CORONAVIRUS Big vaccination boom: Districts report record interest – Topky

5020 people were vaccinated in the large-scale vaccination centers (VOCs) of the Nitra self-governing region (NSK) last weekend. According to Helena Psotová, director of the NSK Office, this is an enormous increase in interest compared to previous weekends.

Overall, the vaccination rate in NSK is more than 46 percent. In social services facilities (ZSS), it is gradually approaching 90 percent. “88.8 percent of social service recipients have received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine so far. The second dose was vaccinated by 87.4 percent and the third by 67.4 percent of service recipients. ” Psotová said.

For ZSS employees in the Nitra region, the vaccination rate with the first dose is 73 percent and with the second dose 72 percent. So far, 31 percent of workers in the ZSS have received the third benefit. “We recorded the disease at COVID-19 in six ZSS. Nine clients and 15 employees are positive, ” Psotová stated.

As she reminded, the region will also be vaccinated next weekend. Vaccines from Pfizer / BioNTech, Moderny and Johnson & Johnson will be administered to registered and unregistered applicants in the VOC on Slančíkova Street in Nitra on Saturday and Sunday (December 18 and 19). On both weekends, he will be vaccinated with Pfizer / BioNTech and Moderna vaccines also at the VOC in the polyclinics in Šala and Štúrovo.

There is also an increased interest in the Košice self-governing region

In recent weeks, the Košice self-governing region (KSK) has been seeing increased interest in vaccinations against COVID-19. While 6,400 people were vaccinated in October, it was 30,600 in November. According to his website, the number of people who come for the first dose of the vaccine has also increased. Over the weekend, they administered the 1781 vaccine to the first-time vaccinees.

The region reminds that since Saturday (December 11) it has been a part of the nationwide Let’s Give Christmas campaign, which was prepared by the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic in cooperation with all regions. “We all wish a happy and healthy Christmas, so we have joined this initiative and increased our vaccination capacities. Well-known Easterners in the field of medicine, culture and sports also explain the need for vaccination in short videos under the slogan Please Be Vaccinated, “ said KSK chairman Rastislav Trnka, noting that achieving a higher percentage of vaccinees will mean a higher chance that fewer critically ill patients will end up in hospitals.

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KSK has also launched its own vaccination campaign in favor of “Please” and has increased the number of outpatient vaccination sites. He will be vaccinated in about 70 places during the current week. Vaccination teams will go to the immobile, to clients of social services facilities and will also be vaccinated in regional large-capacity centers, vaccination buses or in improvised vaccination booths.

“Residents in Slanská Huta, Markušovce, Sejkov, Obišovce, Kalša or Medzev will find a field vaccination team. The ambulance on wheels will be available in Spišská Nová Ves, Sobrance, Sečovce, Krompachy, Strážské and Gelnice, “ states that the vaccination will traditionally be available in the Atrium Optima, Aupark, Galéria, Tesco shopping centers on Košice on Trolejbusova Street and in the Nad Jazerom district. In Spišská Nová Ves, there is a vaccination booth in the Madaras shopping center, and it is also possible to vaccinate in the railway building of the Košice station.

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During both weekend days (December 18-19), the large-capacity vaccination center in Košice will be operational again. The vaccination center in Michalovce will also be open on Sunday, and a vaccination center in Spišská Nová Ves will be available on Monday (December 20). Since the launch of the vaccine, KSK has administered a total of more than 319,000 vaccines against COVID-19, of which more than 66,000 have traveled. A detailed vaccination schedule is published on the KSK website.

The municipality vaccinated almost 8,300 people over the weekend

Over the weekend (December 11-12), the Trnava self-governing region (TTSK) vaccinated a total of 8,282 people in large-capacity vaccination centers in Dunajská Streda, Skalica and Trnava. The TTSK communication department informed about it.

As part of the campaign of the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic and self-governing regions “Let’s Give Christmas”, Minister of Justice Mária Kolíková, Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Affairs Ivan Korčok (SaS nominee) and actors of the Ján Palárik Theater in Trnava visited the large-capacity vaccination center on Sibírská Street in Trnava.

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“In two days, we vaccinated almost 8,300 people, which is the most among all self-governing regions in the first weekend of the campaign. Thank you to the health professionals and staff who coordinated the vaccinations in our centers. “We will continue to be vaccinated next weekend. I invite everyone to protect the health of themselves and their loved ones.” said the chairman of TTSK Jozef Viskupič.

An increase in vaccinations is also reported in the Prešov Region

The first week of the vaccination campaign of the Prešov self-governing region (PSK) The region needs you brought an increase in the number of vaccinated by almost 62 percent compared to the previous week. During the seven days, the region offered 40 vaccination dates in five district towns and 17 municipalities and administered a total of 7204 vaccines, of which 1419 were vaccinated. PSK spokeswoman Daša Jeleňová informed TASR about this.

“The mobile units of the region administered 447 vaccines against COVID-19 in the municipalities in five working days (December 6-10). In 203 cases, their first doses were administered. From Monday to Friday, the evening vaccination regime in shopping malls a total of 861 vaccines, “ she specified that during the weekend the regional paramedics vaccinated up to 12 different dates. All three large-capacity vaccination centers were opened in Prešov, Poprad and Humenné, where they were given a third dose of the Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine as a priority.

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A total of 4229 vaccines were given, of which 232 were the first doses. Vaccination was also possible in three shopping malls, where 1,253 people came to be vaccinated or revaccinated, of whom 247 received the first dose of the vaccine. On Saturday (December 11), PSK also came to the town of Vranov nad Topľou, where 173 vaccines were given, and to Svit, where a total of 241 applicants came to be vaccinated or revaccinated.

“We are practically constantly in the field, we are opening more and more vaccination dates to the public, we are in villages, shopping malls, but also day hospitals, we are becoming immobile. PSK chairman Milan Majerský spoke on Sunday (December 12) during a vaccination event in one of the shopping centers in Prešov.

The importance of paramedics was emphasized at the event, which was also supported by celebrities, as well as the president of the Slovak Chamber of Nurses and Midwives Iveta Lazorová. “We medics have never been confronted with as much suffering and death as we do now, and it leaves huge traces on us.” recalled.

The director of the Ľubovňa Hospital and the vice-president of PSK, Peter Bizovský, stated in connection with the deployment of paramedics that hospitals in Slovakia went through “hell” during the third wave, and according to him it was lucky that part of the population was vaccinated. “With vaccinations, the capacity of oxygen beds as well as beds with artificial lung ventilation would not be enough and many people would not get into hospitals.” he said.