Epidemic is slowing down in Slovenia. Several measures to contain the spread of covid-19 were lifted this week. As of Saturday, 14 May, when entering the Republic of Slovenia, it would again be possible to interrupt the quarantine with a negative PCR test on the fifth day of the quarantine.

However, the mass vaccination is speeding up. Slovenia exceeded half a million people (24 per cent) vaccinated with the first dose and 250,000 who were vaccinated with the second dose (13 per cent of the population). There are 192,000 reconvalescents.  If we combine this number with those who have already received the first dose, 34 per cent of the population in Slovenia is vaccinated, Director of National Institute of Public Health Milan Krek explained yesterday. From 25 December 2020 until the end of this June, Slovenia is expected to have 2.6 million vaccine doses at its disposal, allowing 75 per cent of people to be vaccinated. 

Coordinator of mass vaccination State Secretary Jelko Kacin said this week, the nation needs to be vaccinated and a sufficient nationwide vaccination coverage needs to be achieved in order to prepare for autumn when the virus will be most aggressive again. We need to get vaccinated now, said Kacin, to remain sufficiently resilient and safe for at least half of the year, perhaps even longer.

From this week on, vaccination is no longer limited to priority groups.