SUMMARY - Saturday, December 4, 2021 - 5.30 p.m.

BRATISLAVA - Several representatives of the extra-parliamentary Together party announced at a press press conference on Friday that they’re set to join the non-parliamentary Progressive Slovakia (PS) party, including MEP Michal Wiezik, former Together leadership member Martin Pekar, Tamara Stohlova, Erik Kliment, Eva Kalkan and others. BRATISLAVA - The Science Helps initiative recommends that the Slovak Government should introduce mandatory vaccination for selected groups of the Slovak population, Richard Kollar, speaking on behalf of Science Helps, has told TASR. BRATISLAVA - The Government and Parliament inspire lower levels of trust than mayors and town councillors, according to a representative survey conducted by Focus agency for Transparency International Slovakia (TIS) in the second half of November on a sample of 1,005 respondents, TIS has reported on a social network. BRATISLAVA - Slovakia's coronavirus update for Friday, December 3, 2021, according to the National Health Information Centre's (NCZI) special website covid-19.nczisk.sk and the Investment, Regional Development and Informatisation Ministry's website korona.gov.sk: NEW POSITIVE PCR TESTS: 9,359 Daily PCR tests: 26,037 NEW POSITIVE ANTIGEN TESTS: 1,369 Daily antigen tests: 28,559 NEW DEATHS: 75 Deaths in total: 14,771 am