The Central Crisis Headquarters has approved the fourth round of testing, will be voluntary and covers 458 cities and municipalities

At its meeting today, the Central Crisis Headquarters approved the fourth Population testing round for COVID-19 disease in operation Joint responsibility. This test will take place during the upcoming weekend (21st to 22 November 2020) will take place in a total of 458 cities and municipalities. the last testing performed achieved a positive test rate of more than 1%. Complete results of the second and third round of surface testing at levels cities and municipalities are available at https://mab.to/3qzCCwfm3. The fourth round of testing will voluntary and will run from 8:00 to 8:00 h.

Even though testing will be completely voluntary and there will be no restrictions on the opt-out, I believe that the residents take this option with the same responsibilities as already shown in the previous rounds. It's about the health of all of us and our loved ones. Except We can do positive tests in general thanks to the detailed the result of precisely identifying possible outbreaks of infection, which is certainly Need to give a helping hand in coping with the pandemic and the fourth round of testing.Minister of Defence Jaroslav explained Come on.

It also stated that such local outbreaks could be for example Valaská Oak in Ružomberok, where the percentage of positive tests rose from 1.16% in the second round to 5.16% in the third round or Jurkova Voľa in the district Svidník, which positivist increased from 0 per cent in the second round of testing to 4,08% in third round. Statistically, the highest percentage of positive cases was reported in within the third round of testing of Markovce in Michalovce district, 6,04 percent.

According to the interim calculation of the Department of Defence, the amount of implementation of three rounds of population testing Slovakia for the presence of COVID-19 virus in the framework of operation OS SR Common responsibility approx. EUR 30 million. However, costs are not included in this value Department of Interior and Self-Governing. Total cost of operation Joint responsibility is calculated by the Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Republic, based on documents from all the components involved.