STA, 24 December 2021 – The Slovenian Medical Association called on the authorities to introduce compulsory vaccination against Covid-19 in order to return the health care system to normal.

“We believe it is imperative to protect all patients and give them access to the health services they had before the epidemic,” the association said on Friday.

It has been said that individual freedom is limited by the freedom of others. “Unvaccinated are a threat to vaccinated but immunologically weak individuals, which is unethical. Medical science offers vaccination as the only successful measure.”

Vaccination may not offer complete protection, but most vaccinated individuals have mild symptoms, allowing more patients to be treated for other illnesses, according to the Voluntary Society of Doctors and Dentists, which boasts more than 4,000 members.

Commenting on the tender, Minister of Health Janez Poklukar said that he was pleased that discussions had begun in recent days on compulsory vaccination and the rules of cured vaccinated (PC) and on the future status of unvaccinated.

At a press conference dedicated to the vaccination campaign, Poklukar said that society must take a stand on this and that it must be as united as possible.

In addition to health professionals, who would say, for example, what kind of vaccination is needed, experts in other fields, such as sociology and law, would have their say in determining how to achieve this.

The Minister pointed out that neighboring countries are already making decisions that certain segments of society must meet the PC condition, adding that this is not just a matter of the Minister of Health, but “for all of us”.

More than 76,500 stabbed during vaccination days

STA, 24 December 2021 – During the Vaccination Days, a special campaign between 19 and 23 December, in which some vaccination centers were open 24 hours a day, more than 76,000 coronavirus vaccines were delivered. The vast majority were acceleration shots.

Nearly 5,000 received the first vaccine, almost 7,500 the second and 64,000 booster, Health Minister Janez Poklukar told reporters on Friday.

Covid-19 tracker data The tracker shows that vaccination was more than twice as high as usual during the campaign.

According to Poklukar, vaccination saved 2,000 people from hospitalization and prevented 500 intensive care admissions and 300 deaths.

“The goal of the campaign was to raise vaccination rates and protect hospitals from the burden of cases in the coming days and weeks when the omicron variant will predominate,” he said.