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Slovenia Becomes First European Country Announces End of Coronavirus


Fri 15 May 2020 | 02:51 PM
Ahmed Moamar

Government of Slovenia, a state situates in the middle of Europe, has announced the end of the pandemic of the Coronavirus. It is the first country in Europe to declare such a statement.

The government assured that less than seven cases of infection were registered over the last two weeks.

People coming from other states members of the European Union (EU) to Slovenia won't be compelled to enter quarantine for seven days.

Since April, the Slovenian authorities were forcing European citizens to head for quarantine.

Slovenia's population is estimated at two millions. It has joint borders with both of Italy, Austria, Hungary and Croatia.

Only 1464 confirmed cases and 103 deaths were recorded in Slovenia, meanwhile the authorities announced on March 12 outbreaks of the disease causes by the deadly virus.

The government issued a news release saying that foreigners bear any symptoms of the Coronavirus won't be allowed to enter into the country.

People coming from states outside the EU will be quarantined for a couple of weeks. However, diplomats and drivers of lorries conveying goods to Slovenia will be exempted from new restrictions.

The statement of the government added that citizens must pursue basic regulations to avoid any new spread of the disease.

On the other hand, the European Commission started permitting partial nationalizing the companies partially in the state members to prevent the economic units from bankruptcy.

The European states will intervene to bail out the hard-hit companies to protect them against collapsing over the next period. The partial nationalization will be introduced in light of some restrictions such as suspending profits of shares and denying bounces.

The major companies must reveal, in detail, the aspects of spending the aids they got from governments in every state-member of the EU.

The European countries support the economic entities to become green and digital soon.

The EU issued a news release saying that the state-intervention in economy should be implanted to attain the good of the whole community to protect the strategic companies against collapsing or slashing many jobs.

During the period of nationalization, the European governments should adopt a clear-cut strategy to show how they go out of capital of the companies when a state takes part in capital for more than six years.

As a state becomes a stakeholder it should draw a plan to reconstruct the companies.

Peter Altimeir, Germany's Minister of Economy and Energy said that the partial nationalization of the companies adds more flexibility to offer financial support to save them, stressing that the European countries aim at resurrecting and success after the end of the crisis of the Coronavirus.

On the other hand, the EU Commission had reduced, in its seasonal report, expectations of the growth of Gross Domestic Product ( GDP) of the member-states and other countries such as China and the Unites States of America ( USA) in 2020 due to the Coronavirus.

Furthermore, Palo Djentiliony, EU Commissioner for Economy, said during a news conference days ago, said that the EU will face the worst slump in its history by the end of 2020. However, the members will fight the pandemic of the COVID-19.

The collective recovery will depend on continued strong and coordinated responses at EU and national level.

Economists forecast GDP of the EU will diminish by 7,4% at the end of the current year.