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This summary is provided by the STA:
Second Slovenian Covid-19 patient dies
LJUBLJANA/METLIKA - Slovenia recorded a second coronavirus fatality as the number of confirmed cases rose by 31 in the past day to 414 by 2pm out of 13,098 tests taken. Health Minister Tomaž Gantar said that both patients who had died were in their 90s and had underlying conditions. "It's hard to say at the moment that anyone has died only because of being infected with Covid-19," the minister told reporters. Unofficially, the latest fatality was an elderly woman from the Metlika nursing home, like the man that died just over a week ago. Visiting the facility PM Janez Janša pledged an all out effort to supply enough protective equipment.
Slovenia sends quake relief aid to Croatia
LJUBLJANA - Slovenia sent emergency relief aid to Croatia in response to the neighbouring country's appeal for help via the European civil protection mechanism after a magnitude 5.3 earthquake hit the capital Zagreb in the morning. Slovenia dispatched ten tents equipped to accommodate up to 80 people with 60 beds and 60 sleeping bags and 20 heating devices, valued at EUR 107,000. Defence Minister Matej Tonin on the occasion called for continued solidarity in Europe in the face of the coronavirus outbreak and natural disasters such as the latest quake. Earlier, help and solidarity was offered to Croatia in phone calls with their counterparts by Prime Minister Janez Janša, Foreign Minister Anže Logar and President Borut Pahor.
Krško N-plant operating normally after Zagreb earthquake, Austria urges closure
KLAGENFURT, GRAZ, Austria, KRŠKO - The Krško Nuclear Power Station (NEK) reported that a preventive examination of systems and equipment had not detected any damage or impact on operations caused by a severe earthquake in Zagreb that was felt in Slovenia as well. The power station, situated near the border with Croatia and hence close to the earthquake's epicentre, is operating normally, said the Nuclear Security Administration. However, a group of Austrian politicians reiterated their calls for the closure of Slovenia's sole nuclear power plant, saying that the plant posed a great risk to the region's security and that its lifespan was coming to an end.
Stranded Slovenians returning home from Paris
PARIS, France - A group of Slovenians stranded abroad due to air traffic cancellations and restrictions amid the coronavirus pandemic returned home. A repatriation commercial Air France flight from Paris was then scheduled to head back to France with French citizens who had found themselves in a similar predicament. The flight brought home 22 Slovenian citizens and two people with permanent residence in Slovenia.
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