Having survived the harrowing war aggression on her two homelands, Croatia and Bosnia
and Herzegovina sometimes by the narrowest of margins as shells missed her location
by small distances Alemka Markotić, like many who lived through those times, feels
lucky to be alive and has in her CV under “Other skills and competencies” ‘Survival
in wartime’.
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Alemka Markotić and Davor Božinović (Photo HINA/ Dario GRZELJ)
ZAGREB, 20 January (Hina) – Health Minister Vili Beroš said on Wednesday that Croatia was still registering positive trends in coronavirus infections and that 1,603 patients were being treated in hospitals today, which is 110 fewer than yesterday.
That is a big decline in one day, but there are two more patients on ventilators, so caution is still needed, Beroš said.
Reducing personal contacts, he stressed, is a guarantee for preventing the infection from spreading further, and vaccination gives hope.
“The delivery of the vaccine is currently stable, all manufacturers are planning to increase production and doses,” Beroš said.
(Photo: HINA/ Edvard ŠUŠAK/)
ZAGREB, 18 January (Hina) – The head of the national COVID-19 crisis management team, Davor Božinović, said on Monday that the despite the fact that the current epidemiological situation was good, they did not want to risk a third wave occurring and that the impact of each measure on the decrease of infections would be assessed.
He stressed he could not specify whether the current measures would be relaxed after 31 January, but until then each existing measure would be evaluated.
Commenting on claims about the introduction of vaccination certificates which could enable citizens to travel, Božinović said there were no formal discussions on them.
Health Minister Vili Beroš (Photo: HINA/ Lana SLIVAR DOMINIĆ)
ZAGREB, 11 January (Hina) – Health Minister Vili Beroš said on Monday Croatia was recording good COVID-19 trends with fewer infections and hospitalisations.
Over the past 24 hours, Croatia has registered 230 new cases of the coronavirus infection, there have been 35 deaths, and the number of active cases is 4,976. There are 2,140 patients in hospitals, 191 of whom are on ventilators.
“The number of new infections and hospitalisations is smaller. The pressure on the healthcare system is gradually easing. The lower numbers point to the responsibility of Croatian citizens as well as to the full logic of our measures,” Beroš said at a press conference of the national COVID-19 crisis response team.