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Slovakia will shut most of its schools and require the population to stay home apart from work, essential shopping and nature trips, in a partial lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus, Prime Minister Igor Matovic said on Thursday.

French President Emmanuel Macron was so determined to hold his own umbrella at a rain-dampened event outside the Elysee Palace on Wednesday that he shooed away aides three times when they tried to take it from him.

Slovakia yesterday began a new round of nationwide Covid-19 screening -- a process aimed at easing curfew restrictions for people who test negative. Tests will also serve as a basis for new localised restrictions in the country's 73 districts. "We have decided to combine lockdown with massive testing," Prime Minister Igor Matovic told a press conference yesterday.

The UK coronavirus variant, more infectious than the previously dominant strain, has taken over as the main cause of new COVID-19 cases in Slovakia, Prime Minister Igor Matovic said on Friday.

Ukraine is set to receive 12 million doses of coronavirus vaccines developed by AstraZeneca and Novavax, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's office announced on February 5.

By Reuters Staff (Refiles to remove typo from headline) PRAGUE, Feb 5 (Reuters) - The UK coronavirus variant, more infectious than the previously dominant strain, has taken over as the main cause of new COVID-19 cases in Slovakia, Prime Minister Igor Matovic said on Friday. The central European country of 5.5 million has struggled to bring down daily cases despite lockdown measures and widespread testing, which is required for people to go out including to work. Hospitals have been strained wit...

14:02 EDT, 5 February 2021 PRAGUE, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Slovak regional authorities have sealed off a Roma settlement in the countrys east after tests showed a quarter of people living there were positive for the coronavirus. The poor settlement of Sacurov near Vranov nad Toplou, consisting of two three-storey apartment blocks and around 70 huts with bare-brick walls and corrugated iron roofs, is to be sealed off for 10 days. Slovakia, a country of 5.5 million, is struggling to cope with around ...

The Latest: Sri Lankan officials say vaccinations advancing The Associated Press © Eranga Jayawardena FILE - In this Jan. 29, 2021, file photo, Sri Lankan nursing staff administer COVID-19 vaccines to front-line health workers in Colombo, Sri Lanka. India has gifted neighbors, including Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal, with more than 5 million doses. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena, File) COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lankan health officials said on Saturday that more than half of ...

Slovak authorities seal off Roma settlement after a quarter test positive for COVID Reuters 2/5/2021 PRAGUE, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Slovak regional authorities have sealed off a Roma settlement in the countrys east after tests showed a quarter of people living there were positive for the coronavirus. The poor settlement of Sacurov near Vranov nad Toplou, consisting of two three-storey apartment blocks and around 70 huts with bare-brick walls and corrugated iron roofs, is to be sealed off for 10 da...

Frances Macron: I will not surrender my umbrella Reuters 03/02/2021 © Reuters/BENOIT TESSIER French President Macron meets Slovak Prime Minister Matovic in Paris PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron was so determined to hold his own umbrella at a rain-dampened event outside the Elysee Palace on Wednesday that he shooed away aides three times when they tried to take it from him. As Slovak Prime Minister Igor Matovic spoke to reporters before a meeting with Macron, a female a...