Morning Headlines for Slovenia: Monday, 8 March 2021

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This summary is provided by the STA

382 new coronavirus infections recorded, three deaths

LJUBLJANA - Out of the 2,785 PCR tests performed in Slovenia on Saturday, 382 or 13.7% came back positive. The number of hospitalisation rose above 500 again to 510, with 89 patients in intensive care. 17 people left the hospital and three people died, government data show. On Friday, the number of patients hospitalised with Covid-19 dropped below 500 for the first time in months, which is one of the three conditions for the country to move to a lower, yellow tier of restrictions. The 7-day average of new cases dropped further on Saturday, from 776 to 766, but still remains well above 600, beyond which tier yellow begins under the government exist strategy. The third criteria is having fewer than 500 new daily infections.

Govt presents plans for vaccination campaign

LJUBLJANA - The Health Ministry, Government Communication Office and the National Institute of Public Health (NIJZ) are preparing a campaign promoting vaccination against Covid-19 for specific target groups. A website on the vaccination is being set up and a campaign on social networks will be held under the hashtag "CepimoSe (lets get vaccinated). The government, which presented the activities in this field in response to a question from SocDem MP Franc Trček this week, is also counting on the media, especially regional media to address local communities. The NIZ has EUR 40,000 available for promotion of vaccination.

Nova24TV poll: SDS still ahead of SD

LJUBLJANA - The latest public opinion poll commissioned by commercial broadcaster Nova24TV shows the senior coalition Democrats (SDS) enjoying 19% support, followed by the opposition Social Democrats (SD) with 12.1%. At the end of January, the SDS polled at 23.5% and the SD at 8.1%. The opposition Marjan šarec List (LMŠ) also saw its support rise to 8.2% (from 7.7% at the end of January), while the Left was down from 7.7% to 6.6%.

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