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STA, 27 September - Out of a total of 1,917 coronavirus tests performed in Slovenia on Saturday, 159 came back positive, while one person died, the government said on Sunday. The share of positive tests reached a record high of 8.29%.
The national Covid-19 tracker shows that there are currently 1,648 active infections in the country, with 17 patients in intensive care.
A total of 80 coronavirus patients were hospitalised yesterday and 15 were discharged, the government said. A total of 5,350 coronavirus cases were confirmed in Slovenia so far in 217,448 tests, while 147 people died.
Government speaker Jelko Kacin expressed concern with the most recent data, saying Sunday afternoon that the government may soon adopt additional measures, maybe already today. He did not, however, say what these could entail.
Yesterday, the largest number of cases was confirmed in Ljubljana (19), followed by Maribor (18), with the second largest city in the country also having the most active cases in Slovenia, as 113 cases were confirmed there in the past fortnight.
Meanwhile, the largest share of active infections per capita was seen in Črna na Koroškem (nearly 1%), Log-Dragomer and Pivka (around 0.5% each).
Črna na Koroškem has developed into a hotspot after an infection was confirmed at the local CUDV centre for persons with disabilities a week ago. By yesterday, 32 people with disabilities and 15 members of staff of the CUDV tested positive.
Slovenia loosening coronavirus travel restrictions
STA, 27 September 2020 - The government has decided to loosen coronavirus travel restrictions for passengers arriving from countries which are not on Slovenia's green list. As of Monday, passengers with a negative test no older than 48 hours and performed by a credible lab either in Slovenia, the EU or the Schengen zone, will not have to quarantine.
Moreover, passengers arriving from orange countries within the EU or the Schengen zone will not have to present a negative test to avoid quarantine, the government decided in a correspondence session on Saturday.
The government's Communication Office said in a press release that the changes were made based on recommendations from the EU.
What has so far been dubbed the yellow list was renamed the orange list last night. The office said that it contained countries whose epidemiological situation was deteriorating. Countries not listed as either green, meaning safe, or red, meaning high-risk, are considered orange.
Government speaker Jelko Kacin said Sunday afternoon that changes to the orange list were being coordinated and that the government would approve an updated orange list soon.
In the evening, the government said it green-listed Serbia, while parts of Croatia along the border with Slovenia were moved to the orange list from the red.
On the other hand, parts of Austria (Vienna, Vorarlberg and Tirol) and Hungary (Budapest and Gyor-Moson-Sopron), as well as parts of several other EU countries, were red-listed.
Many of the exemptions to travel restrictions remain in place, allowing several groups of people to avoid quarantine even when entering Slovenia from an orange or red-listed country without a negative test.
This will be the case for workers commuting across the border, hauliers, diplomats, foreign delegations, foreign security services employees, members of the Slovenian armed and police forces, as well as people travelling for urgent personal or business matters, and people who own property in a neighbouring country.
Moreover, the government decided that persons who test negative after having been ordered to quarantine will be allowed to cut short their quarantine.
The changes will be explained in more detail at a press conference on Monday, Kacin said.
