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Ljubljana – The government has adopted a long-awaited bill on long-term care. A gradual approach is planned and a special mandatory contribution for long-term care, a key component of the system, will be put in place later, by mid-2024 at the latest.

Turkey will begin vaccinating people over 60 and some risk groups as daily infections climb, the country's health minister said on March 27.

Minister Fahrettin Koca announced on Twitter the spouses of people above 60 are also eligible. The risk groups included in this round of vaccinations are people with underlying conditions.

Turkey has administered the coronavirus vaccine developed by China's Sinovac to more than 1 million citizens who have received their first shots as of Jan. 20, according to the Health Ministry.

Health workers started vaccinating elderly care home residents against the novel coronavirus on Monday in the next phase of Greece's inoculation campaign launched 10 days ago.

A 98-year-old survivor of Auschwitz, Ms Zana, was the first resident of a Thessaloniki nursing home to get the Covid-19 jab on Tuesday, as teams from the National Public Health Organization (EODY) started vaccinating elderly care unit residents in the northern port city.

Parents are increasingly looking for babysitters, and especially in the second wave of restrictive measures, demand has increased at a tremendous rate. This was revealed in by Svetoslav Stefanov, manager of babysitting agency.

The Health Care System and nursing homes are next in line

An investigation has begun after a fire swept through a retirement home in Russia's Bashkortostan region, killing eleven people.

Four residents escaped the nursing home in the village of Ishbuldino.

A local official has suggested the home, which was registered as a non-profit organisation, was not licenced to provide overnight accommodation./Bbc

Turkish elder care homes are taking measures to protect the elderly across the country as the world grapples with the continued dangers of coronavirus.

Turkey has some 27,500 state-owned and 426 private nursing homes operating under the Turkish Labor, Social Services, and Family Ministry.

Hospice 'Casa Sperantei' last weekend toppled the world record for the largest balloon mosaic formed by people, becoming a Guinness World Records title holder, a release informs on Monday.