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The Slovenian government announced the end of the coronavirus epidemic in the country last night. Thus, Slovenia became the first European country to officially end the epidemiological situation, after authorities failed to confirm more than 7 new cases per day in the past two weeks, BTA reports.
People arriving in Slovenia from other EU countries will not be quarantined for at least a weekAs it was in early April, the government announced in a statement.
The country of two million people, bordering Italy, Austria, Hungary and Croatia, has so far identified 1,464 cases of coronavirus and killed 103. Slovenia declared an epidemic on March 12.
“In the past two months, Slovenia has controlled the epidemic. Today, Slovenia has the best epidemiological image in Europe,” Prime Minister Janez Jansa told Parliament yesterday.
The end of the epidemic means that some measures including financial assistance to citizens and companiesAffected by the coronavirus will not be provided after the end of May.
The government has announced that foreign citizens showing symptoms of coronavirus infection will continue to be prohibited from entering Slovenia.
Citizens should follow the basic rules to avoid the possible spread of the infection.
People are forced to wear masks in closed public spaces, stay at least 1.5 meters away and disinfect your hands when entering public places
Since mid-March, Slovenia has closed all schools, sports and cultural institutions, bars, restaurants, hotels and shops, except food and pharmacies. Public transportation was stopped.
The Ljubljana government began to relax some measures on April 20. Earlier this week, public transportation resumed operations, and some students will return to school next week.
All bars and restaurants, as well as hotels with up to 30 rooms, may open next week.
Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia have opened their borders since midnight., creating the first travel zone within the European Union in an attempt to boost their economies hit by the coronavirus pandemic, Reuters reported.
Citizens of the three republics will be able to travel freely in the region, but anyone who enters from abroad will have to isolate themselves for 14 days.
A statement by Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said the Baltic travel zone was an opportunity for companies to reopen ray of hope for peoplethat life returns to normal
The decision of the three Baltic republics was made at a time when the EU is trying to persuade the 27 member states to reopen their internal borders and restart long-distance travel, albeit with security measures such as security masks in the planes.
There are almost no new cases of coronavirus in the three Baltic republics, and none of them recorded more than seven cases on Wednesday. Since the end of April, the authorities of the three countries have eased the isolation measures.
In total, there are fewer than 150 deaths from the disease in the region.
The Baltic states are close partners, they have a similar epidemiological situation and their economies are well integrated, making the free movement of people and goods very important to the region, said Arnoldas Prankevicius, representative of the European Commission in Lithuania.
Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, the three poorest members of the eurozone, expect their economies to shrink up to 7-8 percent this year, in line with the rest of the monetary union.
Lithuania has warned of a double-digit decline if the economies do not start again in the summer.
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