STA, 14 April 2021 - Voluntary self-testing for secondary school pupils for coronavirus will not be launched on Friday as initially planned but at some later point, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday. The reason is a delay in the supply of test kits, and schools and kids will be notified of a new date in due course.
Slovenia has ordered 300,000 rapid antigen test kits as part of a common EU procurement.
It was announced on Tuesday that secondary school pupils would start self-testing on 16 April, to be then repeated every Monday.
Primary school pupils in years six to nine - the last four years - would meanwhile start self-testing after May Day holidays.
If a pupil tests positive, they will be isolated and the school will inform their parents, who will contact the pupil's GP to arrange for a PCR test.
The pupil's classmates who have tested negative will have classes at school.
