Chances are rising that Slovakia will allow more shops to open next week, Prime Minister Igor Matovic said on Saturday as the number of new coronavirus infections remained low.
FILE PHOTO: Slovakia's Prime Minister Igor Matovic wears a protective face mask as he speaks during a news conference at the Government Office in Bratislava, Slovakia, March 21, 2020. REUTERS/Radovan Stoklasa
“The chance that all shops outside of shopping malls will be open from May 6 are dramatically rising,” Matovic said in a Facebook post on Saturday, after only four new infections were recorded for the previous day. It has already started easing some restrictions. Smaller stores, outdoor markets and takeaway restaurants have been allowed to reopen in the first step of a four-stage plan to restart the economy.
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