After Monday's meeting of epidemiologists with the participation of the Minister of Health Marek Krajčí experts noted that the current situation in Slovakia is not a national occurrence of COVID-19, but a local epidemic. Regional public health authorities have control of the situation, and there is no need to take action across the board for the time being. However, they warn that continued caution is warranted. After assessing the epidemiological situation in Slovakia and abroad, the Office of Public Health of the Slovak Republic and the professional council decided to include the United Kingdom on the list of less risky countries from 20.7.2020. Minister for Health Marek Following an epidemiologist meeting, he said that there was an effort to protect the most vulnerable, such as residents of social services facilities. If the situation deteriorates, Prime Minister Igor Matovič says that measures will then be tightened up. Maria Avdičová, head of epidemiology from the Regional Public Health Office in Banská Bystrica, said after the discussion that the experts had carried out an analysis that charted the events since 1 June. There were 363 positive cases for a period of five weeks since the measures were vigorously released. Of these, more than half were imported. Most tested positive came from the Czech Republic, Ukraine, Great Britain or Serbia.