Every day thousands of infected people increase, health professionals bravely fight in hospitals for patients' lives and care for their health. Slovakia is following the rules of COvid AUTOMAT these days, prepared by experts. At the same time, the government of the Slovak Republic approved the rules on curfew, which take place at regional level on Monday every week. The rules reflect the epidemiological situation of each district individually. At both Slovak and regional level, the inclusion of districts is announced by the Minister of Health for the following week in advance on Tuesday on the basis of the current numbers of new cases, the number of hospitalised and reproductive infection numbers. The Ministry of Health has prepared a summary of practical information with rules that currently apply.

According to national criteria COvid AUTOMAT applies to our country the fourth level of warning (black). However, for certain essential activities which constitute exceptions to the curfew for the determination of the testing interval (no test validity), specific districts are divided, on the basis of regional indicators to lower degrees. According to the current epidemiological situation, the alert system of COvid AUTOMAT determines the following rules in the different parts of Slovakia from today, Monday 15 February. Black color – IV. alert level COvid AUTOMAT(Districts - Partizánske, Dunajská Streda, Galanta, Snina, Nitra, Šaľa, Zlaté Moravce, Revúca, Rožňava, Bánovce nad Bebravou, Nové Mesto nad Váhom, Hlohovec, Piešťany, Trnava and Žiar nad Hronom)

What is true in the following districts:

- the recommendation - closed schools (This is a recommendation regarding the risk of spreading a new strain of coronavirus in Slovakia, despite the fact that COVID AUTOMAT allows schools in black districts to open kindergartens, primary schools of 1st grade attendance, the opening of special schools as well as other school years for children who cannot learn distance max. 5 children per teacher, opening of the final grades of SŠ and OU (attendance). It is precisely because of the opening of schools already in the IVth level of warning that the Ministry of Health has adapted the vaccination strategy and prioritised teachers who are already being vaccinated in Slovakia these days. -to work only with negative test not older than seven days,- is restricted entry and exit from district,- driving through these districts can, stop in them you should not , - passes in nature is allowed , only within the district , even without the need to prove negative test .

Bord color - COVID AUTOMAT level III alert (all districts not in black (list above) or red (list below)

What is true in the following districts:

-Schools are only open on the basis of a recommendation The Regional Public Health Office is the same as for districts in black - it is a recommendation regarding the risk of spreading a new strain of coronavirus in Slovakia,- to work you need negativetest not older than seven days, - with a negative test you can also travel to nature in another district.

Red color - 2nd level warning for COvid AUTOMAT (Bardejov, Senec, Čadca, Kysucké Nové Mesto, Liptovský Mikuláš, Lučenec, Poltár, Sabinov, Skalica, Gelnica, Stará Ľubovňa, Stropkov, Svidník)

What is true in the following districts:

- schools can be open, -to work required negative test not more than 14 days old,- a 7-day negative test result is required to travel to the countryside in another district.

Important! All other regulations remain in force throughout the country. The inclusion of districts on the basis of the epidemiological situation is reviewed on a weekly basis by the Institute of Health Analysis in liaison with the Council of Experts and the various regional public health authorities. The following week, which level of warning COVID AUTOMAT will be included on the basis of specified criteria, will be regularly informed by the Minister of Health of the Slovak Republic Marek Krajčí on Tuesday. The new rules for districts apply from the following Monday. For the COVID AUTOMAT methodology, see MZSR: https://www.health.gov.sk/Sources?/Sources/print report/cicid-19/Covid-automat.pdf

Information and current map of the regional division is also published on the page korona.gov.sk: https://korona.gov.sk/koronavirus-na-slovensku-v-cisely/

BORDERS

Police have been strengthening since Monday, 15 February, carrying out police-security checks at our borders with Hungary, Austria, Czech Republic and Poland. The objective is Check current measures of the Public Health Office Slovakia at the entrance to our territory. Since Wednesday (February 17)) will check compliance with the new stricter regime. The list of less risky countries and the possibility of crossing the border with a 72-hour test is deleted. People returning from Wednesday from EU Member States, Iceland, Norway, Lichtenstein, Switzerland, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland will follow the following steps:

- register on https://korona.gov.sk/efrontier/immediately after entry into the territory of the Slovak Republic,-Get into isolation, in the case of domestic isolation, also applies to household members;- inform on the insulation of its physician,-Day 8 at the earliest insulation may RT-PCR test and in case of a negative test result, isolation ends if the isolation is completed without symptoms, it ends after 14 days.People returning from another country, as mentioned above, are obliged to comply with the following:

-register on https://korona.gov.sk/efrontier/immediately after entry into the territory of the Slovak Republic,-Get into isolation, in the case of domestic isolation, also applies to household members;-inform on the isolation of his caregiver physician,- the isolation cannot be terminated without testing by RT-PCR test,- at the earliest on Day 8 of isolation they may have completed the RT-PCR test and in the event of a negative test result the isolation is terminated. If you travel to Slovakia by airIn addition to the above obligations, the electronic form must be completed on arrival https://www.mindop.sk/coid/.Children under 10 years of age they must be tested only if the doctor decides, their isolation ends at the same time as the other members of the common household. There is no exception to quarantine. Pendleri and tour workers from neighbouring EU countries, all except Ukraine. So do students or people who care for their loved ones. However, they must have evidence of a negative result of the COVID-19 disease test not older than 7 days.

Newly referred to as the pendlers are also "cross-border workers or commuters' from EU countries (+ Norway, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Iceland and the United Kingdom). For them, they must have an antigenic or PCR test in paper or electronic form not older than 48 hours (AG test) or 72 hours (PCR test) at entry.

At the latest at the time of entry to Slovakia, they must fill in the ehier form and enter the home quarantine. However, they can immediately shorten this if they have a PCR test carried out in Slovakia at their own expense and have a negative result. If the immediate test is not completed, they will enter isolation after registration (RT-PCR test at day 8 at the earliest, if negative, isolation ends; without testing, it lasts 14 days without symptoms).