Slovakia Approves 2-Week Nationwide Lockdown as Virus Surges

Slovakia Approves 2-Week Nationwide Lockdown as Virus Surges
Medical staff attend to a patient at the COVID-19 ICU unit of the hospital in Bratislava, Slovakia, on Nov. 23, 2021. Martin Baumann/TASR via AP
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BRATISLAVA, Slovakia—Slovakia’s government on Wednesday approved a two-week national lockdown amid a record surge of coronavirus infections.

Prime Minister Eduard Heger said the measures that take effect Thursday will target all—both unvaccinated and vaccinated.