“The measures were practically the same all over the world. But only in Slovenia have we forgiven the protesters and thugs who knowingly violated the measures in question and thus prolonged the health catastrophe. To the derision of all the nurses and doctors in triage who sometimes worked for up to 20 hours a day,” …
The latest Covid-19 statistics show the number of cases steadily rising, as the number of new infections registered over the weekend increased by almost 40% on a weekly basis to 641, while overall hospitalisations have declined. There is a higher number of patients in intensive care, though, and three persons with Covid-19 have died since …
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Slovenia confirmed 17,491 new cases of coronavirus on Tuesday, by far the highest daily figure since the start of the pandemic and an increase of more than 40% on the week before. The positive cases come from the highest daily number of PCR tests performed to date, almost 23,000. There were 670 patients with Covid-19 …
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The press conference on the current COVID-19 situation was attended by the deputy head of the Communicable Disease Centre at the National Institute of Public Health, Nuška Čakš Jager, and State Secretary at the Ministry of Health, Franc Vindišar. Nuška Čakš Jager began by saying that there has been an increase in COVID-19 infections all over …
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A total of 7,420 coronavirus infections were recorded in Slovenia on Tuesday in what is by far the record daily number since the start of the epidemic. The positivity rate again exceeded 50%, data released by the National Institute of Public Health (NIJZ) on Wednesday shows. 13 Covid patients died, up 10 on the day …
“If the pressure is suddenly too much, then the system starts to fall apart and of course people die because of other things, not just because of covid. This must be avoided in every way and therefore measures are needed that no one likes, least of all the government, which then bears all the responsibility …
At the extraordinary session, the Expert Council of the University Medical Centre Ljubljana unanimously adopted a resolution proposing the introduction of compulsory vaccination against covid-19. This decision was made “because of the interest and suffering of all obvious and invisible patients, which has been lasting for two years and there is no end in sight,” UKC Ljubljana …
The mandatory quarantine regime in Slovenia was tightened up, as the government decided at a correspondence session to make people who have received a booster jab the only exception to mandatory self-isolation after a high-risk contact. The new scheme, recommended by epidemiologists, will apply from Thursday. By: J.S., STA
Vaccination of children aged 5 to 11 is starting in Slovenia as the vaccine for them is already available. Vaccination will take place at vaccination centres, and from Thursday on, also at UKC Ljubljana hospital’s Paediatric Clinic, where 70 children have been already registered for a jab. This comes as the advisory group on immunization …
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Slovenia logged 783 new coronavirus cases for Saturday, a decline of 30% from the same day a week before, as 14 patients with Covid-19 died and hospitalisations kept falling, government figures show. This morning 883 patients were still hospitalised with Covid-19, including 243 in intensive care. The figures mark a decline 26 and four from …
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Prime Minister Janez Janša called for stronger cooperation in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic as he addressed the Asian-European Meeting (ASEM) by videolink. “Better cooperation and an effective response to crises such as health emergencies requires cooperation and mutual coordination,” he said. “To fully overcome the pandemic, we need to strengthen solidarity and resilience …
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The head of state supports the immediate introduction of a nationwide lockdown after experts have warned that the healthcare system is on the verge of being overwhelmed due to the high number of infections. Slovakia is currently in the worst situation in the world in terms of new infection cases relative to the size of …
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