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Reception of first patients at the Belgrade Fairgrounds begins

Belgrade, 28 March 2020

The provisional hospital at the Belgrade Fairgrounds started today to receive the first patients with the novel coronavirus with mild symptoms.

As of today, only patients and healthcare professionals will be able to enter the facility, and the public and journalists are not allowed access, as the whole space is disinfected and ready for treatment of the sick.

Space is provided in halls 1, 3, 4 and 5, and the Armed Forces delivered approximately 3,000 beds and cabinets, the space between the beds is enclosed by screens, with medical offices with X-ray machines in the galleries.

In addition to specialist doctors, there will be psychologists in the provisional hospital.

All sanitary conditions are provided at the Fairgrounds, patients will be provided with food in the area, with a constant temperature of 20 degrees in the building, and in addition, the entire Fairgrounds are covered by wi-fi connection.

You can see a list of all the things that patients are required to do and can bring with them.

The main purpose of this, as well as other temporary hospitals opening in the country, is to isolate patients who have mild illnesses and are positive for the virus so that the disease does not spread further, but also to be under constant medical supervision.

So far, such patients have been sent to home isolation, and by placing them in a temporary hospital, they are protecting their families.

On the other hand, mass testing of people suspected of COVID-19 was announced, and it is expected that a large number of those infected will be detected in this way.

Treatment of patients with milder symptoms is expected to last between 14 and 28 days.