By: P.T., STA
A new shipment of 16,575 doses of Covid-19 vaccines arrived in Slovenia and will be administered to health staff, a senior Health Ministry official announced.
Another shipment is expected next week; those shots will be administered to older persons not residing in care homes, and chronic patients.
744 new infections confirmed on Sunday, 35 died of Covid-19
A total of 744 new cases of coronavirus infections were recorded in Slovenia on Sunday from a combined 2,671 tests, while 35 persons with Covid-19 died. Hospitalisations were slightly up compared to Saturday. There were 1,209 people in hospital for Covid-19 yesterday, up by 36 compared to Saturday. The number of those in intensive care was up by four to 194. Slovenia has so far logged 2,838 deaths, while 19,525 cases remain active.