The Situation with COVID-19 in Serbia is Worrying

The situation in Serbia is worrying: nowhere else in Europe are there so many newly infected with coronavirus. Hospitals are overcrowded, lacking equipment and doctors. That is why a medic is suing the Prime Minister: accusing her of inaction.

The glass of patience has overflowed: DoctorSlobodan Marinkovic has filed a complaint with Serbian prosecutors against Prime Minister Ana Bernabic. The medical professor accuses her of inaction. And in particular for the fact that Serbia has turned from an excellent in vaccination into a double.

According to the Süddeutsche Zeitung, there is currently no other country in Europe with as many new infections per capita as in Serbia. The publication reports that in recent weeks the number was over 7,000 per day, and every third test for Kovid-19 was positive. But the real number of new infections in the country of seven million is probably even higher.

There is not enough equipment, there is a lack of doctors

The author of the article, Florian Hassel, quoted doctors from the "United Against Covid-19" association as saying that hospitals were overcrowded, that there were not enough intubation devices, and that patients were waiting in front of hospital buildings all night to be accommodated. The lack of doctors and medical staff is also a serious problem - so much so that gynecologists, psychiatrists or support staff had to work in the wards for Kovid-19. According to Slobodan Marinkovic, the Serbian government's inaction has "endangered the health and lives of hundreds of thousands of Serbs".

The Süddeutsche Zeitung recalls that at the start of the 2020 pandemic, Serbia declared an extremely strict lockdown - people were only allowed to go to...