The ZZZS, the fund collecting and managing mandatory health insurance, expects to incur a loss of EUR 129 million by the end of the year due to the Covid-19 epidemic. The fund would like the loss to be covered from the national budget, or else healthcare funding could be suspended in December.

Slovenia's Covid-19 death toll has increased to 105 after one more patient died yesterday, while the case count remains at 1,468 with none of the 909 tests conducted yesterday returning positive.

Slovenia's pharma group Krka Group saw its net sales revenue increase by 22% year-on-year to EUR 462.9 million in the first quarter as the coronavirus pandemic pushed up the demand for its products. Net profit rose by 21% to EUR 85.2 million.