Slovakia’s government on Wednesday approved a two-week national lockdown amid a record surge of coronavirus infections. Prime Minister Eduard Heger said the measures that take effect Thursday will target all — both unvaccinated and vaccinated. Unvaccinated people will be required to get tested to go to work if they have not recovered from COVID-19. On Monday, Slovakia already imposed new restrictions targeting the unvaccinated, who are banned from all nonessential stores and shopping malls. ___Follow all AP stories on the pandemic at https://apnews.com/hub/coronavirus-pandemic___The story has been corrected to say the lockdown becomes effective on Thursday, not on Friday.

Source: New York Times November 25, 2021 00:28 UTC