Groehling confirms closure of 17 schools in Slovakia

Seventeen schools in Slovakia have been fully closed due to coronavirus as of Monday, Education Minister Branislav Groehling has told TASR, adding that this was a moderate increase from Friday when their number was 13. A total of 8,100 students from 224 classes have been sent home, the minister said. He confirmed that figures usually rise slightly over a weekend to subsequently go down during the following week. "It's partly caused by the fact that a lot of cases are reported on Friday," Groehling explained.