Photo: AP Photo/Nam Y. HuhWhile some countries in the world, where about 90 percent of the population has been vaccinated, are easing measures against the coronavirus and gradually returning life to normal, vaccination points are also being closed in Serbia - but not because the epidemic is dying out, but because the unvaccinated still have no intention of they vaccinate
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the end of all measures to prevent the spread of the corona virus, so even the sick will no longer be required to self-isolate, covid passports will no longer be binding, as well as the wearing of masks. Overall, covid will be treated like any other virus or flu in Britain.
Norway has also lifted existing measures, citing that the coronavirus is no longer a major threat to most. Ireland, Sweden and Denmark are also easing measures.
Epidemiologist and member of the Crisis Staff, Predrag Kon, said that Serbia cannot be compared with countries that are lifting the measures, because more than 90 percent of the population has been vaccinated in them, and slightly more than 50 percent in Serbia.
There is almost no response from citizens, so it happens that doctors give a dozen vaccines for the entire shift. That is why, since the beginning of this year, vaccination points throughout Serbia have been closed, and mostly those at health centers remain. In order to relieve the burden on the health system, some hospitals are returning to their regular regime.
The Ministry of Health of Serbia announced on Wednesday that the working hours of covid clinics in Serbia will be shortened from 17:XNUMX a.m. to XNUMX:XNUMX p.m.
The night covid clinic in Železnik in Belgrade will be canceled on Thursday. The City Institute for Pulmonary Diseases in Belgrade will be in the covid system until Friday, after which disinfection will be carried out, and from Monday, February 28, it will be open again for non-covid patients.
Serbia maintains anti-pandemic measures, but the vast majority of citizens no longer even know which ones are in effect. The measure of mandatory covid passes after 20 pm in bars is avoided in various ways. It is easier for individuals to pay for a forged vaccination certificate than to get vaccinated for free, and the prices of counterfeits range from a few hundred to over two thousand euros. The price varies depending on whether the data was only changed by computer, or whether a vaccine was "injected" into the void, and personal data was entered into the system.
The statements of experts in Serbia are contradictory. The deputy director of the Institute for Mother and Child, Vladislava Vukomanović, believes that further calming of the situation awaits us, while others say that in the next ten days there could be a new increase in the number of newly infected people, because students have returned to school.
In Serbia, the mandatory wearing of masks in closed spaces, self-isolation in case of virus infection, the ban on gatherings of more than 500 people in public places, as well as the aforementioned covid passes, are still in force.
According to the latest cross-section of the state, there were 4.388 new cases of infection and 52 deceased patients.
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