- The Slovak government decided on Thursday that the country will impose a partial home exit ban linked to nationwide SARS-CoV-2 testing, which will be performed over the next three weekends
- On Saturday, the Prime Minister rejected President Zuzana Czaputova’s demand for a change in the regulations and allowing people who did not participate in the tests to leave their homes
- According to the government regulation, only people who can document a negative result of the SARS-CoV-2 test are allowed to appear on the streets.
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In the opinion of Prime Minister Igor Matovicz and Minister of Defense Jaroslav Nad, despite initial difficulties with the launch the largest logistics operation in history Slovakia the first day of testing was quiet. According to Nad’a, 99.2 percent during the day. all sampling points operated without any disturbance.
Some of them, however, were closed before 10 p.m., when the time for taking tests on Saturday officially ended, because there were no kits and forms confirming the results. The press in Slovakia reported that during the day military vehicles delivered additional reprinting of certificates from a government printing house.
On Saturday, the prime minister rejected President Zuzana Czaputova’s demand for a change in the regulations and allowing people who did not participate in the tests to leave their homes. According to the government regulation, only people who can document a negative result of the SARS-CoV-2 test are allowed to appear on the streets. “Madam President’s proposal was not appropriate. We would deny any sense of the whole project, assessed the head of government.
According to the cabinet of ministers, the operation, organized and carried out by the military, will allow to locate the foci of infection and isolate infected people from healthy people. According to the prime minister, the failure of the project will mean the necessity to introduce a full lockdown in the country. Matovicz appealed to people who have or will have a negative test result not to give up compliance with basic hygiene rules during an epidemic, i.e. wearing masks, washing hands and staying away from other people.
In total, over 40,000 people are involved in the universal testing of Slovaks. People – doctors, paramedics, policemen, soldiers, firefighters and volunteers. The Slovaks also benefited from the support of 33 military doctors from Austria and 200 paramedics from Hungary.
The organizers only informed once on Saturday how many people benefited from the tests. At noon, over 800,000 people came to collection points. people. 7947 test subjects had a positive result. The minister of defense in the afternoon informed on social networks that over a million people underwent the tests. He did not provide specific data.
While describing the course of the tests, Slovak journalists drew attention to the interest of foreign media in the course of the unprecedented operation. Common testing has not yet been implemented in any European country. On Saturday, the defense minister announced on Twitter that the United Kingdom had asked Slovakia to share their experiences with Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s closest advisers. On Sunday, the tests will be continued from 7.00 to 22.00.
The prime minister is expected to present the overall results of the national testing at a press conference on Monday.
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