–Two Slovaks who arrived from China to Prague at night from Sunday to Monday and were subsequently transported to the Faculty Hospital in Banská Bystrica have no new coronavirus. The results of the laboratory tests showed that their samples were negative, said Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini, in charge of the Ministry of Health.
Since Monday, laboratory diagnostics have been carried out in Slovakia at the National Reference Center for Influenza at the Office of Public Health of the Slovak Republic. The test results are so known before they were sent to a laboratory in Germany. As a result, the results of the two Slovaks were also known within hours. explained the chief sanitary officer of the Slovak Republic, Jan Mikas. Since the beginning of the week, telephone lines have been reinforced again, where experts are available to answer public questions. The two numbers that have been working since last week have been added. At each regional public health authority, experts will be available on the telephone numbers below.
Telephone lines accessible to the public:
Office of Public Health of the Slovak Republic 0917 222 682Regional Public Health Office based in Banská Bystrica - 0918 659 580Bratislava-based Regional Public Health Office - 0917 426 075 Regional Public Health Office based in Nitra - 0948 495 915 Regional Public Health Office based in Trnava - 0905 903 053 Regional Public Health Office based in Trenčín - 0911 763 203Regional Public Health Office based in Košice -© 0918 389 841 Regional Public Health Office based in Prešov - 0911 908 823Regional Public Health Office based in Žilina ‐ 0905 342 812Email: novykoronavirus@uzvr.sk