Vaccine first, then vitamin sea. How to ensure a milder third wave

• Vaccination opens to everyone, but paperwork problems are yet to be resolved.

• A secret meeting of the highest state officials, top prosecutors and senior police raises questions.

• The young Slovak team had a good start at the ice-hockey world championships.

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It’s time to show that vaccination pays off

Slovakia had fully immunised some 700,000 people before it introduced a unified document to prove that each one had received a Covid vaccine and should thus enjoy some of the ensuing benefits.