Soldiers help with border checks and coronavirus information campaign

These days service personnel are deployed on mixed patrols with members of the SVK Police Corps to help them with border checks and the coronavirus (COVID-19) information campaign. Based on the current requirements, the SVK Cabinet has decided to earmark up to 500 service members for this purpose.

SVK Armed Forces members from Bratislava Garrison, SVK Army, SVK Air Force, and SVK Special Operations Forces are now manning border checkpoints. Deployed at the border crossings at Brodské-Břeclav, Driemota-Starý Hrozenkov, Jarovce-Kittssee, Makov-Bíla Bumbálka, Petržalka-Berg, Rajka-Čunovo and Vyšné Nemecké-Uzhhorod, they are carrying out assistance tasks in support of the SVK Police Corps as part of two shifts, 18 hours a day, until further notification.

This most recent deployment of service personnel follows the decisions of the Central Crisis Staff and the SVK Cabinet. Based on the SVK Cabinet's decision to declare an exceptional emergency as there is a threat to public health due to COVID-19, the SVK Armed Forces are ready to deploy additional troops, as required.