Expert council in favour of three-week lockdown for all

Slovakia's council of health experts is proposing a three-week lockdown for everyone in the country, as the situation concerning the epidemic is critical and is reaching the level of a humanitarian crisis, according to a statement released by the council on Wednesday. The body noted that the current Covid-19 infection rate is higher than it was at the peak of the second wave of the pandemic in the country. The experts would allow only pre-schoolers and first to fourth graders to attend school in person.