COVID positives are growing rapidly, the situation has worsened everywhere: the OMIKRON wave has already broken! The state is preparing for pressure – Topky

• Today, the government will address, among other things, the tension between Ukraine and Russia, and the Security Council is to continue the meeting.
• the Minister of Health and the Minister of the Interior met with other state secretaries at a coordination meeting yesterday, the topic was omicron, the details are to be discussed at today’s meeting
• Lengvarsky recommends following four main principles
• the quarantine for the vaccinated could be shortened, it is not yet clear whether the government will talk about it

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Updated 15:15 “Due to Kileček, the damage was 15 million euros for the public budget,” Matovič said at Sulík’s proposal. The proposal to reduce VAT for gastronomy would be a shortfall of 150 to 200 million euros per year in the state budget. “They have to suggest not only where to give, but also to whom to take it,” he said.

Updated 14:25 The Minister of Defense Jaroslav Naď confirmed that the Security Council will also meet on Wednesday because of Ukraine, and the military systems will be described on it.

Updated 14:20 Foreign Minister Ivan Korčok says the referendum is a topic for those who spread fear. “It’s politics,” Korčok said. He also commented on the defense agreement with the US, to which the opposition is calling for a referendum. The government decided on the agreement unanimously.

Updated 14:08 The administration of monoclonal antibodies is likely to be stopped in Slovakia, as studies show that they do not work as expected. “We are negotiating Paxlovide. It is being addressed at European Commission level,” said about the drug Lengvarsky.

Updated 14:02 Minister for compulsory vaccination

According to Lengvarsky, now that we are facing the omicron, it would probably not be appropriate and sensible to push people into compulsory vaccination. “I am the Minister of Health and I have no problem taking the mandatory vaccination on my shoulders,” he said, seeing what the development would be like after omikron.

Updated 13:50 A legal analysis on compulsory vaccination will be published. It is a theoretical document and if the government decides to consider compulsory vaccination, it will be necessary to perform an update analysis, said Mária Kolíková.

“The analysis will be published. I think you’ll find out everything in it,” Kolíková responded to the questions of journalists, stating that the basic issue of the analysis was compliance with the Constitution of the Slovak Republic when considering mandatory vaccinations and in what specific cases and whether it is possible to talk about specific groups of people, taking into account their special vulnerability and age.

Updated 13:48 Some hospitals have had tents since the second wave, for example in Banská Bystrica. “We haven’t been instructed yet. It doesn’t have to be just tents, it can also be a building specially set aside for this purpose.” said Lengvarský.

Updated 13:42 There is a significant increase in the number of cases, an average of 8500 cases per day. “However, we continue to see a decline in hospitalized patients,” informed Matej Mišík, head of the Institute of Health Analysis. The Omikron wave hit everywhere in Slovakia, with more than tripling of cases in 14 districts. “There were 519 paramedic visits to patients last week,” stated that the number of trips has increased, the number of hospitalizations has not yet.

Updated 12:30 Lenka Dunajová Družkovská will be the new State Secretary of the Ministry of Health

Lenka Dunajová Družkovská will be the new State Secretary of the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic from Thursday, January 27. Her appointment was approved by the government at its meeting on Wednesday. Kamil Száz ends as the state secretary of the Ministry of Health on Wednesday

Updated 12:20 The State Secretary of the Ministry of Economy Ján Oravec expressed disappointment that the government did not include the second package of administrative burden, the so-called Kilečko 2. “We have agreed that he will be included in the first government this year. Despite the end of January, the package has not been included and we are disappointed.” said Oravec.

Updated 11:53 The government has approved a national security threat risk management strategy

The state wants to focus on strengthening effective security risk management. It proposes systemic measures concerning prevention, preparedness and response to security threats in the National Security Threat Risk Strategy of the Slovak Republic. The document was approved by the government on Wednesday. The action plan for the implementation of the strategy for the years 2022 to 2024 is to be submitted by the Minister of the Interior by the end of June.

Updated 11:52 Details of state defense planning, including related documentation, but also the procedure for planning the use of the armed forces for the purposes of state defense is regulated by a new government directive. The cabinet approved it on Wednesday.

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“The aim of the directive is to create the conditions for aligning the four plans and their outputs. This will make the creation and use of the armed forces more efficient on the basis of plans for their use in time of war and plans for their use in time of war and other state defense capabilities,” states the Ministry of Defense in the submission report.

Updated 10:33 According to the Prime Minister, the situation on the Ukrainian-Russian border is worrying. “We are following with concern the developments on Ukraine’s border with Russia. On behalf of Slovakia, I can reiterate that we support Ukraine’s sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence. It is essential to escalate this tension, sit down at the table and return to dialogue.” said Heger.

Updated 10:32 “Today we are in a soaring wave of omicrons and we are waiting for it to show up in hospitals. We don’t have enough data yet and we have to wait for the wave to fade. The variant is spreading very fast, which we see today in a record number of positive tests,” said the prime minister.

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Updated 10:24 “If a variant reappears that could get people back to hospitals, then we can consider mandatory vaccinations.” He said the hospitals were filled mainly by people over the age of 60.

Updated 10:23 Compulsory vaccination can be introduced in four ways:

– amending the Decree of the Ministry of Health (No. 585 of 2008).
– amendment of the Decree of ÚVZ SR or RÚVZ SR
– amendment of the Public Health Protection Act
– by introducing a separate law.

Updated 10:20 Prime Minister Eduard Heger commented on the conclusions of the analysis on the introduction of compulsory vaccination. “Mandatory vaccination against COVID is a legitimate state tool to protect public health. The analysis makes it clear that vaccines are safe, prevent the spread of the disease, and reduce the risk of hospitalization and subsequent death. The benefits of vaccination are demonstrable.” he said.

Updated 10:04 Minister of Defense Jaroslav Naď that Bučka was a secretary and with the arrival of Mikuláš Dzurinda he ended his work in military intelligence. He hasn’t been in it since the 1990s. “We recorded that he moved close to the group around Mr. Jahnátek and Mr. Bödör,” he said on the margin of the investigation into Buček’s death, saying that he was sorry that he had put out human life.

Updated 10:00 Interior Minister Roman Mikulec spoke to the death of the military secretary Petr Bučka. “He’s been under investigation, we have to wait. We have to respect that. I knew him 20 years ago,” he said that it has been solved since yesterday and he also knows about the presence of Daniel Lipšic at the crime scene. He also worked at the Ministry of Economy, or Mikulec does not know whether he worked to this day.

Updated 9:56 Sith believes that there will be no further instructions for schools to close. However, the recommendation for home office or distance education still applies.

Updated 9:54 “Especially from the Ministry of Health, there was a strong call on all ministries to strictly adhere to the rules that have been in place in education since September,” stressed Sith.

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Updated 9:51 Last week, a record number of self-tests were performed, more than 560,000. “The positivity was 2.11 percent.” stated. More than 16 million self-tests have been distributed.

Updated 9:45 Almost 82% of schools continue in full-time education. There is just over 20% of distance education. “It should be emphasized that these students are not positive, they have been in contact with a positive student or teacher,” Svetlana Síthová, the state secretary of the Ministry of Education, informed that she expected an increase due to the omicron. According to her, the shortening of quarantine is positive.

Updated 9:50 The Minister of Health stated yesterday that all ministries are fulfilling their obligations due to the situation around the omicron. Other information and details will be provided after tomorrow’s government meeting. “Everyone is well informed that the omicron will be short, sharp and will hit many sectors,” said Lengvarsky, who also reported on four basic things that will prevent the spread of omicron:
– maximum possible testing,
– contact restrictions,
– maximum possible work from home,
– vaccination.

There are several topics on the table, including the situation in Ukraine

The state wants to achieve a reduction in the frequency of crisis situations and their negative impacts through the implementation of the National Security Risk Management Strategy of the Slovak Republic. The document, which is to define measures to limit the impact of threats on the functioning of the company, will be approved by the government on Wednesday.

The Cabinet is in its 54th session it will also address the proposal for a directive on defense planning, which is to harmonize the planning of the use and mobilization of the armed forces as well as economic mobilization for state defense purposes. The program also includes a draft strategy for intelligent and sustainable mobility in Slovakia, and ministers are also expected to comment on a parliamentary legislative proposal regulating deadlines in the process of dismissing employees with severe disabilities.