By Reuters Staff
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NIS, Serbia, March 3 (Reuters) - Serbia is struggling to contain a wave of new coronavirus cases triggered by more infectious strains and health experts have urged the government to impose another lockdown despite the country’s massive vaccine rollout.
Some 4,056 people tested positive since Tuesday, the health ministry said, more than double the daily number of infections seen a few weeks ago.
In a regional hospital in Serbia’s southern city of Nis, doctors and nurses clad in protective suits struggled to help new patients, some in serious condition.
“The situation is escalating into a major problem,” said Radmilo Jankovic, a doctor and the hospital’s acting general manager.