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KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 27 — Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim criticised the government tonight for refusing to shut down industries riddled with Covid-19 cases, saying this reeked of a double standard and portrayed officials as doing the bidding of rich “big taukes”. The Opposition leader’s criticism...

11:28 AM MYT A man gets a nucleic acid test at a makeshift testing site in a park following an outbreak of the coronavirus diseasein Beijing on Saturday (Jan 23, 2021). - Reuters SHANGHAI, Jan 23 (Reuters): China reported 107 new COVID-19 cases on the mainland on Jan. 22, up from 103 cases a day earlier, the national health authority said on Saturday. The National Health Commission said in a statement that 90 of the new cases were local infections. The number of new asymptomatic...

BEIJING, Jan 22 — Beijing launched mass Covid-19 testing in some areas today, while Shanghai was testing all hospital staff as China battles its worst outbreak of the disease since March and families fret over reunion plans for the Lunar New Year amid new curbs. Mainland China reported a slight...

This is the Tuesday, January 19, 2021 edition of Today in Slovakia. In less than five minutes learn about politics, business, and other notable events of the day in Slovakia. If you like what we are doing and want to support good journalism, buy our online subscription. Thank you. More testing points open across the country Everyone will have a chance to get tested, the city of Bratislava said in an effort to calm down people who failed to book a date for antigen testing, after the cabinet decl...

The United Nations Security Council approved on January 15 the appointment of veteran Slovak diplomat Ján Kubiš as the UN Libya envoy, nearly a year after the last mediator stepped down. (Reuters) Multinational company AT&T Global Network Services Slovakia reportedly plans to dismiss 440 people due to redundancy, the Aktuality.sk website reported. The trade unions said that it can lay off some 300 people, which is about one tenth of its workforce. Nearly €211 million was collected throug...

Scientists fire back at PM Matovič after his harsh criticism. Moderna vaccine has arrived in Slovakia. Find more news in the digest from January 13, 2021.

Testing may take place on a weekly basis until late February.

This is the overview of news that happened in Slovakia on Monday, January 11, 2021. For a deeper insight into current affairs, see our Last Week in Slovakia, published earlier today. The Today in Slovakia digest is prepared at the end of every weekday free of charge. If you want to support our work, please buy our online subscription, which will give you access to our entire content. Thank you for being our reader. Mass testing to break the curve Given the critical situation in Slovakia, affect...

SHIJIAZHUANG, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- Shijiazhuang in northern China Hebei Province has started its second round of citywide nucleic acid testing, following a first

Teachers union calls for schools not to reopen next week due to grave concerns about Covid-19 High transmission rates and the new coronavirus strain are among the concerns cited Reporter: );  ); The General Secretary of the INTO John Boyle has written to Education and Skills Minister Norma Foley setting out the need to delay the reopening of primary and special schools. Mr Boyle expressed very serious concerns about the transmission risk of Covid-19 and the ability of schools to function as...