Antigen tests for nation-wide COVID-19 mass testing delivered to Slovakia

An Antonov An-124 Ruslan heavy transport aircraft touched down at Milan Rastislav Štefánik Airport in Bratislava in the early hours of today, bringing in nearly 3 million pieces of antigen tests for the upcoming nation-wide mass testing of the Slovak population for COVID-19.

For Phase 1 of the nation-wide screening for COVID-19, members of the Slovak Armed Forces have since this morning taken over emergency equipment from the State Material Reserves warehouses, including 187,200 test sets, 40,800 face masks, 14,096 respirators, 467,900 disposable surgical gloves, 16,850 overalls, 2,350 shields and glasses, 7,045 shoe covers, 7,050 protective head gear and balaclavas, and 710 kidney dish sets.

Subsequently, the supplies will be distributed by the SVK military to respective Regional Commands and redistributed to the testing sites across Orava and Bardejov. Meanwhile, military personnel are continuing the preparations for the COVID-19 mass test pilot.

On the provision of material for this purpose, the Ministry of Defence appreciates any aid in the form of donations, such as the paper tissues and office paper gifted by Mondi SCP from Ružomberok. These will be used for the test pilot in Dolný Kubín, Námestovo, Tvrdošín and Bardejov, starting tomorrow already.

Medical personnel and volunteers willing to help can register at www.korona.gov.sk. Updates on the nation-wide mass testing for COVID-19 are available to the public on the MOD website at www.mosr.sk.