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Due to the increase in the number of infected, Slovenia is introducing new tightening measures to curb the epidemic: it will be mandatory to wear the mask both indoors and outdoors and in schools from the seventh grade, as well as the temperature in places of work and clubs. introduced government spokesman Jelko Kacin after Thursday’s cabinet meeting.
The mandatory use of the mask comes into effect from the weekend. Until now, only masks had to be worn in a closed public place in Slovenia, from Saturday it will also be mandatory in markets, city centers and outdoor events.
In schools, it was only mandatory to wear a mask in common areas, now from the seventh grade onwards, everyone will have to wear protective equipment in the classrooms as well. It will also be mandatory to measure body temperature before entering the workplace. The government will send a bill to parliament next week that will allow sick leave for three days without the employee having a medical certificate.
The cabinet is preparing new decrees that would be introduced in the event of a further increase in the number of infected people in the country. An example would be lowering the maximum meeting limit from ten to six.
In Slovenia, the number of infected people rose from 104 to 4,058 on Wednesday, according to data released by the government. A record number of 123 new cases were reported on Tuesday.
There was a new death, bringing the death toll from the epidemic to 136 to date. Before that, no one died from Covid-19 disease for almost two weeks. Of the diagnosed patients, 62 are in the hospital and eleven of them are treated in the intensive care unit. The number of patients needing hospital care has doubled since last week. For the first time since the outbreak, the number of active patients has exceeded 1,000.
Most of those infected, 29, were registered in the capital, Ljubljana.
In Hungary, according to Viktor Orbán’s announcement on Thursday, nightclubs will be closed from 11pm.
Croatia
In Croatia, the crisis team reports that the number of infected people has increased by 250 in the last 24 hours, reaching 14,279. 280 cases were reported Wednesday. Two chronically elderly patients have died, bringing the death toll to 238 and 11,933 have already recovered.
300 of the patients are in the hospital, 24 of them are connected to a ventilator. The number of active patients is 2108 and 8756 are in official quarantine.
Most of those infected were still registered in the county of Split-Dalmatia and the capital, Zagreb: in the first the coronavirus was detected in 76 and in the second in 45 people.
Interior Minister Davor Bozinovic, head of the crisis team, told reporters on Thursday that visiting restrictions and curfews had been introduced in social services in several counties and that entry restrictions for citizens from outside the UE had been extended until September 30. As far as EU citizens are concerned, they are still free to enter Croatia, and Zagreb awaits the decision of the European Council next week on possible common criteria to restrict free movement within the EU, with the introduction of possible restrictions. added the minister.
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