Public health

With the COVID-19 epidemic raging throughout the country, Education Minister Niki Kerameus has denied reports that, "The education ministry is threshing out a 'bombshell scenario' for closing schools on 15 November in order to stem the large wave of COVID-19 spread to children."

Ljubljana – Another 3,344 PCR tests came back positive in Slovenia on Monday as the positivity rate remained high at 44%, the National Institute of Public Health (NIJZ) reported. A dozen Covid-19 patients died. This morning, 874 Covid-19 patients were in hospitals, up 31 from the day before, including 193 in intensive care, three more than yesterday, the government said on Twitter.

Ljubljana – Another 2,313 people tested positive for coronavirus in Slovenia on Saturday as over 42% of the PCR tests came back positive. Hospitalisations have risen to almost 800 and eleven more Covid-19 patients died, government data shows.

Ljubljana – Slovenia logged 3,662 new coronavirus infections on Friday with the positivity rate standing at 38.1%, up slightly on the day before, show fresh figures by the National Institute of Public Health (NIJZ). Data from the tracker site Covid-19 Sledilnik show 14 Covid-19 patients died.

Ljubljana – A total of 3,771 new coronavirus cases were confirmed in Slovenia on Thursday in 9,961 tests for a positivity rate of almost 38%, the National Institute of Public Health (NIJZ) announced, as the daily number of cases dropped somewhat after reaching an absolute record on Wednesday.

A latrine (toilet) believed to have been used by artists has been found in the theater of the ancient city of Smyrna, where excavations have been ongoing for five years in İzmir.

Ljubljana – Slovenia’s daily coronavirus case count hit 4,511 on Wednesday, up by more than a thousand on the record tally recorded the day before as the epidemic appears to be slipping out of control with hospitals filling up fast. Figures released by the National Institute of Public Health (NIJZ) show over 44% of the 10,156 PCR tests performed yesterday returned positive.

A past coronavirus infection can contribute to premature baldness. This was announced to TASS by Tatiana Ruzhnetsova, Deputy Director for Clinical Work of the Moscow Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology of Rospotrebnadzor, BTA reported.

Ljubljana – Slovenia reported another 3,166 coronavirus cases on Tuesday, the highest daily figure since 5 January, as 38% of the PCR tests came back positive, official data shows. Estimates by the National Institute of Public Health (NIJZ) show the number of active cases in the country thus increased by almost 2,000 on the day before to 22,188.

The pandemic is far from over, the World Health Organization has warned. The organization's director said the health crisis would end when "the world decides to end".

"It is in our hands, we have all the necessary tools - in the field of public health and medicine, but the world is not using them well," Tedros Gebreyesus said at a conference in Berlin.