Kacin

Ljubljana – The coordinator for Covid-19 vaccination Jelko Kacin said on Thursday that the government would hold a special meeting at Brdo pri Kranju on Friday to assess the current situation, discuss the expectations for the next few days and the new measures, which were “to be implemented as soon as possible”.

Ljubljana/Maribor/Koper – The government adopted a set of measures to scale up vaccination by making it more accessible and increase the country’s immunisation rate at its correspondence session on Monday, including tasking the Health Ministry with immediately organising a large number of mobile vaccination units.

Ljubljana/Maribor/Koper – As Covid-19 vaccine supply in Slovenia has outstripped demand, it is now possible to choose between different jabs while the government is also planning to set up mobile vaccination units to make vaccination even more accessible.

Ljubljana – After Slovenia’s vaccination centres reported they had been receiving fewer Covid-19 vaccines this week than they have ordered, the national vaccination logistics coordinator said on Wednesday that more doses would be available in June, and that a major shipment of the AstraZeneca vaccine was expected this Friday.

Ljubljana – The national coordinator of vaccination logistics, Jelko Kacin, says it is realistic to expect that 70% of Slovenia’s population, or all adult residents, would be vaccinated by the summer, as the country expects to receive more than 250,000 doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine by the end of June.

Ljubljana – Jelko Kacin, the coordinator for the logistics of mass vaccination, told the STA on Monday he was happy with the vaccination process so far. He is confident that with increased supplies Slovenia can make up for some of the lost time. The country is very hopeful about the Janssen Pharmaceutica vaccine, which is yet to be approved.

Ljubljana – Jelko Kacin, the government’s Covid-19 spokesman, has been named state secretary at the prime minister’s office tasked with the coordination of the logistics of mass vaccination.

Ljubljana – A total of 3,354 coronavirus infections were confirmed in Slovenia on Tuesday from a combined 22,194 PCR and rapid antigen tests, the highest daily number of cases yet, as the positivity rate for PCR tests hit a record high, government data show. A further 31 Covid-19 patients lost their lives.

Ljubljana/Maribor – There were a record 1,299 coronavirus patients in Slovenian hospitals on Tuesday and the country’s largest hospitals, the university medical centres in Ljubljana and Maribor, are filling up.

EU calls for Serbian media sector to be better regulated

BRUSSELS -- Poor condition of the media sector in Serbia is caused by a lack of regulation and clear market rules, said participants of a panel on freedom of the media.

“Speak Up, Serbia” was held on Tuesday at the European Parliament (EP).