Local caterers, despite bans, but also warnings from epidemiologists, organized an informal cabbage festival on their own initiative in Mrčajevci, near Čačak, attended by hundreds of people on Friday in violation of the measures. prescribed protection, Kurir found out!
Benefit above health
In several restaurants and three tents, music was played, drinks were served, visitors crowded as they sat ten at a table, and they must have been five feet away, singing and rejoicing, and he did not wear a mask for almost anyone , not even the waiters, can be seen in the video sent to Kurir’s editorial office.
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– The cabbage festival is traditionally celebrated around this time, but this year it was canceled due to the coronavirus. This did not prevent some local caterers in Čačak and Mrčajevci from organizing on their own initiative, without any permission, as if everything were normal. Two catering companies, which already have facilities there, have expanded their capacities by setting up tents, and in addition, a large marquee has been set up in a public area, near an oak tree in the center of Mrcajevac, with capacity for several hundred people. . This madness will last until the end of the weekend, says Zoran M. from Čačak for Kurir, who is also a caterer, but sickened by what he saw on Friday.
– I own a wedding salon and haven’t done anything for seven months. This year he had 211 festivities scheduled and everything fell apart. I have 45 workers, I don’t know where I hit … It really doesn’t make sense to organize an event like that without anyone reacting. We will all catch it – says our interlocutor.
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They cook cabbage in the patios
Radoslav Bogicevic, president of MZ Mrcajevci, says that the organizing committee of the official Kupusijada did not even meet this year, because larger gatherings are prohibited.
– What is in Mrčajevci are guests who traditionally come to us, godparents, friends … We cook cabbage for them in our homes and patios, but they are smaller, family-type gatherings. We don’t know who did what besides the official organizers – says Bogicevic.
This is, by the way, only the latest in a series of cases where there are recklessly organized celebrations and festivities with large numbers of people throughout Serbia, without respecting physical distance or wearing masks.
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Hence, the epidemiologist Predrag Kon repeated yesterday that he warned of the danger of such massive concentrations and emphasized that he does not rule out the introduction of new measures when it is cold:
– We have not defined what will happen if there is an explosion of joy and glory. We ask people to understand that we are entering the season when it is dangerous.
INSPECTION IN MRČAJEVCI
Next week’s report
Igor Krivokapić, head of the Inspection Supervision Administration of the city of Čačak, tells Kurir that the inspection was carried out in Mrčajevci on Friday, but that he will receive the report next week (?!).
– We take care of controlling the working hours of the catering and retail facilities. The inspection took place on Friday in Mrcajevci, but I will receive the report next week.
No one answered the landline of the health inspection yesterday.
BRANISLAV TIODOROVIĆ
Penalties also for celebrations at home
photo: Nemanja Nikolić
In open and closed spaces, the maximum number of visitors is 30, and they are obliged to keep their distance. However, this has led Serbs to organize more and more celebrations and weddings on private property or under tents. Dr. Branislav Tiodorović, an epidemiologist, emphasizes that this does not mean that you will avoid inspection:
– If someone organizes a wedding under a tent, in your yard, the inspection has the right to come in and determine the situation. If they are more than 30 people and if they do not adhere to the prescribed measures, you have the right to draw up a judgment.
