This, the strongest so far wave of coronavirus has decimated the medical staff available for work both in the institutions in the Covid system, and where only non-Covid patients are treated. The Serbian Ministry of Health says that currently 2,000 health workers, 29 of whom are hospitalized while the rest are in isolation, are on sick leave due to contracting coronavirus, Novosti reports.
The deputy director of the Clinical Center Nis, Radmilo Jankovic, says that there is no chance that the situation in Serbia will be different than in Western Europe in the coming period, where there are sudden jumps in the number of new Covid cases, and lockdowns. He also believes that the Omicron strain of coronavirus is much more present in circulation than we assume.
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.
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.