increase of hospitalized people with covid could already start to decline. In the last day, there were 6884 infected and 166 deaths of patients with covid in the country.

10:00 SLOVAKIA PCR tests revealed 6,620 new cases and 57 covid victims were added.

The laboratories performed 19,585 PCRs and 26,822 antigen tests.

Of the 6,620 infected, almost 73 percent were not vaccinated. Regarding antigen testing, 904 were positive, more than 70 percent of whom were not vaccinated.

The most positive RT-PCR tests were in the Bratislava region, where they confirmed 1,040 cases. There were 967 positive tested in the Trenčín Region, Trnava in 926, Žilina 870 and 755 in Košice. The Nitra Region recorded 741 new cases, Prešovský 669 and Banskobystrický 652. In Slovakia, 26,822 antigen tests were performed last day, of which 904 were positive. Of these, unvaccinated or only partially vaccinated people made up more than 70 percent, in the case of PCR tests it was almost 73 percent.

3,434 patients are hospitalized in hospitals.

The number of confirmed victims per covid increased by 57 people. The total number of deaths is 15,236.

9:48 WORLD The head of BioNTech is responsible for administering the third dose of the vaccine after only 3 months.

Due to the new variant omicron “two doses are not yet a complete vaccination schedule with sufficient protection,” said Sahin, whose company developed the anti-cancer vaccine together with Pfizer.

“If omicron continues to spread, as it seems so far, it would be scientifically reasonable to offer a booster dose after only three months,” he said.

9:17 WORLD – More than 7,000 coronavirus infections have occurred in South Korea for the third day in a row. Record increases in infection and a heavy workload in hospitals threaten the country’s goal of overcoming the pandemic without imposing a lockdown, the AP agency said.

South Korean Prime Minister Kim Pu-gjom said the government would probably be forced to take “extraordinary” measures if the spread of the disease did not slow down in the near future.

9:00 WORLD – German MEPs will vote today to introduce compulsory covid vaccination for health professionals and nurses. Parliament is expected to approve compulsory vaccination.

The vaccination obligation for health professionals, nurses and paramedics, which would apply from 15 March, is part of the amendment to the Pandemic Act.

8:30 SLOVAKIA – The Real Estate Union of the Slovak Republic reminds that real estate agencies can also be opened in the OP regime from Friday. He points out, however, that there is no exception to the curfew for ordinary citizens for the purpose of inspecting real estate.

However, the exception applies to the visit of the nearest notary and the bank. “Therefore, the termination of the real estate business is also possible during the lockdown,” the Real Estate Union specified.

7:47 SLOVAKIA – Pupils of secondary schools and secondary schools can go to school today for the last time this year. They are moving to distance education from Monday.

Kindergartens, primary school pupils and special schools will be able to continue full-time teaching next week, unless the regional hygienist decides otherwise.

7:30 WORLD – Tests in the Czech Republic confirmed 14,229 infected yesterday, which is at least during the working day of the last three weeks, informs the CT24 website. Compared to last Thursday, this is a decrease of more than 4,000 infected.

The number of hospitalized people with covid has also decreased, currently there are 6,321 of them in hospitals, of which 1,086 are in serious condition.

7:00 WORLD – Germany has recorded 61,288 new cases in the last 24 hours. This figure continues to decline, informs the Robert Koch Institute, which monitors the development of the pandemic in the country. There were also 484 victims.

The seven-day incidence is also falling, ie the average number of infected people per 100,000 inhabitants in seven days. It was 413.7 on Friday morning, 422.7 the day before and 442.1 a week ago. However, the Robert Koch Institute warns that the figures appear to be underestimated, as congested medical facilities do not have time to report all cases of the disease and some regions have run out of test facilities.

0:30 WORLD – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has approved the administration of an additional dose of vaccine from the Pfizer / BioNTech consortium to individuals 16 and 17 years of age.

The FDA has approved this dose for juveniles for emergency use. They may receive this third dose six months after the last dose.

0:00 SLOVAKIA – From today, measures are being relaxed for the vaccinated and those who have overcome Covid-19.

This will open all shops, services such as hairdressers, barbershops and fitness centers. The winter resorts will also start the winter season. Enclosed cable cars can be opened to a maximum of 25 percent of capacity, subject to ventilation and disinfection.

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People can also go to church. A maximum of 30 people or one person per 25 square meters is allowed in the churches.

The unvaccinated were to be required to give a negative test result on long-distance buses, express trains or IC trains.

Instead of publishing the exact rules on what types of tests the unvaccinated will need, how long these tests will last, and who will control them and where they will be on Thursday. only the Ministry of Transport disputed with the Public Health Office which of them should implement the measure at all.

Measures valid from 10 December

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