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1,106 new coronavirus cases confirmed on Saturday, 48 persons die
LJUBLJANA - Slovenia recorded 1,106 new coronavirus cases in 3,644 tests on Saturday, which is on par with the figures seen a week ago. 48 persons died, showed the latest data government. The number of Covid-19 patients in hospital increased by 20 to 1,278. Saturday's test positivity rate was 30%, seven percentage points up on Friday. Bojana Beović, the head of the government's coronavirus task force, said a kind of ceiling had been reached but the situation was still not improving. The data do not bode well for the chances of relaxing the measures, she added.
Minister announces full allowance for healthcare staff infected with Sars-CoV-2
LJUBLJANA - Responding to claims about healthcare staff receiving only partial pay compensation during sick leave even in cases where they likely contracted Sars-CoV-2 at work, Health Minister Matjaž Gantar announced on Saturday that this would be remedied in the next coronacrisis stimulus package. "Those exposed the most are definitely entitled to a full allowance," Gantar tweeted in the wake of reports about healthcare employers' refusal to accept the claims of staff that they contracted the virus during work and were thus entitled to full as opposed to 80% compensation.
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