Aleš Šabeder, Minister of Health in the 13th government, led the crisis response until the 14th government took office, held the first press conference announcing the details of the first case, later held press conferences several times a day; took the first measures (limiting public gatherings to 500 and then 100 people; prohibited medical personnel from taking holidays during the epidemic; closed the border with Italy for body temperature control) Nina Pirnat, director of the National Institute of Public Health, assisted minister Šabeder during the outbreak, daily delivered information on new cases Simona Repar Bornšek, State Secretary in Ministry of Health in the 13th government Srečko Šestan, Commander of the Civil Defence of Slovenia; took over the coordination of the response on 11 March 2020 Andrej Šter, Head of the Consular Service in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; arranging returns back home for Slovenians abroad