The first country in Europe to declare that we no longer have people infected with coronavirus.

This means that Montenegro has become the first country in Europe to be free from the threat of the coronavirus, writes croatiaweek.com.

New cases of coronavirus infection have been reported in Montenegro for 20 consecutive days. According to a report from the Institute of Public Health, another 140 sample tests have been carried out in the last 24 hours and none have tested positive, suggesting that there is currently no new person infected with coronavirus in Montenegro.

Representatives of the country’s health authority have previously mentioned that the end of the epidemic will be announced when no new infections are registered within the 28-day period.

Montenegro was the last European country to report the first COVID-19 case. This happened on March 17. As of this date, 324 people have been infected with coronavirus in Montenegro. 315 of them recovered and 9 died.

The Montenegrin cabinet said all people with Covid-19 coronavirus disease had recovered in the country. This was announced by the Montenegrin government’s press service on Monday night.

“There are no more people in our country who are infected with the coronavirus. Montenegro was the last virus-free country in Europe until March 17, when the first case of infection was confirmed,” the government said in a Twitter statement.

Previously in Montenegro, after a two-week break, a new case of infection was detected: a coronavirus was diagnosed in a foreigner, a Serbian citizen.

Montenegrin doctors quickly transported the patient to Serbia and did not include him in the general infection statistics. Therefore, according to the Montenegrin Institute of Public Health, a total of 324 people have become ill in the country since the start of the pandemic, 9 of whom have died. But experts believe that the very small number of people tested does not reflect the extent of the spread of the virus in the country.

In late March, the Montenegrin government announced perhaps the strictest measure to prevent the spread of coronavirus infection: a curfew was introduced in the country.

“A new temporary measure for the protection of citizens is being introduced: a ban on leaving the place of residence Monday through Friday from 7 pm to 5 pm, as well as 1 pm on Saturday until 5 pm pm Monday “, the decision of the country’s government was announced by its press service.

During the 70-day quarantine, 1,768 citizens were punished for non-compliance. The total amount of the fines they paid is 106 thousand. euros

Delphi remember that Slovenia became the first country to announce the end of the COVID-19 epidemic. The country’s government announced this on May 14, after no more than 7 new cases of COVID-19 had been reported for two weeks a day.

The outbreak of a new coronavirus disease in the Chinese city of Wuhan late last year has spread to most of the world. March 11 It was recognized as a pandemic by the World Health Organization.