Area: .nan
Competent authority: MZ
EZU URL: .nan
Initiative ID: 1159
Initiative accepted and completed: '2021-09-20'
Initiative classified in EZU: .nan
Initiative forwarded in response: '2021-08-04'
Initiative published: '2021-08-04'
Initiative submitted: '2021-08-04'
Response from the competent authority: "Reply from the Ministry of Health:To contain\
  \ the epidemic and slow down the spread of infections, vaccination is one of the\
  \ safest and most effective preventive measures, which is implemented in Slovenia\
  \ in accordance with the national recommendations of the National Institute of Public\
  \ Health (NIJZ) and the international recommendations of expert institutions such\
  \ as the World Health Organization (WHO) and the European Centre for Disease Prevention\
  \ and Control (ECDC).\r\n \r\nThere are several different ways to identify SARS\
  \ CoV-2 virus infection. PCR testing is the most commonly used in our country, but\
  \ there are also antigen tests, known to the general public as rapid tests. Molecular\
  \ or PCR testing is a test based on polymerase chain reaction technology and is\
  \ the basis for molecular diagnostic testing. They are highly sensitive and highly\
  \ specific tests with high sensitivity, which means that they detect extremely small\
  \ amounts of virus. However, rapid antigen tests are based on different principles\
  \ and therefore have very different analytical performances. These tests have the\
  \ advantage of speed, as the result is known within a few minutes, but at the expense\
  \ of speed, reliability is also lost. For all the above reasons, the two tests cannot\
  \ simply be equated, as there is a big difference between them and, consequently,\
  \ a different period of validity (48 or 72 hours).\r\n \r\nAs regards the administration\
  \ of covid-19 vaccination, a national recommendation has been adopted that a single\
  \ dose of vaccine is sufficient for persons proven to have had covid-19 in the last\
  \ eight months. If more than eight months have elapsed since infection, a full vaccination\
  \ is required. As new expert and scientific evidence becomes available, national\
  \ vaccination recommendations will be adapted accordingly.\r\n \r\nThis is not a\
  \ question of \"medical bureaucracy\", but of respecting expert recommendations\
  \ and the medical facts known so far.\r\n "
Text file: 1159.txt
Title: Simplify vaccination of citizens
URL: https://www.stopbirokraciji.gov.si/pobuda/?st=1159
