Health care
News on medicine and health care in Slovakia
If the situation doesn’t improve, 200 ageing doctors will leave their posts annually.
30. mar
The cabinet approved several changes to healthcare laws. Some concern vaccination.
17. mar
The Health Ministry has pointed to complications caused by the new Covid strains.
17. feb
The pandemic did not impact the ranking.
15. dec
The decision has been opposed by analysts and private insurers too.
11. nov
Prevention also neglected in Slovakia.
22. sep
The consumption of antibiotics in Slovakia is the lowest it has been in the last 13 years; there are hopes the resistance of some bacteria to antibiotics might decrease too.
7. júl
Numbers of COVID-19 tests have dramatically decreased after Slovakia opened up.
23. jún
Health care analysts question the speed of the removals and some replacements the minister has chosen.
11. jún
Although they welcome the changes, foreign doctors point to several problematic points.
28. máj
When the coronavirus epidemic is gone, we will have to deal with an epidemic of obesity and dementia.
27. máj
Hospitals and outpatient departments defend themselves, saying they follow hygienic instructions.
6. máj
Ombudswoman and NGOs see unfounded limits in safe access to abortions in Slovakia.
30. apr
Firms are cancelling meetings and business trips, disinfecting their premises and sending their employees to work from home.
11. mar
The Health Ministry is focusing on prevention.
5. mar
UPDATED: 27. Feb 2020, at 01:10
UPDATED: Slovakia getting ready for coronavirus
Border checks, no mail delivery to Italy, and temperature checks at Slovak airports are all in place from February 28.
27. feb
The most problematic area is the standard of living.
8. jan
The change regarding the MMR vaccine should lower the risk of occurrence and spreading of measles in children’s collectives.
17. dec
The country still belongs to the EU member states with the lowest HIV incidence, but numbers are rising.
2. dec
Doctors in districts with high antibiotics consumption should think again about whether they are really necessary.
7. nov
- 1. About 150,000 foreigners live in Slovakia
- 2. News digest: Pfizer and Moderna jabs now available to a younger age group in Slovakia
- 3. Special shopping hours end, some isolation rules change
- 4. Registration form for Covid vaccine has new features
- 5. Dobrú chuť. Are you going to eat that?
- 6. Matovič introduces tax reform
- 7. Fitch: Slovakia to be the fastest growing economy in the region
- 8. News digest: Curfew will stay in place for at least another week
- 9. A pilgrimage destination for many Jews from around the world
- 10. Districts in red and light red tier lift more measures after May 3
- 1. About 150,000 foreigners live in Slovakia
- 2. Fitch: Slovakia to be the fastest growing economy in the region
- 3. News digest: Curfew will stay in place for at least another week
- 4. Dobrú chuť. Are you going to eat that?
- 5. Districts in red and light red tier lift more measures after May 3
- 6. Situation improves, but curfew remains in place for now
- 7. Slovakia will have a permanent kurzarbeit scheme as of next year
- 8. Coronavirus in Slovakia: 362 new cases confirmed (graphs)
- 9. News digest: Vaccination now available two weeks after surviving Covid
- 10. News digest: Pfizer and Moderna jabs now available to a younger age group in Slovakia
- 1. Districts in red and light red tier lift more measures after May 3
- 2. About 150,000 foreigners live in Slovakia
- 3. Coronavirus in Slovakia: 362 new cases confirmed (graphs)
- 4. Fitch: Slovakia to be the fastest growing economy in the region
- 5. Curfew rules will change. Most restrictions will be kept only in districts in a bad situation
- 6. News digest: Curfew will stay in place for at least another week
- 7. Slovakia: Where the bees buzz and the honey flows
- 8. Dobrú chuť. Are you going to eat that?
- 9. News digest: Interest in Covid jabs low, vaccination rate may be just over one third
- 10. Situation improves, but curfew remains in place for now