Slovenia relaxes certain border controls

Slovenia became the first European country to officially end its coronavirus epidemic on Thursday, as it reported less than 7 new cases of coronavirus per day in the past two weeks.

Slovenia has domesticated the epidemic in the past two months. Today Slovenia has the best epidemiological image in Europe, "said Prime Minister Janez Jansa.

The country declared an epidemic on March 12 and began easing the blockade on April 20. So far, it has reported 1,464 cases of coronavirus and 103 deaths from the disease.

Slovenians followed strict rules, including the wearing of masks in indoor public spaces 1.5 meters away and hand disinfection when entering public spaces.

With the official end of the epidemic, some measures will expire at the end of May. Public transport resumed this week, while schools, bars, restaurants and small hotels with 30 rooms will reopen next week.

The government has also announced that people arriving in Slovenia from other European Union states will no longer have to undergo a 7-day quarantine. A quarantine of 14 days is maintained for people from non-EU member states. Foreign citizens with symptoms of coronavirus will not be able to enter the country.