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Five new coronavirus victims in Serbia

Belgrade, 21 April 2020

Minister of Health Zlatibor Loncar announced that 3,543 people have been tested in our country in the last 24 hours, 260 of whom were positive for coronavirus, while five died.

Loncar said at a regular press conference at the Palace of Serbia that a total of 3,660 patients have been hospitalised so far, with 101 people using ventilation.

He stated that a total of 45,355 persons were tested in the Republic of Serbia who met the case definition criteria.

In the last 24 hours, five people have died, two of them male and three female, the Minister said, adding that the total number of deaths since the outbreak of the epidemic is 130.

According to him, the total number of cured citizens is 977.

Loncar emphasised that 656 health workers were positive for coronavirus, 430 had a clinical picture that required hospital treatment, and the proportion of health workers in the total population positive for this virus was 9.52 percent.

When it comes to social institutions, he said that, according to the latest data, 489 users of old-age institutions, as well as 98 employees, are positive for the coronavirus.

Epidemiologist Predrag Kon said that a decline in COVID-19 case patients, fewer patients on ventilation and an increase in temporary hospitals are three conditions necessary to make a decision to lift the restriction and ban on movement.

Answering a journalist's question when it would be possible to repeal the measure, he said that a week ago we needed at least two weeks to clearly see the decline of the virus, now we are slowly entering the second week of such a trend.

According to him, holidays are the biggest problem and therefore it is not advisable to cancel curfew now before May Day.

The state could lift restrictions on restraining orders before 1 May without banning gatherings, Kon said, adding that he is not convinced, however, that the ban on gathering as a measure would be absolutely respected, which is why curfew is still required.