The government has taken new measures to reduce mobility, slow the spread of infection, prevent the import of new virus variants from risky countries and reduce the increase in hospital admissions over the next three weeks from 1 to 21 March. If the desired effect does not come by 21 March, it is to be prepared to introduce severe restrictions on movement, stop production and close the country. Measures were taken by the government at Sunday's online negotiations and emerged from the three-day (23-25.2.) negotiations of state officials and scientists.
- - Wednesday 3 March until 19 March, the curfew will be valid in Slovakia from 20.00 to 1.00 the following day only with the exception of travel to work and necessary medical treatment,
- - from Wednesday 3 March to 19 March, the ban will apply in Slovakia from 5.00 to 20.00. There are a number of exceptions to this ban,
- - from 3 March is allowed to stay in nature, including individual sport within the district, in the case of Bratislava the district is considered the territory of the Bratislava self-governing region, in the case of Košice I, Košice II, Košice III, Košice IV and Košice surroundings,
-from 8 March onwards, it will be mandatory to wear a respirator FFP2 in shops and public transport;
- since 8 March, positive test subjects will no longer be able to go to the store or to leave the house for various purposes, they will only be able to visit a doctor or pharmacy, if justified,
-from 15 March will be required respirator in all interiors
A negative COVID-19 disease test not older than seven days is necessary to apply a travel exception:
- - to work,
- - for school and school workers between 5.00 and 20.00,
- - to dry-cleaning, for the purchase of newspapers and printed matter, eye optics, bank, insurance, library, bicycle service, motor vehicle service, post office (including delivery point for mailrooms), travel to the technical and emission control service of vehicles, collection points for receiving requests for tachograph cards, gardening, shoe repair, telecommunication equipment service from 5.00 to 20.00,
- - for a mass event from 5.00 to 20.00, the operation and organisation of which was authorised by the Office of Public Health and the way back,
- - to the dispensing point of online shops (e-shop), the way to the dispensing point of other stores and the way back from 5.00 to 20.00,
- - to go abroad and return when returning from abroad and going back,
- - child to and from kindergarten, pupil of first degree elementary school, child of special school from 5.00 to 20.00
- - the student and the listener from the second grade of primary school to the school and school facilities and their guide from 5.00 to 20.00,
- - to a public authority for the purpose of carrying out an act which cannot be effected by sending a consignment or by means of distance communication,
- - persons for the purpose of carrying out a job interview, a selection procedure, an admission procedure or an employment contract or other similar contract and for travel back from 5.00 to 20.00,
- - persons to the nearest collection yard and return trip from 5.00 to 20.00,
- - for the purpose of stay in nature, including individual sport within the district and return, if the district is included in the IV. degree of alertness,
- - student of the 4th, 5th and 6th years of doctoral study programme in the field of general medicine, student of the 2nd and 3rd years of bachelor programme in the field of nursing, student of the 2nd and 3rd years of bachelor programme in the field of midwifery assistance, student of the 3rd year of bachelor programme in the field of urgent medical care in the field of college, specialized teaching equipment in the university and way back.
Without the COVID-19 disease test, a road exemption can be applied:
- - to the extent necessary for the purpose of obtaining the necessities of living to the nearest retail establishment or similar place from the place of residence and for going back from 5.00 to 20.00,
- - to a medical institution for the purpose of urgent health care or planned health care, including accompanying the nearest person or relative and traveling back;
- - for a preventive survey between 5.00 and 20.00,
- - to the extent necessary for the purpose of accessing the medical care provided by the holders of a medical care permit and a return journey,
- - the RT-PCR test or mobile sampling site for the COVID-19 antigen test and the way back, the route to vaccination against COVID-19 disease and the return route from 5.00 to 20.00,
- for the purpose of stay in nature, including individual sport within the district and return, if the district is assigned to I. - III. degree of alertness, the test does not need, in addition to the above exceptions, persons under the age of 15, older than 65, severely disabled persons moving with the help of a wheelchair, or those who have been diagnosed with moderate or severe mental disability, or those who have been disabled with severe impairment of the autistic spectrum,
- - funeral of a nearby person, marriage, baptism and journey back from 5.00 to 20.00,
- - to care for a close person or relative who is dependent on such care and return,
- - with a dog or cat within one kilometre of residence, a journey for the purpose of animal welfare or a journey for the purpose of veterinary care and return,
- - the child to and from the childcare facility up to three years old from 5.00 to 20.00,
- - the parent, another beneficiary and the journey of the child made in connection with the court's decision on the parent's relationship (if any) with the child, in the case of alternating personal care or in the case of travel for the purpose of meeting the child, after agreement of the parents and travel back from 5.00 to 20.00,
- - the child and his accompanying person to the parent or person having the right of contact with the child and to return from 5.00 to 20.00,
- - a person in security and transfer to social services and social assistance facilities and a return journey from 5.00 to 20.00,
- - a person who is older than 65 years of age or who is severely disabled or who is moving with the help of a wheelchair, or a person whose medical condition or contraindications do not allow a COVID-19 disease test to be carried out, a person who has been diagnosed with a moderate or severe mental disability or who has been dispersed with a severe disorder of the autistic spectrum, within a distance of one kilometre of residence, taking such a walk alone or with a member of the common household from 5.00 to 20.00,
- - to appear before a law enforcement authority in connection with an act in criminal proceedings and return;
- - for a hearing, a main hearing or a public session from 5.00 to 20.00,
- - persons with a child under six years of age up to a distance of one kilometre from residence and a return journey from 5.00 to 20.00.
Source: TASR
Resolution of the Government of Slovakia: https://negotiation.gov.sk/RVL/Negotisation/1122