Crown whip even stronger, Government prescribes new measures: cafes and shopping centers will work until 18, masks and outdoors

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Just yesterday, 5,774 new positives of kovid were registered, the number of patients on respirators is growing, while 28 people lost the battle with the crown in one day. Due to the alarming situation with kovidom-19The Government of Serbia has prescribed new measures, which will be in force from Tuesday morning. They have a time limit for a period of 10 days, after which they will be reconsidered.

The first of the measures is to shorten the working day until 6 in the afternoon in restaurants, cafes, bars, discos, betting houses and shopping centers, while, as he said yesterday Minister of Health Zlatibor Lončar, continue to operate pharmacies and gas stations.

The second measure is the mandatory and unconditional use of personal protective equipment, that is, wearing a protective mask, both indoors and outdoors in those situations in which interpersonal contacts cannot be avoided. Thus, Minister Lončar explains that masks should be worn in pedestrian areas, crosswalks …

One of the measures is the prohibition of all public meetings with the presence of more than five people, indoors and outdoors. Excluded from this measure are labor organizations, schools, stores, shopping centers and similar facilities, which are subject to the prescribed limit on the number of people present at all times in relation to the square feet of the facility, or a minimum of four meters squares per person.

government It has also prescribed the provision of work from home to all employees whose work process allows it.

A strict control measure has been introduced for the obligation to wear a protective mask in public transport vehicles, with a limitation of the maximum number of passengers in the vehicle to half the declared capacity of the vehicle.

– We will increase urban transport. When 50 percent of the bus is full, it will not stop at the station, the minister said.

Among the new measures is the strict control of the implementation of home isolation, home quarantine (self-isolation), as well as all other anti-epidemic measures that are in force.

Loncar points out that these are the measures requested by the medical profession, which are harmonized with the law so that they can be implemented and controlled.
– The essence of everything is that there are no contacts. The virus entered the family, entered the house – said the minister, adding that the family can go for a walk, go out to a restaurant for lunch, to a cafe for coffee, but to avoid contact with other people.

Full hospitals send patients from Belgrade to Nis and Kragujevac

Lighter patients from covid hospitals in Belgrade were transferred yesterday to temporary hospitals in Nis and Kragujevac, and from today they will go to Niska Banja, in order to free up capacities in Belgrade for the most difficult patients.
– Several hospitals are being opened in Leskovac, and we will send additional respirators to the Kraljevo and Loznica hospitals, which are filling the capacities in intensive care – declared Health Minister Zlatibor Lončar.

1,402 infected health workers

Coronavirus Right now 1,402 health workers are infected, 53 of whom are in hospital, says Minister Lončar. He noted that citizens can help health workers by reducing contacts, applying all prescribed measures to reduce the spread of the coronavirus. He called on citizens to celebrate the baptism in the family circle, because any other contact would be a serious risk.

176 sanitary facilities controlled

Last night, the Sanitary Inspectorate carried out 176 inspections in Belgrade, one store was closed and another emptied, and fines of around 500,000 dinars were issued, the Health Ministry reported.

Pelemis: The coronavirus situation is spiraling out of control

Infectious disease specialist and crisis staff member Mijomir Pelemis said yesterday that the situation with the coronavirus was getting out of control and that is why the medical part of the crisis staff had to hold an emergency session on Friday. He called on everyone to respect the measures and added that controls must be rigorous.

– We will wait 10 days for the results of the measures, but that does not mean that if the situation worsens, the seat of the crisis will not be seated again and there is no question of what to do next, so as not to break the health system, which remains thanks to the great enthusiasm of the Ministry of Health. all health workers and employees – concluded Pelemis.

Do schools go online?

Due to the alarming epidemiological situation, the authorities are considering letting students in the upper grades of primary school go home, that is, to follow classes online, and that students in the younger grades continue to attend classes in the classrooms. However, the final decision on the work of the schools should be made tomorrow. When it comes to high schools and colleges, the idea is to teach online.

Dr. Goran Stevanović: Don’t indulge yourself at home

Dr. Goran Stevanović, director of the Belgrade Infectious Diseases Clinic, says that the number of hospitalized patients is growing, but also the most difficult ones, who are in intensive care units. He notes that the biggest problem is patients trying to treat themselves at home.

– The percentage of those who self-medicate at home is growing, who think that this can be transmitted by itself. Usually when diagnosed, to avoid hospital treatment, they simply no longer respond. These patients appear to us after five, seven or ten days of home self-treatment and come with a severe clinical picture. Usually after admission, they go to intensive care units and are the most threatened, Stevanović said.