LJUBLJANA, March 19 (Xinhua) -- Slovenian Minister of Economic Development and Technology Zdravko Pocivalsek on Wednesday called on employers to follow the "good example" set by a factory of Chinese household appliances maker Hisense, in order to protect the health of their employees as much as possible.
A video posted on the Slovenian government website shows how health safety measures were being applied in Hisense's Gorenje factory in the city of Velenje in northeastern Slovenia, which employs thousands of people.
Inside the Gorenje complex, everyone is required to wear face masks and other special measures have been put in places like its canteen, the video shows.
According to the Slovenian Press Agency STA, the company introduced preventive measures by the end of January when the virus started spreading outside China, including instructions to employees on how to follow self-protective measures and ensure availability of sanitizers. It upgraded the measures in February, reducing the number of entrances and adopting temperature scanning for all employees entering its building.
The minister said that the company introduced measures on time to protect the health of all its employees and prevent the spread of the virus.
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Slovenia rose by 11 to 286 and one person died on Wednesday, according to the government website.
