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EU continues to help Serbia in fight against coronavirus

Belgrade, 14 April 2020

The Ministry of European Integration has announced that the first ten out of a total of 100 containers for the triage and emergency care of patients potentially ill with COVID-19, procured through EU funds, have been placed in seven healthcare institutions.

The containers have been placed at the Clinical Centre of Serbia, clinical hospital centres "Bezanijska kosa", "Zvezdara", and "Zemun", University Children's Clinic "Tirsova", Institute for Maternal and Child Health Care "Dr Vukan Cupic" and the Institute for Biocides and Medical Ecology.

These containers, each equipped with a bed for examination, a table with two chairs, a contactless thermometer, smaller containers for medical and infectious waste and a waste bin, are an important segment in the overall fight against the pandemic and a prevention factor as they prevent the entry of potentially infected persons to health care facilities.

The procurement and installation of these containers, worth €590,000, are part of an EU assistance package of €4,9 million, signed on 3 April this year by Head of the EU Delegation to Serbia Sem Fabrizi, Minister for European Integration Jadranka Joksimovic and Head of UNOPS in Serbia Michela Telatin.

I am grateful to the EU for its support as we have secured the procurement of more than 100 patient triage containers and have helped reduce the risk of infection and strengthen our system's ability to respond to this challenge, the Minister said.

Head of the EU Delegation to Serbia Sem Fabrizi underlined that this donation will allow healthcare professionals to cope with the coronavirus crisis with less risk exposure, recalling that almost no day has passed since the start of the crisis without the EU delivering or purchasing key medical equipment for healthcare facilities or at-risk communities.