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The press conference focused on the decisions taken by the Government at its 77th and 78th sessions; the decisions were presented by Minister of Health Janez Poklukar, Minister of Public Administration Boštjan Koritnik, the head of the advisory group at the Ministry of Health, Mateja Logar, Inspector Deana Potza from the Health Inspectorate, and Deputy Director-General of the Police Tomaž Pečjak. Head of the advisory group Mateja Logar in Minister of Health Janez Poklukar |
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The Government took note of the current epidemiological situation and decided to extend the current measures for another week.
17. 5. 2021
Mateja Logar, head of the advisory group at the Ministry of Health, and prof. dr. Borut Štrukelj from the Ljubljana Faculty of Pharmacy participated at press conference on the current situation regarding the COVID-19 disease.
1,504 PCR tests were performed yesterday, with 113 confirmed new infections. Furthermore, 7,399 rapid antigen tests were performed. 407 covid patients are currently being treated in hospitals, of which 121 are in intensive care units. Detailed insight into the conditions of hospitals has shown that 10 patients were admitted to hospitals yesterday and 13 on Saturday. Yesterday, 8 patients were released from hospitals, and 23 on Saturday. 3 deaths on Saturday and 3 more yesterday have been reported.
Ms Ignacija Fridl Jarc, State Secretary at the Ministry of Culture, Mr Simon Zajc, State Secretary at Ministry of Economic Development and Technology, Mr Milan Krek, Director of the National Institute of Public Health (NIJZ), and Ms Tjaša Žohar Čretnik, Director of the National Laboratory of Health, Environment and Food (NLZOH), participated in the press conference on the state of play of COVID-19.
According to government spokesperson Maja Bratuša, a total of 4,258 PCR tests and 25,628 rapid antigen tests were performed yesterday. 745 new infections were confirmed with PCR tests. The seven-day average is 684 infections, down from 706 yesterday. A total of 620 Covid-19 patients are currently being treated in Slovenian hospitals.
Minister Aleš Hojs explained that under changes to the Ordinance on the temporary partial restriction of movement of people and on the prohibition of gatherings of people, adopted yesterday, the restriction of movement between regions is lifted as of midnight today. Under the changed Ordinance, gatherings are limited to ten people, both in enclosed and open spaces. As for crossing of the border, the minister said that there were no major changes, except for additional vaccines being recognised. The latest change in the Ordinance is that the time permitted for staying outside the country s borders for exceptions such as real estate owners has been exte