"We are in a difficult situation"

He adds that hospitals are still overcrowded, but that there is enough capacities to take care of all patients with the coronavirus during the weekend.
"I believe that there will be no reason to move patients from Belgrade to the interior and vice versa. All hospitals have enough space to receive new patients, because more patients are discharged than are admitted," Pelemis said.
He told reporters, after the meeting of the Minister of Health Zlatibor Loncar with the directors of COVID hospitals, that the number of infected patients in Serbia is at a high but stable level and that it is not yet time to say that we are in a favorable situation.
"We are in a difficult but stable situation. We insist that prevention measures continue to be strictly implemented, and those are wearing masks, maintaining physical distance, washing hands. That is the only thing that can stop the infection," he said.
He reminds that there is no cure for the coronavirus and that the vaccine is still in the testing phase, and that there is no place to relax and for someone to think that the virus has been defeated.
"No one has beaten this virus. Maybe the vaccine will beat it," he said.
He notes that in this period, the number of elderly patients has increased and that what the doctors warned about is happening.
"We warned that young people would be infected, who would then transmit the infection to the elderly who were being cared for. This is a consequence of socializing and disrespecting prevention measures," he said.
He states that there will be more and more serious patients in hospitals.
"While there are a lot of patients in intensive care in hospitals and on a respirator, Serbia will not be in a favorable situation," Pelemis...