The percentage of patients treated in regular Covid wards for Covid as their prime condition is currently at 58% and not 80%, which was the proportion in January. A corrected copy follows.

Ljubljana, 27 January - Slovenia has confirmed its first case of the BA.2 sub-lineage of the Omicron coronavirus variant, the national lab chief told reporters on Thursday, noting it was not yet clear whether the new strain was more contagious than the original one.