First Lady Jill Biden is scheduled to visit Romania and Slovakia this week to meet with US troops, diplomats and with Ukrainian refugees, the White House said on Monday

US First Lady Jill Biden will visit Romania and Slovakia this week to show support to Ukrainian refugees, meet with US military personnel deployed overseas, and hold official meetings, media reported on Monday, citing the White House

Over the past day, 7,055 new patients with coronavirus were recorded in Slovakia, which is the largest daily number since the start of the pandemic, the Ministry of Health said on Wednesday

Slovakia has decided to buy Russian-produced Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine without waiting for it to be approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and has received the first batch on Monday, Slovak Prime Minister Igor Matovic told the press in Kosice Airport on Monday

Nine out of 10 patients with COVID-19 in a university hospital in Slovakia's second-largest city of Kosice have contracted the UK coronavirus variant, hospital's spokeswoman Monika Galanova said on Friday

The first vaccinations against COVID-19 are set to be conducted in Slovakia later on Saturday, Zuzana Batova, the director of the State Institute of Drug Control, said

Austrian Airlines said on Thursday that it would resume regular flights to 27 European cities starting June 15, after them having been suspended in March due to the coronavirus pandemic