Slovakia reports 2 new confirmed cases of COVID-19. To date, positive cases total 7 negative samples is 541. The Central Crisis Headquarters of the Slovak Republic in connection with the spreading disease COVID-19 (Coronavirus) has banned the organisation of sports, cultural and public events in Slovakia for 14 days since 10th March, Peter Pellegrini, Prime Minister in charge of the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic, informed that the time limit may be extended if necessary.
At the same time, the CAC ordered a mandatory 14-day quarantine for all citizens who will return from the most affected countries - Italy, China, Iran and South Korea. The measures listed above are intended to reduce the risk of the spread of COVID-19, stressed P. Pellegrini.
Home quarantine
Persons returning from Italy, China, Iran and South Korea will be quarantined with their family members with whom they live in a common household. Chief Hygiene of the Slovak Republic John Mikas will soon issue rules for domestic mandatory quarantine. A fine of up to EUR 1650 may be imposed on a citizen for failure to comply with the Regulation.
– Being in home isolation means refraining from social contacts, working activities other than work at home isolation and any activities that require leaving the site of isolation, Jan Mikas, the chief health officer of the Slovak Republic, explained.
From tomorrow onwards, anyone returning from Italy, China, Iran and South Korea is obliged to contact his general doctor and inform him of a stay abroad that informs him of the follow-up, said P. Pellegrini.
The Prime Minister said that these measures wanted to calm the situation in Slovakia. For this reason too, preventive measures in the education department are being tightened. The Ministry of Education will issue an order to cancel not only school excursions abroad but also various competitions, schools in nature, or ski trainings, said P. Pellegrini, registering reports on the area closure of schools, pointed out that it was not a regulation by the ÚKŠ SR and the Office of Public Health.
The prevention of public school closures is not necessary from an epidemiological point of view. In schools and kindergartens, where the epidemiological situation regarding COVID-19 requires this, quarantine measures and the interruption of the educational process are already being ordered. added the main hygiene officer of SR J. Mikas.
The Prime Minister stressed that parents should not place children in the care of their grandparents because of the possible spread of the disease. The course of the disease in them may be more complicated.
Slovakia has so far confirmed seven positive cases COVID-19 (coronavirus) disease negative is 541 samples. In addition to the already known positive cases in the Bratislava region, COVID-19 was identified in Martin and Košice. Both persons had a travel history and are hospitalized in the relevant infectological workplaces.
Local competent regional public health authorities are affected by outbreaks. They identify the epidemiological history, monitor contacts and ensure all necessary anti-epidemic measures, with an emphasis on eliminating the risk of spreading COVID-19. The spread of the disease is currently not epidemic. Hygiene workers are on alert, closely monitoring the epidemiological situation. We are taking all necessary steps to ensure that this situation does not occur, said the Slovak Republic's chief health officer Ján Mikas.
General physicians will be instructed to provide patients with the necessary information on the disease. Ambulances will be gradually processed with protective drapes. Hospitals have protective equipment, the administration of state material reserves continues to provide them further.
Decree of the Office of Public Health of the Slovak Republic banning the organisation of mass events: