The Slovak government has followed the example of neighboring Austria today and ordered a two-week lockdown to quell the world’s fastest-growing Covid-19 outbreak, as the number of people hospitalized with new crowns rises. critical point and the rate of vaccinations remains low.
The Slovak government will reduce travel within the two-week lockdown, allowing only travel for essentials, work, school or medical visits, said Prime Minister Edward Heger.
The government will assess the situation after 10 days and Heger pointed out that any relaxation will affect those who have been vaccinated against Covid-19.
“The situation is serious,” said the Slovak prime minister. “We were here because the (existing) measures were not observed.”
Restrictions on both the vaccinated and the unvaccinated will include the closure of restaurants and non-essential stores, the TASR news agency reported earlier, citing Economy Minister Richard Sulik.
Slovakia recorded more than 10,000 new infections yesterday in the first 24 hours since the pandemic began, with hospitalizations reaching what the Ministry of Health called a “critical point”, meaning that care for non-Covid patients was limited. and help from foreign countries will probably be sought.
Slovakia is facing the fastest growing worldwide number of infections relative to its population, according to Our World in Data.
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