Circuit breaker lockdown to be imposed from 1 April

Brdo pri Kranju, 28 March - The government has endorsed the proposal from the Covid-19 advisory team to impose an 11-day circuit breaker lockdown starting from 1 April in a bid to help hospitals cope with an expected influx in Covid-19 patients following an increase in Slovenia's coronavirus transmission rates.

Brdo pri Kranju Prime Minister Janez Janša, flanked by fellow coalition leaders Matej Tonin and Zdravko Počivalšek, as they set out measures applying in a new lockdown. Photo: Nik Jevšnik/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Prime Minister Janez Janša, flanked by fellow coalition leaders Matej Tonin and Zdravko Počivalšek, as they set out measures applying in a new lockdown.
Photo: Nik Jevšnik/STA

Brdo pri Kranju Prime Minister Janez Janša sets out measures applying in a new lockdown. Photo: Nik Jevšnik/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Prime Minister Janez Janša sets out measures applying in a new lockdown.
Photo: Nik Jevšnik/STA

Brdo pri Kranju, Kongresni center Brdo. Srečanje predsednika republike Boruta Pahorja z vodji parlamentarnih strank in poslanskih skupin ter ministra za zdravje in njegove strokovne skupine o strategiji boja z epidemijo. Predsednik vlade Janez Janša. Foto: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Brdo pri Kranju, Kongresni center Brdo.
Srečanje predsednika republike Boruta Pahorja z vodji parlamentarnih strank in poslanskih skupin ter ministra za zdravje in njegove strokovne skupine o strategiji boja z epidemijo.
Predsednik vlade Janez Janša.
Foto: Nebojša Tejić/STA

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