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No new coronavirus infection for the first time in two months
LJUBLJANA - No new infection was recorded in Slovenia on Saturday for the first time in two months, government data show. After 500 additional tests, the total number of infections confirmed so far thus remains at 1,439. Two people died of Covid-19 yesterday, putting the death toll at 96. Fifty-nine Covid-19 patients were in hospital yesterday.
Taskforce says Slovenia currently has enough ventilators
LJUBLJANA - After Slovenia's key provider of ventilators during the epidemic, Geneplanet, proposed to the government to terminate their contract amid criticism that the ventilators were not suitable for Covid-19 patients, the Health Ministry learned from a taskforce led by Marko Noč, the chair of intensive care unit of the UKC Ljubljana hospital, that the country currently has enough ventilators. The final decision will be made on Monday.
Journalists' trade union fears post-epidemic measures
LJUBLJANA - The media sector has adjusted to the epidemic situation quickly and effectively but it faces great uncertainty after the corona crisis is over and the government is increasing this uncertainty, the Slovenian Union of Journalists said in a statement marking World Press Freedom Day. The Association of Journalists and the Association of Journalists and Commentators also issued their World Pres Freedom Day statements, with the former saying that the government had overheard all calls for aid by the media, and the latter calling for more media plurality. The public broadcaster RTV Slovenija condemned verbal attacks on its employees by politicians.
Slovenian journalist among recipients of German freedom of speech award
BERLIN, Germany - Slovenian journalist Blaž Zgaga, a freelance journalist and a member of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, is one of 17 recipients of this year's Freedom of Speech Award given out by the German public international broadcaster Deutsche Welle to journalists from 14 countries who have been persecuted for coronavirus reporting. All other recipients come from non-EU countries. A fierce reaction came from MP of the senior coalition Democrats (SDS) Branko Grims, who compared this to giving out a women's rights award to Metod Trobec, a serial killer whose victims were women.
Environmentalists say work from home should continue after epidemic
LJUBLJANA - Work from home has become much more widespread in Slovenia during the coronavirus epidemic, and because its positive effects on the environment environmentalists are calling for legislative changes that would allow more of such work in the future as well. Labour Minister Janez Cigler Kralj supports the idea.
Weaker demand for bread and meat due to Covid-19 epidemic
LJUBLJANA - In the wake of the coronavirus epidemic, demand for meat as well as fresh bread and pastries has decreased in Slovenia. The country's food industries saw a spike in demand in March after the epidemic was declared, with people hoarding supplies, but in April the situation saw a downturn in the consumption. The closure of schools, kindergartens and restaurants, introduced to stem the Covid-19 spread, has led to repercussions for the meat industry since those institutions and venues are its main buyers.
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