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Majority of Covid-19 victims aged over 75
Latest corona-survey shows fewer people worried about their lives
Chinese association donates protective gear
Dozens of millions in coronavirus damage expected in Slovenian sports
Majority of Covid-19 victims aged over 75
STA, 14 April - The figures released by the National Institute of Public Health (NIJZ) show that more than 80% of people who died of coronavirus in Slovenia were older than 75 years and almost 60% were older than 85.
Although 56 persons died until yesterday, the NIJZ statistics take into account only 53 deaths because the institute gets the data from the infectious disease data base with a delay.
The NIJZ figures show the number of victims among men and women was relatively balanced, as 27 women died as opposed to 26 men.
All the deceased were older than 45, but the number of deaths rises with age.
The number of deaths in the age group between 75 and 84 was 13 and that in the age group of over 85 reached 31, the NIJZ data also show.
Public broadcaster Radio Slovenija meanwhile reported that the majority of 56 victims, or 75%, died in nursing homes.
Latest corona-survey shows fewer people worried about their lives
STA, 14 April 2020 - The share of the Slovenians who are worried about their lives and the lives of their closest ones because of the coronavirus epidemic is dropping, shows the latest survey by the pollster Mediana, as it currently stands at 50%.
Some 42% of the respondents said they were worried and 8% that they were very worried, a drop of 10 percentage points compared to the previous poll from 24 and 25 March.
On the other hand, 7% of the people polled said they were not worried at all and 18% said they were not worried.
68% of the respondents meanwhile believe it will take three or more months for life in Slovenia to return to normal after the end of the epidemic, while 16% think it will take two months and 10% only one month.
Almost half of the respondents (46%) see the lack of social contact with family and friends as the main problem one month into the lockdown, an increase of 23 percentage points compared to two weeks ago.
Some 36% of the people polled have the feeling of being restricted, which is an increase of 26 percentage points.
Still ranking high among the worries is the uncertainty about when the epidemic will end (43%), which is however an 11 percentage-point drop compared to the previous survey.
There are also significant drops in the share of people who fear that at-risk groups would get infected (from 47% to 33%) and people who fear getting infected themselves (from 44% to 27%).
The share of people who experience the feeling of helplessness has also dropped, by ten percentage points to 23%.
The survey was carried out on 10-11 April among 503 Slovenian residents aged between 15 and 75 years, in what Mediana says was a representative sample by gender, age and region.
Chinese association donates protective gear
STA, 14 April 2020 - Slovenia saw a number of protective gear donations by Chinese organisations and cities on Tuesday meant to boost the country's commodity reserves and ramp up the protection of critical services, including police officers and healthcare workers.
The association of the Chinese living in Slovenia donated protective equipment to the trade unions of services essential in the fight against the coronavirus epidemic.
It has provided 40,000 face masks, 700 hazmat suits and 120 thermometers for the trade unions joined under the Confederation of Public Sector Trade Unions (KSJS) umbrella organisation.
The Police Trade Union of Slovenia (PSS) said today it had received 10,000 kits, so it would equip its members with 20,000 masks meant for personal use in the coming days.
The donation is a result of "excellent cooperation" between the trade union and the Chinese association, the PSS added.
The union has single-handedly purchased an additional 10,000 face shields, however the gear has not yet arrived in Slovenia.
Apart from the police trade union, the supplies were also donated to the health and social security workers' as well as the nurses' trade unions.
The donation was handed over by Chinese Ambassador to Slovenia Wang Shunqing and Ji Rongqiang-Chang, the association's head, who had initiated the campaign, at the civil defence warehouse in Roje on the outskirts of Ljubljana.
Also in Roje, the Chinese Olympic Committee handed over 10,000 surgical masks for the Slovenian Agency for Commodities and Reserves today.
The delivery was received by Economy Ministry State Secretary Aleš Cantarutti and Secretary General of the Slovenian Olympic Committee (OKS) Blaž Perko, the OKS said in a press release.
Meanwhile, a group of Chinese cities have donated 77,000 various face shields to Civil Protection in the city of Maribor.
Slovenia's second largest city received the donation by its Chinese twin cities, including Nanjing, Huaian, Nanchang and Chongqing, on Friday. The supplies, handed over by Ambassador Wang, will be distributed to key services.
This marks the second such donation for Maribor after the city received a delivery of 10,000 FFP 2 masks from Hangzhou last week.
Dozens of millions in coronavirus damage expected in Slovenian sports
STA, 14 April 2020 - A discussion about the impact of the coronavirus epidemic on sports, organised on Tuesday by the Sport Lex sports law institute, highlighted an estimate that sports organisations in Slovenia will incur at least EUR 26 million in direct damage.
Major damage, estimated by Slovenian Ski Association president Enzo Smrekar at EUR 1.1 million, has for instance been caused by the cancellation or rescheduling of the Ski Flying World Championship that was to be held in Planica in March.
Smrekar moreover pointed to the cancelled men's Alpine Ski World Cup races in Kranjska Gora, speaking of a damage of up to EUR 700,000.
Reflecting on how to proceed, he said it was not necessary to invent new solutions, since Austria, Italy and Germany had provided good examples of how to stimulate sport.
Also participating in the videocall panel was the secretary general of the Olympic Committee of Slovenia, Blaž Perko, who said a recent survey had shown the coronavirus crisis would cost Slovenian sports organisations at least EUR 26 million.
"Everybody pointed out they will have liquidity problems, while the smaller ones will also have trouble covering labour and rent costs. The summer season will be practically dead and it will not be possible to make up for the losses already suffered," Perko said.
Listing measures that could help, he mentioned a deferral of loan payments and tax cuts, as well as a state-sponsored emergency fund that would help cover cancellation costs.
While Austria has already earmarked EUR 100 million in aid to sport as a first step, "there has been no open mentioning of sports by the government here so far", Perko said.
