More services available to Slovenians as of today
Ljubljana, 4 May - Quarantine restrictions will be eased further on Monday as stores under 400m2 reopen along with bar terraces, hair salons and beauty parlours. People will again be able to visit museums, libraries as of this week, and go to church. Moreover, professional athletes will be allowed to train again.
Celje
The streets of the old town in Celje fill up as quarantine restrictions are eased substantially after seven weeks, with small stores and bar terraces allowed to reopen.
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Ljubljana
A bar posts instructions for guests at the entrance after bars are allowed to open their outdoor terraces seven weeks after the start of lockdown.
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Ljubljana
A bar posts instructions for guests at the entrance after bars are allowed to open their outdoor terraces on 4 May, seven weeks after the start of lockdown.
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Celje
People wait in line to open the Celje Library after a seven-week closure of institutions such as libraries and museums ends.
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Celje
A bar in the centre of Celje.
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Celje
Outdoor hospitality allowed in the entire country as of today, indoor hospitality in three of Slovenia's 12 regions.
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Celje
Outdoor hospitality to open on 19 April in eight of Slovenia's 12 regions with a better epidemiological situation.
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Celje
Hairdressers to reopen tomorrow for eight days.
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Celje
Hairdressers again closed due to the coronavirus lockdown in the autumn after they reoped under strict rules in May.
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Celje
A hair salon in Celje accepts the first customers after quarantine restrictions are eased.
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Ljubljana
More services are available to Slovenians as of Monday as part of an additional easing of lockdown restrictions, including libraries.
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Ljubljana
More services are available to Slovenians as of Monday as part of an additional easing of lockdown restrictions, including photocopying services.
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Ljubljana
More services are available to Slovenians as of Monday as part of an additional easing of lockdown restrictions, including visiting hair salons.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA
Ljubljana
More services are available to Slovenians as of Monday as part of an additional easing of lockdown restrictions, including dog grooming salons.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA
Despite the easing of restrictions, safety measures will still apply. In case of bars and restaurants, this means that tables will have to be arranged in a way to allow customers to keep one-metre distance. Guests will also have to wear masks or other protection to go to the toilet or enter any other closed rooms.
Owners will have to regularly disinfect and air their premises.
Some bar owners, especially on the coast, have decided not to reopen yet because they are dependant mostly on foreign guests, so opening their door in the current situation would mean they would be making a loss.
Stores under 400m2 will reopen, except for those in shopping malls which do not have their own entrance.
Hair and massage salons, and beauty parlours will welcome one customer at a time, and the customers will have to wear a face mask. Those working in the salons and beauty parlours will have to wear a face mask, visor and gloves.
In churches, believers will also have to wear protective masks or other protection and keep a 1.5-metre distance if they do not live in the same household.
The services of making or repairing textile products, footwear and leather products will also be available again, along with key cutting, photography, watchmaking and photocopying services. Seamstresses and jewellers will also open their door again.
Top athletes competing in individual and team sports will be allowed to train again but only individually.
Also opening this week are museums, libraries and galleries, which received the government's permission to reopen before the May Day holidays but said they need more time to prepare for the reopening.
General libraries will reopen today, while most galleries and museums will open their door again on Tuesday. Some bookshops are already open.
This is the latest round of easing of restrictions for businesses since 19 April, when takeaway restaurants, DIY stores, car showrooms, car washes, stores selling bicycles, technical goods and furniture stores, dry cleaners, some repair shops, and insurance agents started working again.
The government imposed a temporary ban on most retail establishments in mid March.