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Just one new coronavirus infection in almost 1,000 tests
PM Janša indicates formal end of epidemic near
Just one new coronavirus infection in almost 1,000 tests
STA, 14 May 2020 - Only one out of 984 tests for the novel coronavirus conducted in Slovenia on Wednesday came back positive, raising the total of cases confirmed so far to 1,464. No new fatalities have been reported, leaving the death toll unchanged at 103.
Only 32 patients diagnosed with Covid-19 remain in hospitals, according to government data as of midnight, after seven more were discharged yesterday.
Only seven Covid-19 patients still need intensive care after two were moved to regular wards yesterday.
A total of 66,678 tests for Sars-CoV-2 have been conducted so far.
PM Janša indicates formal end of epidemic near
STA, 14 May 2020 - Prime Minister Janez Janša indicated in parliament on Thursday that the government could soon declare the coronavirus epidemic over, having brought the situation under control in the two months since it took office.
"Slovenia has contained the epidemic. Today it has the best epidemiological status in Europe," he said, adding that the epidemic could formally be declared ended at a time which will "probably coincide with the date of the expiry of the first two anti-corona packages."
The first two economic stimulus packages provide emergency measures until the end of May.
Janša said this showed that "in very difficult circumstances our planning was practically precise to the day, assuming of course that based on the responsible conduct of everyone in these days and weeks, the epidemiological status remains the same as it is or does not significantly deteriorate."
He said Slovenia was transitioning from the period of epidemic to a period in which the second wave looms, which made it possible to revoke general protective measures and only keep very specific measures in place as long as needed.
Janša made the statement at the National Assembly, where he presented a government report on the purchasing of personal protective equipment.
