Over the last 24 hours there have been 1,143 new cases of the infection with coronavirus in Slovenia and six more Covid patients have died, Slovenia's authorities reported on Friday.

The deterioration of the epidemiological situation has forced the authorities to impose stricter anti-epidemic rules since Wednesday.

Also, the vaccination rate of adult Slovenians is only at 54 percent, which made the government announce a vaccine mandate for all government employees in October.

The state administration staff in Slovenia will be required to get vaccinated against coronavirus, and negative tests will no longer suffice for them to be in their workplace.