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Almost 8,400 coronavirus cases confirmed on Sunday
Ljubljana – Slovenia confirmed 8,396 new cases of coronavirus on Sunday. The latest figures bring the 14-day incidence per 100,000 people, a closely-watched benchmark, to 5,620, meaning almost 6% of the population have had a confirmed case of the virus in the past fortnight. Sunday’s case count is almost 70% higher than a week ago.
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Thousands Protest against Mandatory COVID Vaccination in Washington DC
Several thousand people took to the streets of Washington D.C. to protest the mandatory vaccination against COVID-19. The demonstrators carried placards reading "Make love, not obligations!" Protesters have spoken out against President Joe Biden's policy on immunization and masks.
Dnevnik rebukes new PCR testing protocol
Ljubljana – A new PCR testing protocol introduced this week does not take much pressure off laboratories, while it gives health providers at primary level more work, the newspaper Dnevnik says on Saturday. It believes the country’s PCR testing capacity should have been increased a while ago because the Omicron wave was an expected event.
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Almost 9,950 Covid infections confirmed on Friday
Ljubljana – As many as 9,945 infections were confirmed in Slovenia for Friday, a daily rise of 5,479 and a weekly rise of 2,365, shows data from the Institute of Public Health (NIJZ), which estimates that there are currently almost 102,000 active infections in the country. Government data shows 11 Covid patients died yesterday.
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Bulgaria will Donate 250,000 doses of the Pfizer Vaccine to Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria will donate 258,570 doses of Comirnaty vaccine from Pfizer/Biontech to Bosnia and Herzegovina, the government decided.
Austria Introduces Compulsory Vaccination
The lower house of the Austrian parliament (National Council) has approved a bill on mandatory vaccination against COVID-19, world agencies reported.
The Austrian government has presented a bill on mandatory vaccination against COVID-19
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Slovenia sending part of PCR samples to Germany
Ljubljana – Overwhelmed with PCR test samples, the National Laboratory of Health, Environment and Food (HLZOH) started sending part of them to Germany for analysis. The lab Eurofins processes them in 48 hours, which is in line with the new PCR testing protocol which kicked in yesterday.
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A Study: Millions Die due to Antibiotic Resistance
More than 1.2 million people died globally in 2019 from infections caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria, according to the largest study to date on the issue, quoted by the BBC.
The number is higher than the annual mortality from malaria or AIDS.
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Bulgaria: Not a Single Case of Proven Link between Vaccine against COVID-19 and Death
On the occasion of journalistic questions related to the statements of Assoc. Prof. Atanas Mangarov on the air of Nova TV (January 16 this year): "564 people who died, they died because they were vaccinated", the Bulgarian Ministry of Health and the Executive Agency for Medicines inform all Bulgarian citizens:
Germany's new Health Minister wants Mandatory Vaccination
Universal compulsory vaccination against coronavirus in Germany could become one of the tools in the fight against the pandemic. This was stated by the new German Minister of Health Karl Lauterbach in an interview with the weekly Der Spiegel, published on Saturday.