Slovenia has become the first country in the European Union that has declared an end to its coronavirus epidemic, opening its borders to the EU citizens and scrapping a requirement for a 7-day quarantine for arrivals.
Slovenia’s capital Ljubljana. (photo: Andrej Tarfila, slovenia.info)
Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa explained that ‘Slovenia has the best epidemiological picture in Europe today, which enables us to declare the end of the epidemic.’ While some restrictions will remain in place, including a ban on gatherings of more than five people and 14-day quarantine for some foreigners, all stores, and most services will fully open on May 18. Kindergartens and schools will open partially.
Slovenia has found only 31 new infections in the last 14 days, all of which were linked to known cases or outbreaks. The country has confirmed 1,465 cases of coronavirus and 103 deaths, with a vast majority of deaths connected with the significant clusters at aged-care facilities, in Ljutomer, Smarje Pri Jelsah and Metlika.
Slovenia has found only 31 new infections in the last 14 days. (Source: National institute of Public Health Slovenia)
The number of active/hospitalized coronavirus cases in Slovenia keeps falling. (Source: COVID-19 sledilnik)
