Yesterday the Ministry of Health shared the experience with colleagues from the cabinet of the Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz.Many European countries have expressed interest in the details of the preparation and results of population testing across the board. On Thursday there was an online meeting of representatives of Slovakia and Austria. Slovak party representatives described the Slovak intervention model of field testing, its preparation, organisation and impact on the spread of coronavirus in the population In view of the epidemiological situation, the current development is very good. Area-based population testing has helped and has been one of the key tools for slowing down the growth of newly infected patients. I consider it crucial that over the course of three weekends tens of thousands of patients were housed in domestic isolation who could otherwise spread the disease among other people, said State Secretary MZ SR Jana Ježíková.
The epidemiological aspects of our intervention model were also discussed. At the same time, representatives of Slovakia and Austria exchanged experiences with each other with other steps taken in the countries to combat the spread of COVID-19.
The Ministry of Health was represented by State Secretary Jana Ježíková, the present was also Brigadier General of the Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic Štefan Kovács, president of the Police Corps of the Slovak Republic Peter Kovařík, and director of the Crisis Management Department of the Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Republic Colonel. Ing. Marián Dritomsky.
The Austrian side was represented (functions as original):
- Bernhard Bonelli, Chief of Staff to Austrian Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz- Markus Gstöttner, Deputy Chief of Staff to Austrian Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz - Dieter Kandlhofer, General Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Defence- Vincent Rest, Deputy Chief of Staff to Austrian Federal Minister Rudolf Anschober
