By AFP 09 February 2022 | 12:46 pm Slovenia’s conservative Prime Minister Janez Jansa said Wednesday he had tested positive for Covid-19, just as the EU country of two million sees a decline in new infections. Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa arrives on the second day of a European Union leaders summit in Brussels, Belgium October 2, 2020. Olivier Hoslet/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo Slovenia’s conservative Prime Minister Janez Jansa said Wednesday he had tested positive for Covid-19, just as the EU country of two million sees a decline in new infections. “For two years we have been successfully avoiding the coronavirus. Yesterday, during a self-test both of my children were positive, I was negative. Today, unfortunately, mine is also + (positive),” Jansa wrote on his Twitter account, posting a photo of his antigen self-test. Jansa said his symptoms were mild for now and did not specify whether he would undergo a PCR test, which the government no longer requires to confirm an infection under recently changed rules. Jansa took over the government in March 2020 just days after the epidemic in Slovenia was declared. He has been accused by the centre-left opposition of inadequately handling the health measures and vaccination campaign, causing a relatively high mortality rate compared to other European countries with more than 6,000 deaths to date. Slovenia has one of the lowest vaccination rates in the European Union with 57 percent of the population fully vaccinated. Over the last week, health authorities have said that the fifth wave of the coronavirus is abating — the number of new cases dropped to some 5,000 on Wednesday compared to more than 20,000 a week ago. Latest 4 mins ago Inter Milan marked the return of Jose Mourinho to the San Siro on Tuesday by dumping their idol’s new team Roma out of the Italian Cup 2-0 and reaching the semi-finals. 6 mins ago Minister of state for petroleum Timipre Sylva on Wednesday said there will be a major investigation into the circulation of an unsafe quantity of methanol in petrol imported into Nigeria. Sylva said this during a media briefing after the Federal Executive Council meeting in the State House in Abuja. He did not disclose the identities… 23 mins ago Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto state and People’s Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirant has promised to use modern technology to re-secure Nigeria if elected. 26 mins ago Award-winning author, Anietie Isong, will soon see his novel, Radio Sunrise, come to life as production for the film adaptation will begin in early 2022. The novel, Radio Sunrise, which was listed for the 9mobile Prize for Literature in 2018 and won the 2018 Mckitterick Prize, will see two leading production companies in Nigeria -… 53 mins ago A nursing mother identified as Habitat Kadijah Audu Ardo, 40 of Tsamiya village Boi Bogoro LGA has been kidnapped by gunmen, the Council boss, Iliya Habila said. On Tuesday, a statement by the personnel of the Joint Task Force stationed in Boi said that Kadijah was kidnapped with her baby to an undisclosed location on…
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