Slovakia's Iconic Venues Host Mass Covid-19 Testing

KOSICE, SLOVAKIA - JANUARY 22: People wait for the results of antigen tests for the Covid-19 in the auditorium of the State Theatre Kosice during a massive testing of the Slovak population on January 22, 2021 in Kosice, Slovakia. Slovakia has seen over 235,000 cases and more than 3,900 deaths, averaging 80 deaths per million people per day (in the last seven days), giving the country one of the highest number of per-capita deaths. In response, the Slovak government started the second national testing effort for the whole population, presenting it as one of the tools in how to decrease the numbers of infected people by the Covid-19 virus. However, a group of epidemiologists, scientists, and medical staff advised the government to primarily keep on testing in the most infected regions only. People will be allowed to travel to work or nature only with the negative test results. The testing started on January 18 and will last until January 26. Over 1,300,000 administrated tests detected almost 10,000 infected people by the end of the weeklong testing. (Photo by Zuzana Gogova/Getty Images)