SUMMARY - Saturday, May 14, 2022 - 9 p.m.

BRATISLAVA - A total of 3,143 people from Ukraine entered Slovakia via the Slovak-Ukrainian border on Friday (May 13), of which 1,771 were women, 627 children and 745 men, the Interior Ministry has reported. BRATISLAVA - Slovakia's coronavirus update for Thursday, May 12, according to the National Health Information Centre's (NCZI) special website covid-19.nczisk.sk: NEW POSITIVE PCR TESTS: 335 Positive PCR tests in total: 1,786,914 Daily PCR tests: 2,132 BRATISLAVA - The next stage of repairs of the Lamac bridge on D2 motorway on the outskirts of Bratislava in the direction towards the Czech border will begin next weekend, as of Saturday (May 21), National Highway Company (NDS) director of operations Peter Petko announced on Friday (May 13). BRATISLAVA - The Health Ministry is preparing to purchase tablets for nurses in hospitals to relieve them of some their current workload, State Secretary Lenka Druzkovska has reported. BRATISLAVA/JERUSALEM - The Slovak Institute in Jerusalem is launching its own residential programme called 'Artist IN’J. Artist in Residence', institute director Juraj Urik has told TASR, adding that Slovak painter Peter Cvik will be the first artist to participate in the programme. BRATISLAVA - A total of 154 patients from Ukraine have undergone operations in Slovakia, including 96 emergency surgeries, 39 elective operations and 19 procedures that were postponed for a short time, said Health Minister Vladimir Lengvarsky (an OLaNO nominee) following the Government session on Wednesday. mf