Health minister: Everybody should behave as if they are contagious

Ljubljana, 17 March - Health Minister Tomaž Gantar warned Slovenians on Tuesday that everyone should behave as if they were contagious as he said that the number of those infected with the novel coronavirus was likely five-fold the official number of confirmed cases, at 275.

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Health Minister Tomaž Gantar speaks to reporters about the latest developments in the coronavirus epidemic.
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Bojana Beović (left), the infectious disease experts affiliated with the government coronavirus crisis unit, and Health Minister Tomaž Gantar speak to reporters about the latest developments in the epidemic.
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Bojana Beović, the infectious disease experts affiliated with the government coronavirus crisis unit, speaks to reporters about the latest developments in the epidemic.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

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Bojana Beović (foreground), the infectious disease experts affiliated with the government coronavirus crisis unit, and Health Minister Tomaž Gantar (centre, background) speak to reporters about the latest developments in the epidemic.
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Bojana Beović, the infectious disease experts who heads the Health Ministry's Covid-19 task force.
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Ljubljana
Bojana Beović, the infectious disease experts affiliated with the government coronavirus crisis unit, speaks to reporters about the latest developments in the epidemic.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Health Minister Tomaž Gantar speaks to reporters about the latest developments in the coronavirus epidemic.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Health Minister Tomaž Gantar speaks to reporters about the latest developments in the coronavirus epidemic.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Health Minister Tomaž Gantar speaks to reporters about the latest developments in the coronavirus epidemic.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Health Minister Tomaž Gantar speaks to reporters about the latest developments in the coronavirus epidemic.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Health Minister Tomaž Gantar speaks to reporters about the latest developments in the coronavirus epidemic.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Health Minister Tomaž Gantar speaks to reporters about the latest developments in the coronavirus epidemic.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Health Minister Tomaž Gantar speaks to reporters about the latest developments in the coronavirus epidemic.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Health Minister Tomaž Gantar speaks to reporters about the latest developments in the coronavirus epidemic.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Health Minister Tomaž Gantar speaks to reporters about the latest developments in the coronavirus epidemic.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Health Minister Tomaž Gantar speaks to reporters about the latest developments in the coronavirus epidemic.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Health Minister Tomaž Gantar speaks to reporters about the latest developments in the coronavirus epidemic.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

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