Slovakia to reopen shopping malls, schools as coronavirus cases slow

An employee checks the temperature of another employee on arrival to work as PSA Peugeot re-opens after shutting down last month due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Trnava, Slovakia April 17, 2020. (Reuters)

• The central European country will also reopen kindergartens and the first five grades of elementary schools

BRATISLAVA: Slovakia will reopen shopping malls, theaters and cinemas as of Wednesday, under strict hygienic conditions, Prime Minister Igor Matovic said on Monday.
The central European country, which has had far fewer cases of the new coronavirus than most Western European nations, will also reopen kindergartens and the first five grades of elementary schools from June 1, Matovic told a news conference.