President and Outgoing PM address the nation

Outgoing Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini held his final and special address to the nation on public RTVS's evening news program on Thursday, saying that Slovakia is facing the most critical situation in its modern history. "Let us bear in mind, please, that only by exercising self-discipline and observing resolute measures can we defeat this disease," he said. Meanwhile, President Zuzana Caputova stated in an extraordinary speech on private television channel Markiza, that members of the new cabinet, due to be headed by OLaNO's Igor Matovic, regardless of their political sympathies, all face the same public expectations - that they lead the country through these difficult days, prepare hospitals for the expected surge in the number of infected, and draw up measures to tackle the economic and social effects of the epidemic.