For dinner, January 19, 2021, we had 75 292 people vaccinated against COVID-19 disease in Slovakia. The Ministry of Health, in conjunction with the National Health Information Centre, extends the capacity of terms as well as the number of persons who can apply for vaccination. Priority is given to healthcare professionals who diagnose, treat and provide care for patients with COVID-19. Registration can also be used at the moment by people who help to care for the sick directly or indirectly. This includes students in medical and non-medical fields who during their studiescontact patients or company employees who perform cleaning services in hospitals.

Another for early vaccination by a priori group on the risk of their profession is employees of social services facilities, including social services homes and field social workers. Other groups at risk are growing this week. From now on, our seniors over 85 years of age can also apply for vaccination in some districts via the corona.gov.sk form, Minister for Health of the SR Marek Krajčí. As he added in Slovakia, we already have 29 vaccination centres open, 66 hospitals are already vaccinated. The pilot phase of mobile vaccination has also begun. Hospitals in Bratislava, Trenčín, Žilina and Košice are already sending their mobile vaccination teams to social services facilities to our seniors, the Minister explained the initiation of vaccination in social services homes. For increased interest in the capital, there will be four more vaccination centers in Bratislava. The first vaccinated in Slovakia, Professor Vladimír Krčmery, has also received a second vaccination. The second vaccination was also given to members of the Council of Experts. It was also attended by President Zuzana Čaputová and some ministers. At the end of 18 January 2021, 582 persons were vaccinated with the second dose. The second vaccination has been slightly delayed and will be carried out at the earliest 28 days after the first vaccination. At the beginning of the week, Slovakia purchased additional vaccines from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna. From the first manufacturer in the volume of 3 475 875 new vaccines and from Moderna in the number 601 823. Overall, this will ensure that we have enough vaccines for 85% of people. At the same time, the Ministry of Health has modified the criteria for determining the order of vaccination against COVID-19. The document in eleven stages defined the relevant population groups for registration in the central order system. Even in the first phase, people with certain conditions may register. In a second phase, the system is also made available to persons over 85 years of age. In addition, vaccination will be gradually allowed for people aged at least 75 and 65 years. The fifth phase and the sixth phase defined diseases for which it will be possible to log into the system. Other stages will also make the possibility of registration and subsequent vaccination available to other groups. Individual groups of persons will be able to register for vaccination at the start of the phase in which they are enrolled.
They can currently be registered for vaccinationFirst phase
The person shall be: (1) a healthcare professional, (2) a medical and non-medical student who, during his studies, comes into contact with a patient, (3) an employee of social services facilities, (4) a field social worker, (5) an employee of a service organisation that operates in a hospital, (6) a hospital staff, a health emergency service and a transport health service that comes into contact with a patient, (7) a person who, within a church or a religious society registered under a special regulation, provides a spiritual service for patients with COVID-19 disease in a hospital or for recipients of social services at a social services facility, (8) a mobile sampling point that comes into contact with the test person, (b) a second dose of the vaccine is to be administered to the person in accordance with the summary of the vaccine characteristics, and at least 28 calendar days have elapsed since the date of the first dose of the vaccine, (c) no persons ordered by the central order system have been vaccinated on that day, and the number of the vaccine doses in which have not been used on that day, given to be given priority to persons with the age of at least 65 years to whom all the patient's. (b) to whom institutional healthcare is provided in his healthcare facility; if a dose of the vaccine cannot be given to a person according to the previous sentence, it may be given to another person aged at least 65 years or to a person suffering from a disease according to point E (. (b), (d) vaccination is organised for a larger group of 1st recipients of residential social services provided in a social services establishment under a special regulation1) and is carried out directly at a social services establishment, 2. persons undergoing regular haemodialysis with a healthcare provider holding a licence to operate a stationer in the specialised field of nephrology, if this vaccination is provided by that healthcare provider, 3. persons currently undergoing outpatient chemotherapy, if this vaccination is provided by the healthcare provider for whom the chemotherapy is being performed, 4. immobilized lying patients with a serious illness for whom the healthcare provider ensures vaccination in an outpatient form in the home environment, in another natural environment of the person to whom theoutpatient care provides or other environments.Second phase
Person has been vaccinated in the first phase or - is ordered to be vaccinated through a central ordering system and is a person aged at least 85 years
Details and further stages can be found in the annex to the Decree of MZ SR:https://www.slov-lex.sk/legal-regulations/Annexes/EN/ZZ/2021/10/20210120 5298266-2.pdf