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We still have an emergency situation, says the epidemiologist and member of the Crisis Staff for the fight against the crown, Predrag Kon, adding that the situation is improving, the number of hospital admissions is calming down and the number of discharges is increasing.
He emphasized that there are still a large number of people on respirators, there are many patients in intensive care in hospitals.
– This decision of measures for the New Year was forced, so as not to spoil the situation now that things have started to improve. We will follow the situation, everything that is applied works. The fewer viruses there are in circulation, the less infection there is, he told Pink television.
Speaking of the inconvenience he experienced when a driver hit him in his car and braked hard, he said that he was trying to carry everything that this situation had brought, but that there were many more people approaching him, greeting him.
– Things like that happen, they shout “lies” from the car. He lay down on the mermaid with all his might to express his anger – Kon said.
He notes that there is reason for optimism in the coming year, that the Pfizer-Biontek vaccine has arrived and that the certificate from the National Agency for Drugs and Medical Devices is expected to be approved by China and Russia.
He points out that the dynamics of vaccination are important and that vaccination must be incomparably faster than it was last week.
– Everything must go incomparably faster and with more energy. The most important thing is to get larger amounts of vaccines as soon as possible. Immunization should start continuously when it begins, Kon said.
When asked to comment on the effects of anti-vaccines and various conspiracy theories, including the insertion of a chip through a vaccine, he said that “a chip cannot be inserted through a liquid. At least for now, not It can”.
He added that when it comes to anti-vaxers, it is pure anti-science, but that everyone has the right to believe in something.
– However, if there is much talk about it, we attach importance to them – he said and added that ALIMS is the largest regulatory body in a country that is in charge of whether something can be used safely, and that this is an examination for them. .
Kon said that it was not easy to adopt measures for the New Year, that there were talks, discussions.
Regarding criticism of the “United Against Kovid” Association and that a movement ban should have been introduced for the New Year, Kon said that the medical part of the Crisis Staff requested that movement be restricted from 7 to 5 am tomorrow from December 18.
– That was denied. We come up with clear demands. If the number of infected people were ten times less, if there were fewer infected people who could prevent the reception from taking place, Kon said.
When asked what he learned from the epidemic, he said he learned again that public cancer is a serious matter, that it carries great weight, that it is important that states and leaders support physicians in such situations, but that the system Healthcare in Serbia has shown resilience.
(Kurir.rs/ Tanjug)
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