Public order announcing issuance of decision on direction of the measure on prevention of origination and spread of communicable disease COVID-19

Public order announcing issuance of decision on direction of the measure on prevention of origination and spread of communicable disease according to § 12 sec. 2 letter b) and f) and § 48 sec. 4 letter l) of the Act No. 355/2007 Coll. on protection, promotion and development of public health and on change and amendment to some acts in wording of later regulations

DECISION

Public Health Authority of the Slovak Republic as a respective body according to the § 5 sec. 4 letter h) of the Act No. 355/2007 Coll. on protection, promotion and development of public health and on change and amendment to some acts in wording of later regulations (further only „Act No. 355/2007 Coll.“) in the matter of direction of the measure on prevention of origination and spread of communicable disease COVID-19 according to § 12 sec. 2 letter b) and f) and § 48 sec. 4 letter l) of the Act No. 355/2007 Coll. and according to § 46 and § 47 of the Act No. 71/1967 Coll. on administrative proceedings (administrative order) in wording of later regulations (further only „Act No. 71/1967 Coll.") orders the following

measures:

  1. All persons with temporary and permanent residence in the Slovak Republic, living in the territory of the Slovak Republic over 90 days or employed in the territory of the Slovak Republic, which, in the period since 10 March 2020 have returned from People's Republic of China, Republic of Korea, Islamic Republic of Iran and Republic of Italy to Slovak Republic are ordered to report this immediately after their return to Slovak Republic to provider of health care by telephone or electronically which provides health care in the field of general medicine, and with which he has the contract on providing the health care, or to provider of health care in the field of paediatrics, with which a child has the contract on providing of health care.
  2. All providers of health care in the fields of general medicine or paediatrics are directed to order to persons with temporary or permanent residence in Slovak Republic, living in the territory of Slovak Republic over 90 days or which are employed in the territory of Slovak Republic, which, in the period since 10 March 2020 have returned from People's Republic of China, Republic of Korea, Islamic Republic of Iran and Republic of Italy to Slovak Republic, as well as to persons living with persons according to point 1 in common household an isolation in home environment according to § 12 sec. 2 letter f) of the Act No. 355/2007 Coll. for the period of 14 days.
    • Measure according to the points 1 and 2 does not apply to:
    • drivers of freight service, driving through the states stated in point 1 or who carry out transport, loading or unloading of goods in states stated in point 1.
    • drivers and crew of mobile health service which carry out transport of the patient through the territory of Republic of Italy or from the territory of Republic of Italy
    • pilots of planes who do not leave the board of plane with the exception of performance of pre-flight preparation or inter-flight preparation, during transits or return flights.

Persons stated in this point are ordered, in case of any signs of influenza illness, to report this by telephone to his health care provider providing health care in the field of general medicine and with which he has the contract on providing of health care.

Drivers of freight transport passing through the states stated in point 1 or who carry out transport, loading and unloading of goods in states stated in point 1 are ordered to wear respirators FFP2 or FFP3 during loading and unloading of goods, they should maximally limit direct contact with personnel in state mentioned in point 1 and their vehicle should be equipped with rubber gloves to use it and with antibacterial gel for regular hand washing.

Drivers and crew of mobile health service carrying out transport of patient through the territory of Republic of Italy or from the territory of Republic of Italy are ordered to carry out transport only in vehicles which have separated space for the patient, they are required to use personal protective working means (respirators FFP3, protective goggles, gloves) and use antibacterial gels for regular hand washing.

Term: since 10 March 2020 till recall