Prognosis
Slovakia to Repeat Nationwide Mass Virus Testing, Premier Says
A health worker administers a rapid antigen virus test in Kosice, Slovakia on Nov. 1.
Photographer: Zuzana Gogova/Getty Images
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Slovakia will repeat nationwide Covid-19 mass testing in December as the first run of the unprecedented operation succeeded in containing the pandemic, Prime Minister Igor Matovic said.
His cabinet on Thursday agreed to purchase 16 million rapid antibody tests. The east European Union member recently tested two-thirds of its citizens, some of them twice, uncovering about 1% infection rate. This weekend, all residents of the most affected 458 villages and towns will be screened for a third time.