The situation in hospitals in Slovakia is currently stable, Health Minister Vladimír Lengvarský declared on Wednesday. "The epidemiological situation is developing along the lines outlined in the analyses we had earlier, so there is a growth in hospitalised patients,” said the Minister. About two percent of the people who tested positive a week ago are seeking medical attention in hospitals. There are almost 2,300 COVID-19 patients in hospitals, with 135 patients on lung ventilation. "The hospitals admit 250 patients daily on average," said Matej Mišík of the Heath Analysis Institute. .
According to him, there is a noteworthy increase in the number of younger patients, whereas it was mostly people aged above 60 during the Delta wave. "There has been a significant increase in the number of younger individuals aged below 20 and in the productive age of 20-40," he said. The vaccination rate in Slovakia is of 51% with the first dose. "Only 30% of the population has received a third dose," added Mišík.
According to Minister Lengvarský, after the omicron wave is over, life in Slovakia could get back to normal in late March. ”There could be a set of rules in late March that would allow people to live life as normal," said the minister.
Source: TASR
