Kon, Kisic-Tepavcevic (Beta/Serbina Government/Slobodan Miljevic)
One person died from consequences of the corona virus in Serbia in the past 24 hours, while 201 more infected have been registered, it was announced on April 9.
The deputy director of the "Batut" public health institute, Darija Kisic Tepavcevic, said at the news conference that the total number of victims of the corona virus rose to 66, and that the total number of infected was 2,867. There are 127 patients of ventilators.
Epidemiologist Predrag Kon stated on April 9 that the number of tested people was slowly increasing, but that "we do not have enough personnel to respond to such a rapid increase in the number of positive cases."
As for the weekend, during which a curfew will be in effect, Kon said that experts agree that contacts should be prevented and "should be banned completely", adding that decisions regarding the measures would be brought after the weekend.
The Serbian government announced on April 9 that the curfew time had been changed for this weekend, and that it would start on Friday, April 10. The newly introduced measure in the fight against the corona virus pandemic is that the curfew will last from Friday, April 10, at 5:00 p.m. to Monday, April 13, at 5:00 a.m., and that it will apply on the entire population of Serbia.
In the reply to the question about whether Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic should be placed in isolation after he announced on April 8 that his son was infected with the corona virus, Kisic Tepavcevic said that the procedure was the same for everybody, and that he should be in isolation if he was in close contact with the infected.
The office of the president stated on April 9 that he would visit Nis on April 10, to deliver the equipment for the fight against the corona virus.
To get full access to all content of interest see our
Subscription offer
Or
Register for free
And read up to 5 articles each month.
Already have an account? Please Log in.