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Prime Minister Janez Janša visits Maribor University Medical Centre

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Together with Janez Poklukar, the Minister of Health, Prime Minister Janez Janša today visited Maribor University Medical Centre where he met the hospital management and the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Maribor. At the meeting, the discussion partners spoke about the preparations and implementation of investments in healthcare in Maribor …

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Healthcare preparing for potential cyber attacks, power outage

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The healthcare system has activated preparations for a possible crisis due to the Russian attack on Ukraine, including for emergencies that may occur due to cyber attacks or electricity shortages. Minister Janez Poklukar also announced that the system was ready to provide medical care to refugees from Ukraine. The government decided the refugees were eligible …

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Exceptions to quarantine, limitations of the validity of COVID certificates and changes to the testing protocol

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The Minister of Health, Janez Poklukar, the Director of the Postojna Primary Health Care Centre, Irena Vatovec, and paediatrician Denis Baš attended a press conference on COVID–19 updates. Minister Poklukar began by presenting the current situation in hospitals. Today, a total of 818 patients are hospitalised, of whom 138 require intensive care. Due to the …

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Health minister Janez Poklukar says risk too grave to ease Covid restrictions

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Health Minister Janez Poklukar warned that Slovenia is yet to see the Omicron-driven wave of coronavirus outbreak hit its plateau, arguing the risk is still too great for any easing of restrictions. He said the risk would remain high until the curves of infections and hospital admissions started turning down. The epidemic is still in …

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Minister of Health on the epidemic in Slovenia: “The situation is serious!”

Minister Poklukar: agreement on HERA is the key EU presidency achievement

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Health Minister Janez Poklukar took stock of the achievements of the Slovenian EU presidency in his brief, and said the political agreement on the new European Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA) is one of the biggest achievements. He also listed the search for innovative solutions for more resilient health systems, improving accessibility and …

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This Is What the Constitutional Arch Coalition and the Children of the Slovenian Judiciary Deem Appropriate

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Despite the fact that the number of new infections with Covid-19 has started to decline in Slovenia, the situation in hospitals remains serious. Minister of Health Janez Poklukar pointed out on Wednesday that healthcare is still having trouble withstanding all the daily pressures of Covid-19, so he asked everyone to listen to healthcare professionals, to …

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EU health ministers for fast and coordinated action to contain Omicron

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EU health ministers, meeting in Brussels on Tuesday under the chairmanship of Slovenia’s Janez Poklukar, called for fast and coordinated action to tackle the surge in coronavirus and the spread of the Omicron variant. They supported the general applicability of the EU digital Covid certificate and emphasized the importance of vaccination and booster jabs. Poklukar …

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Prime Minister Janez Janša met with representatives of young doctors and FIDES

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The Prime Minister Janez Janša and the Minister of Health Janez Poklukar yesterday met with representatives of young doctors; The State Secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office, Jelka Godec, also attended the meeting. The discussion with the young doctors was followed by a meeting with Konrad Kuštrin, president of the FIDES healthcare trade union. The …

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Top health officials warn about possibility of fifth Covid wave

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Health Minister Janez Poklukar and the head of the Medical Chamber Bojana Beović warned about the possibility of the fifth wave of Covid infections, with Poklukar saying he thought that another wave could emerge in February next year as a result of an insufficient vaccination rate. Beović told Radio Slovenija earlier that the Covid pass …

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Minister Poklukar: The largest mobilisation of staff within the healthcare system in the history of independent Slovenia is now underway

Minister Janez Poklukar calls for stronger role of EU in global health

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Health Minister Janez Poklukar took part in the EU Health Summit in Berlin to note the importance of a stronger role of the EU in the field of global health. “This would bring geopolitical advantages, and would also be useful for member states and contributed to global health,” he said. A virtual round table debate …

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