Slovenian PM tests positive for COVID-19

Janez Jansa

LJUBLJANA, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- Slovenia's Prime Minister Janez Jansa tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday.

Jansa said on his Twitter account that self-tests showed that his two sons were positive yesterday, and he tested positive today.

"All classic symptoms. Mild ones for now. Let it stay that way," he tweeted.

Slovenia's daily number of COVID-19 cases fell to 5,076 on Tuesday from 11,119 a day before and the record 24,178 on Feb. 1, the National Institute of Public Health said on Wednesday.

To date, only 57.8 percent of the country's 2.1-million population has been fully vaccinated against COVID-19.