Only few Slovakia hospitals offering free-of-charge antigen testing for now

Only a few hospitals will carry out free antigen tests for Covid-19 in green districts as of Monday for the time being, Health Minister Marek Krajci has posted on social media, conceding that there are legislative problems with signing contracts in this regard. According to Krajci, the ministry has been working on this project since last week and has managed to find providers of the service in every district. "However, it encountered a serious legislative problem. Current legislation, unfortunately, enables neither the Health Ministry, nor its subordinate organisations to sign contracts directly with agreed providers for individual testing sites," said Krajci.