COVID-19 pandemic in Serbia

The COVID-19 pandemic is occurring in Serbia as part of the global COVID-19 pandemic that started in China in December 2019. The COVID-19 pandemic affects the novel disease COVID-19 . This is caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus from the Coronaviridae group and belongs to the group of respiratory diseases . From March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) classified the outbreak of the novel coronavirus as a global pandemic .

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On March 6, 2020, the first COVID-19 case was confirmed in Serbia. The first person died on March 20, 2020. As of March 31, 2020, 3,561 people had been tested and 900 COVID-19 cases confirmed.

The Serbian government issued a general curfew from 5 p.m. to 5 a.m. (on weekends from 3 p.m.). People over 65 years of age, in rural areas over 70 years of age, were not allowed to leave their homes around the clock. Those who returned to Serbia from abroad had to be in isolation for 28 days.

During Orthodox Easter, a total curfew was imposed from April 17 at 5 p.m. to April 21 at 5 a.m.

Since April 21, the curfew did not start until 6 p.m. People over 65, who were initially subject to a complete curfew, were allowed to leave their houses and apartments three times a week for one hour each from April 21st.

The curfew was lifted with effect from May 7th.

On May 22, 2020, entry and transit to and through Serbia became unrestricted again.

After extensive easing on June 1, 2020, mass events took place again in June, such as the Partizan Belgrade Football Cup semi- final against Red Star Belgrade on June 10. Almost 25,000 spectators were in the stadium - without masks and no minimum distance.

Tennis star Novak Djokovic , one of the most famous Serbs, initiated a show tennis tournament. Nine days later, Djokovic announced that he was infected with Covid-19.

The general election took place on June 21 (seven weeks later than planned). Since then, the number of COVID-19 infections in Serbia has continued to rise.

On July 6, 2020, Greece banned people coming from Serbia from entering Greece.

On July 7, 2020, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić announced a curfew, which will last from July 10, 6 p.m. to July 13, 5 a.m. This sparked riots in front of the Parliament building in Belgrade . The next day, Vučić lifted the curfew.

Due to the increasing number of corona infections in some neighboring countries, Serbia again restricted freedom of travel on August 14th: Anyone wishing to enter from Croatia, North Macedonia, Bulgaria and Romania will in future have to test their health with a test no older than 48 hours to prove.

statistics

The number of cases developed during the COVID-19 pandemic in Serbia as follows:

Infections

Confirmed infections (cumulative) in Serbia
according to WHO data

New infections in Serbia
according to WHO data

Deaths

Confirmed deaths (cumulative) in Serbia
according to WHO data

Confirmed deaths (daily) in Serbia
according to WHO data

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Cases reported to WHO by national authorities are listed here. Since the situation is very dynamic, there may be discrepancies or delays between the cases of the WHO and the data of national authorities as well as the information provided by other bodies, such as the Johns Hopkins University (CSSE).

See also

• List of epidemics and pandemics
• List of deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic

Web links

Commons : COVID-19 Pandemic in Serbia  - Pictures, Videos and Audio Files Collection

• World Health Organization (WHO): Coronavirus disease (COVID-2019) situation reports on the website www.who.int (English)
• Johns Hopkins CSSE : Coronavirus COVID-19 Global Cases. (English)
• Website World of Meters : real-time data of the Corona virus pandemic (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Pulmonologists on the net: Covid-19: Causes . Online at www.lungenaerzte-im-netz.de. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
2. ↑ Tagesschau: “Deeply worried”. WHO speaks of corona pandemic . March 11, 2020. Online at www.tagesschau.de. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
3. ↑ Serbia Reports First Case of Coronavirus Health Minister . In: The New York Times , March 6, 2020. Retrieved March 6, 2020.  (English)
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5. ↑ https://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/serbien-nur-china-kann-uns-helfen-1.4865000
6. ↑ https://taz.de/Polizei-gifft-hart-durch/!5679032/
7. ↑ https://www.focus.de/finanzen/boerse/wirtschaftsticker/unternehmen-serbien-lockert-anti-corona-masshaben-leicht_id_11898026.html
8. ↑ https://volksblatt.at/coronavirus-serbien-haben-ausnahmestatus-auf/
9. ↑ https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/de/aussenpolitik/laender/serbien-node/serbiensicherheit/207502
10. ↑ FAZ.net July 8, 2020: The government in Belgrade has miscalculated
11. ↑ NZZ.ch June 12, 2020: This football game with 25,000 spectators in Serbia will go down in the annals as the largest gathering since the coronavirus pandemic was declared
12. ↑ spiegel.de June 14, 2020: Without face mask, without distance: Djokovic invites you to the tennis tournament, 4000 spectators came
13. ↑ Tennis star Djokovic tested positive for the corona virus
14. ↑ Homepage
15. ↑ Volker Pabst, Istanbul: Balkans: Corona crisis intensifies criticism of the government . In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . ( nzz.ch [accessed June 17, 2020]).
16. ↑ spiegel.de July 3: Why the pandemic hits the Balkans so hard
17. ↑ bbc.com: Coronavirus: Greece bars Serbian visitors as Balkans cases rise
18. ↑ FAZ.net July 8, 2020: Serious riots in Belgrade
19. ↑ spiegel.de July 8, 2020: Serbia's President Vucic withdraws the announced curfew
20. ↑ https://www.stuttgarter-nachrichten.de/inhalt.tourismus-in-der-corona-pandemie-serbien-schraenk-reisefreiheit-ein.3f799784-151a-4a49-b9f1-c8e5309953ff.html
21. ↑ ^{a b c d} Coronavirus disease (COVID-2019) situation reports. WHO, accessed June 8, 2020 .