Accept Covid-19 Testing or Face Quarantine, Leader Tells Slovaks

A health worker places Covid-19 swab test tubes into a rack as students undergo testing in the central hall of Leuven University in Lueven, Belgium, on Monday, Oct. 19, 2020. Belgium announced new measures to control the rapid spread of coronavirus, which will see cafes, bars and restaurants closed nationwide for four weeks, and working from home will becoming mandatory where possible.Photographer: Geert Vanden Wijngaert/Bloomberg

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By Radoslav Tomek

October 20, 2020 at 12:37 PM UTC

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Slovakia’s prime minister threatened to force into quarantine anyone refusing to take part in a plan to test almost all of the country’s 5.4 million people for Covid-19.

With the European Union country struggling to control a spike in new cases, Premier Igor Matovic has balked at imposing strict measures embraced by other nations including curfews and shutdowns.