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Prohibition of gatherings of more than six people and restriction of movement between 9.00 p.m. and 6.00 a.m.
The Government has issued an Ordinance on the temporary partial restriction of movement and the restriction or prohibition of public gatherings in order to prevent SARS-CoV-2 infections, and published it in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia.
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Restriction of movement between statistical regions and movement at night, and gatherings limited to no more than 6 people
On Sunday, 2637 coronavirus tests were conducted and 537 new cases were confirmed, which is a 20.4% positivity rate. A total of 289 patients with COVID-19 are currently in hospital, of whom 55 are in intensive care units. Two persons died. On Sunday, Slovenia reached a 14-day incidence of 339 cases per 100,000 population.
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Government declares COVID-19 epidemic throughout Slovenian territory
An epidemic has been declared throughout Slovenian territory as of today. At the correspondence session on 18 October 2020, the Government adopted the Order on the Declaration of a COVID-19 Epidemic based on the Communicable Diseases Act.
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Prime Minister Janez Janša: The epidemic has been declared today for the whole of Slovenia
Prime Minister Janez Janša posted on Twitter that an epidemic has been declared for the whole of Slovenia for 30 days, as of Monday. He posted this message on Sunday evening when a section of the Government, together with the advisory group of the Ministry of Health, discussed the current situation.
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Prime Minister Janez Janša: A challenging period of colder months lies ahead - an effective response to the pandemic is needed
Address of the Prime Minister Janez Janša to the people of Slovenia.
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Prime Minister Janez Janša: It is in our joint interest that we each do everything that measures against the spread of the coronavirus are observed
Today, at the conclusion of the European Council meeting, Prime Minister Janez Janša, in his statement to the press, spoke of today’s agenda, which included Brexit negotiations, the assessment of the epidemiologic situation, discussions on climate change, EU relations with Africa, and the main conclusions reached by European leaders
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Vovko on the overburdened medical staff, Archbishop Zore on the prohibition of religious services
The Metropolitan Archbishop of Ljubljana, Msgr Stanislav Zore, infectious disease and intensive care specialist Tomaž Vovko, and the government spokesperson Jelko Kacin spoke about the current situation regarding COVID-19.
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Ministers Hojs, Kustec and Počivalšek and State Secretary Bregant present the epidemiological picture in the Red List regions
On Wednesday in the evening session, the government took several measures to contain the spread of the disease COVID -19. The measures were presented at today’s press conference by the Minister of Economic Development and Technology, Mr Zdravko Počivalšek, the Minister of Education Science and Sport, Ms Simona Kustec, the Minister of the Interior, Mr Aleš Hojs, the State Secretary, Ms Tina Bregant, and the Government Spokesperson, Mr Jelko Kacin.
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Prime Minister Janez Janša has presented the latest measures to contain the spread of coronavirus infection
At today’s session that started at 17:00 in Brdo pri Kranju, the Government examined and adopted new measures from the third phase of the orange package. After the session, Prime Minister Janez Janša made a press statement in Ljubljana.
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Jereb: "The youngest patient in intensive care is a 42-year-old with no underlying medical conditions"
Head of the intensive care unit at the Clinic for Infectious Diseases Matjaž Jereb, acting director of the Health Care Directorate at the Ministry of Health Marija Magajne, and government spokesperson Jelko Kacin took part in the press conference on the current situation regarding COVID-19 in Slovenia.
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Some 130,000 users have installed the #OstaniZdrav application
The Government spokesperson Jelko Kacin spoke about the current situation regarding COVID-19 at the press conference.
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UMC Ljubljana is preparing for the need for an increased number of beds
Mateja Logar, infectologist from the Clinic for Infectious Diseases, and Jelko Kacin, the Government spokesperson, provided the latest information on the COVID-19 situation in Slovenia.
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Health Inspectorate has performed more than 40 thousand controls since the outbreak of the epidemic
Deana Potza from the Health Inspectorate and government spokesman Jelko Kacin provided the latest information on the COVID-19 situation in Slovenia.
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Prohibition on the gathering of more than 10 people; up to 500 people permitted at public meetings and events, and at other gatherings, but without the service of food and beverages
At today’s correspondence session, the Slovenian government adopted an Ordinance on the temporary limitation or prohibition of public gatherings in the Republic of Slovenia, and the prohibition on the transport of certain types of goods and products during public gatherings. At the same session, the government also confirmed the draft national recovery and resilience plan.
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Prime Minister Janez Janša: We all need to be involved in curbing the spread of coronavirus
The Government of the Republic of Slovenia concluded its first visit to the Carinthia region with a talk with the mayors and actors of development in the region.
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Virus to be contained only with responsible and self-protective behaviour
The Director of the University Clinic of Respiratory and Allergic Diseases Golnik, Aleš Rozman, and the Government spokesperson, Jelko Kacin, shed light on the current epidemiological situation in Slovenia – a record-breaking 356 positive cases were recorded yesterday.
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Prime Minister Janez Janša presents the plan and measures for the second wave of the coronavirus
At today’s press conference, Prime Minister Janez Janša made an in-depth presentation of the coronavirus situation in Europe and Slovenia and the Government plant for measures in the second wave of the coronavirus.
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The Ljubljana University Medical Centre is at the upper limits of the capacity planned for COVID-19 patients
The Government spokesperson Jelko Kacin presented the epidemiological situation in the country, and Tatjana Lejko Zupanc, the Head of the Department of Infectious Diseases, spoke about the situation at the Department.
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Prime Minister Janez Janša: If everyone behaves responsibly during the second wave of the coronavirus crisis, we can prevent the worst
Prime Minister Janez Janša today attended a round table entitled Responsible Citizen – Successful Nation. The round table, co-organised by the Civil Initiative Prebudimo Slovenijo (Wake up, Slovenia) and the Social Academy, was held at St Stanislav's Institution in Šentvid, Ljubljana.
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Situation in homes for the elderly under control despite record number of positive cases
The epidemiological situation in the country was presented by Jelko Kacin, Government spokesman for COVID-19, while the Minister of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities, Janez Ciglar Kralj, summed up the conditions in homes for the elderly.