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Nearly 1,700 new coronavirus cases on record high positivity rate
LJUBLJANA - Slovenia saw 1,675 new coronavirus cases for Saturday as a record 29% of all tests returned positive results. Hospitalisations exceeded 500 and another six patients with Covid-19 died. The country's total case count has now neared 23,000, at 22,952, as the number of active cases increased to 14,288, data from the government and national Covid-19 tracker site show. The rolling 14-day average per 100,000 residents increased to 682 and the death toll rose to 241. The Jožef Stefan Institute estimates the reproduction number rose to 2.20 as the daily number of cases doubles in 6.2 days.
Ban to be imposed on movements between municipalities
LJUBLJANA - Prime Minister Janez Janša announced a ban on movements between municipalities will be imposed for the whole country starting from Tuesday in response to the surge in coronavirus. "The restriction will be initially in force for 7 days for the whole country, and will be eased gradually by regions that will first curb the epidemic," Janša said on his Twitter profile. A similar ban in spring provoked a major controversy, but it has been cleared by the Constitutional Court.
Non-essential medical services suspended
LJUBLJANA - Most non-essential medical services were suspended under a decree issued by the Health Minister Tomaž Gantar to focus health resources on the battle against Covid-19. After some hospitals, including UKC Ljubljana had started suspending non-essential services in recent days, the new decree applies to health providers nation-wide. Oncology, services for pregnant women and newborns, vaccination and occupational medicine are exempt from suspension.
President appeals for cross-partisan effort to overcome crisis
LJUBLJANA - Addressing the nation on Sovereignty Day, 29 years to the day after the last Yugoslav troops left Slovenian soil, President Borut Pahor appealed on parliamentary parties to take their cue from their predecessors of the time, and commit to work together to defeat the coronavirus crisis. Pahor said Slovenia was now again facing a situation when political and all-national cooperation was essential. In separate messages, similar calls, evoking the nation's courage, resolve and unity of the time, were also made Prime Minister Janez Janša and National Assembly Speaker Igor Zorčič.
Janša's Trump endorsement sparks exchange with Biden aide
NEW YORK, US/LJUBLJANA - Prime Minister Janez Janša's endorsement of US President Donald Trump for a second term has sparked an acrimonious Twitter exchange with Michael Carpenter, the foreign policy advisor to Trump's Democrat challenger Joseph Biden. "Lol, Trump picks up an endorsement from Slovenia's prime minister, previously indicted and convicted on corruption charges," Carpenter tweeted on Friday, with Janša denouncing the tweet as a blatant lie on Twitter on Saturday.
Sunday shop closure takes effect
LJUBLJANA - Today was the first Sunday that almost all shops must remain closed in accordance with an amendment to the retail act that the National Assembly passed in late September. The exemptions to the blanket ban include shops under 200 m2 at service stations, border crossings, ports, airports, train and bus stations, and hospitals. Outside these facilities, shops with a surface area of under 200 m2 may open, but only shop owners, students and pensioners may work Sundays, regular employees may not.
Roglič loses red jersey at the Vuelta
LJUBLJANA - Ecuadorian rider Richard Carapaz took the Vuelta a Espana overall leader's red jersey from defending champion Primož Roglič after Spaniard Ion Izagirre won the sixth stage in the Pyrenees. Finishing 20th today, the Slovenian Jumbo-Visma rider fell to fourth overall, but remains in contention for the overall lead with a 30 second-lag behind Carapaz. That is if the race if continues on Tuesday after a state of emergency was declared for the whole of Spain due to coronavirus.
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