Slovenian health authorities issued and served almost 340 quarantine orders on the border with Croatia and Hungary on Saturday, the first day of tighter restrictions for arrivals in Slovenia. More than half were issued to Slovenian residents who were returning from Bosnia-Herzegovina. Another 435 were issued yesterday, the Health Ministry told the STA.
The majority of orders for quarantine were served on Saturday on the border crossing Obrežje with Croatia (130), while only five were handed out at Pince on the border with Hungary.
The situation was similar today, when over 270 orders for quarantine were issued at Obrežje and five at Pince.
At Ljubljana international airport, 16 such orders were issued on Saturday and 40 on Sunday.
Four border crossings on the border with Croatia – also Gruškovje, Jelšane and Metlika – are designated as entry points for arrivals from red-listed countries, and one on the border with Hungary plus Ljubljana’s airport.
The 775 quarantine orders issued at the six border crossings do not cover 14 persons who entered Slovenia at borders crossings with Italy and Austria and were also sent into quarantine.
Quarantine orders are served on the border with Croatia and Hungary as of 4 July, a day after the government changed a relevant decree to speed up quarantine order serving and moved Croatia, France and the Czech Republic from the green list of safe Covid-19 countries to the yellow one.
Before that, it often happened that a person completed their two-week quarantine before being formally served the order by mail.
The Health Ministry said the work of its almost 20 staff issuing quarantine orders at these six border crossings runs smoothly.
However, waiting times to enter Slovenia got somewhat longer due to the new rules, although they are usually rather long during the summer.
While Croatia was moved from the green to the yellow list yesterday, Slovenian residents can return home without quarantine if they can prove they were indeed in Croatia rather than any other Western Balkan country further south.