European countries declared Covid-19 is over, open borders

Slovenia opened its borders today after declaring an end to its coronavirus epidemic, despite new infections still being reported.

"Today Slovenia has the best epidemic situation in Europe, which enables us to call off the general epidemic," Prime Minister Janez Jansa said, two months after the epidemic was declared.

The mountainous country of 2,000,000 individuals, which outskirts Italy, had detailed somewhere in the range of 1,500 coronavirus cases and 103 passings as of Thursday. 

Be that as it may, with the pace of new diseases trailing off, the legislature requested fringes open for all EU residents, while non-EU residents should remain in isolate. 

"Since the peril of spreading the SARS-CoV-2 infection stays, some broad and extraordinary estimates will stay in compel," it said in an announcement, utilizing a specialized term for the COVID-19 illness. 

Open get-togethers stay restricted while social separating rules and veil



wearing stay compulsory out in the open spaces. 

Not long ago, the legislature said some strip malls and inns would be permitted to revive one week from now.

It also announced football and all other team competitions could resume from May 23.

Despite Slovenia apparently declaring an end to the epidemic, experts clarified that the disease was still present in the country.

"No other European state has so far declared the epidemic was over so we should be cautious in Slovenia too," infectious diseases expert Mateja Logar told public television on Thursday.

"The virus remains present," Logar added.

Declaring the end of the epidemic meant the government avoided an automatic extension until the end of June of the first package of economic measures approved to help the population and companies, according to Public Radio Slovenija.

This measures will now be in force until the end of May.