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This summary is provided by the STA:
52 new Covid-19 cases confirmed, no cabinet member infected
LJUBLJANA - 52 new Covid-19 cases were confirmed but no new deaths recorded in Slovenia on Friday, putting the national total of infected persons at 684 and death toll at nine. The daily rise in new cases is below Thursday's record 70. 1,387 persons were tested for the virus on Friday. By that day 90 infected persons were admitted to hospital, of whom 25 are in intensive case and the majority need a ventilator, the government's spokesperson for the coronavirus crisis Jelko Kacin told the press. He also announced that due to the complexity of the matter, the government is unlikely to adopt the EUR 2 billion economic stimulus package today. It is more likely that it will complete the session on Sunday, when it is also expected to present it to the press. Kacin also said that no cabinet member was infected.
Over 80 residents in six nusing homes infected
LJUBLJANA - 83 residents of six nursing homes and 23 staff were infected with Covid-19 in Slovenia as of Friday, government figures show. A nusing home in Postojna could become a hotspot after an employee tested positive for the virus yesterday; all residents - there are some 40 - and staff are being tested today. Nine infected persons have so far died in Slovenia, all of them elderly persons with underlaying conditions, and several of them residents of nusing homes. The government announced that a special body bringing together directors of hospitals, community health centres and nursing homes would be set up in the coming days to see what else could be done to prevent the virus from spreading to nursing homes.
Poll shows 58% trust government on coronavirus action
LJUBLJANA - More than 58% of those polled trust the government it is doing the right thing amid the coronavirus epidemic, with 22% not trusting it, a poll released by the newspapers Dnevnik and Večer shows. Over 55% believe the planned measures to help business, sole proprietors and the self-employed are sufficient, around 25% consider them inadequate and 20% said they were not familiar well enough with them to comment. The online survey was carried out by pollster Ninamedia among 1,300 people on 25 and 26 March.
Kopp new sole provider of maritime piloting services
LJUBLJANA - The government concluded on Friday a contract with the state-owned Kopp Izobraževanje company to provide maritime piloting services in the port of Koper as a public service. So far these services have been provided by private company Piloti Koper. A decree to set up a public company as the sole provider of maritime piloting services in the port was adopted by the previous government last month, with the new government concluding the contract with Kopp, a company established and operated by state asset custodian Slovenian Sovereign Holding (SSH). Under the decree, the contract is concluded for up to ten years, the Government Communication Office said.
Spas' revenue could drop by a third due to coronavirus
LJUBLJANA - Slovenian spas have been closed since mid-March due to the coronavirus epidemic, and estimate "an alarming 30-35% loss of revenue this year", Association of Slovenian Natural Spas director Iztok Altbauer told the STA. "Nobody knows how we'll cover such a loss of revenue." The association thus asked its members to come up with proposals for measures that could help tourism companies survive. One of the proposals sent to the government is the Austrian aid model, which entails EUR 1,000 a month for a tourist worker, as well as other liquidity, employment and marketing measures.
Saharan dust brings record concentration of PM10 particles
LJUBLJANA - The Environment Agency (ARSO) has issued a warning for Saturday about extremely high concentrations of harmful PM10 particles for Slovenia after Saharan dust reached Europe on Friday. It has advised people to stay indoors. An average daily concentration was expected to exceed 100 microgrammes per cubic metre, while the allowed daily concentration is 50 microgrammes. The situation should gradually improve on Sunday, yet high concentrations are still expected in central and southern Slovenia. Very high concentrations, even around 400 microgrammes per cubic metre, were recorded already on Friday. Janja Turšič from ARSO told the STA she could not remember Slovenia ever having recorded such high levels.
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