The Slovenian government is considering tightening measures against the Covid-19 epidemic, due to the daily increase in the number of infected people, insufficient vaccination, the more contagious "delta variant" of the virus and greater mobility of people during the summer months.
"It is clear what awaits us in the coming weeks and months if we do not achieve sufficient vaccination. We no longer have an excuse because the vaccine is enough," Prime Minister Janez Janša said after the meeting with epidemiologists, Hina reported.
Director of the Public Health Institute, Milan Krek, said after the meeting with Prime Minister and Minister of Health Janez Poklukar, that we should constantly warn of the danger of the "delta strain" of the coronavirus, which is much more contagious than the one that caused the second autumn wave last year, and that it is therefore necessary tighten self-protection measures and speed up the vaccination campaign.
Minister of Health Poklukar said that 70 cases of the more contagious "delta variant" have already been confirmed in Slovenia this week and that you should be careful when traveling abroad and avoid mass gatherings.
According to the Slovenian media, the government is not satisfied with the response of citizens to vaccination, and in order to achieve mass immunity, at least 200.000 more people should be vaccinated in the next two months.
The Slovenian government confirmed that 24 new cases of infection were confirmed in 73 hours, which is 55 percent more than a week ago. The share of positives among those tested has doubled - now they are 3,5 percent, and it is estimated that there are still 427 active cases in Slovenia. The incidence of infection cases per 100.000 inhabitants is 19 in the past 14-day period.
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