FIFTH case of coronavirus in Serbia
A new case of coronavirus has been reported in Serbia, raising the number of infected to five, website Covid19.rs reported. By 6pm, a total of 117 individuals were tested in the national reference laboratory of the Institute Torlak, which met the criteria for the case definition. Samples of nine people were tested from the last report until 6 pm on March 10th, 2020, one of which was positive and eight were negative for the new coronavirus, the website reports. In the last 24 hours four cases of coronavirus infection have been confirmed, raising the total number of infected to five. The first was recorded in Subotica, the second case was confirmed on Monday with a Chinese national, and two more were reported subsequently. Three infected patients, who are being treated at the Infectious Disease Ward of the Serbian Clinical Centre, are not in critical condition and are generally feeling well, Director of the Ward Goran Stevanovic said. In his statement to Tanjug, Stevanovic states that infected patients show clinical signs of „moderately severe signs of corona viral disease“. „They all have respiratory problems, initial signs of inflammatory changes on their lungs, which is common for this form of the disease,“ explained director of the Infectious Ward at the Serbian Clinical Centre. Stevanovic stated that patients are in good general condition, they are not in the intensive care unit, but are in the system of strict isolation, as required by the nature of disease. „At this point, none of our patients who tested positive are in life threatening condition,“ he emphasized.
Izvor: BIZLife, Tanjug
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