Slovenian Conservative Prime Minister Janez Jansa announced on Wednesday February 9 that he had tested positive for Covid-19, as the pandemic ebbed in the small Alpine country after an explosion of cases linked to the Omicron variant.
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“
For two years, I had successfully escaped the coronavirus.
But yesterday my two children did a self-test which turned out to be positive (...) and unfortunately today it's my turn
, ”wrote Janez Jansa on Twitter, photo in support.
He has reported "
moderate symptoms
" so far and is now expected to self-isolate for seven days, under current rules which do not require confirming infection with a PCR test.
The leader has been accused by the opposition of mishandling the pandemic, which has caused more than 6,000 deaths for 2 million inhabitants, a relatively high rate compared to other countries in the European Union (EU) .
Slovenia also has one of the lowest vaccination rates on the Old Continent, with only 57% of the population having received at least two injections.
After an outbreak, the number of new contaminations has fallen sharply in recent days: Wednesday February 9, there were just over 5,000 in the last 24 hours, against 20,000 a week ago.