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Arena becomes the fourth temporary hospital VIDEO
As deputy mayor of Belgrade Goran Vesic stated for Tanjug earlier, this temporary hospital will have about 1.500 beds.
Serbia's death toll increases, 39 coronavirus casualties; Kon warns of new wave VIDEO
"What happened today - as much as we expected - still surprised us," the Prime Minister said.
"As of yesterday, at 3 pm, we had eight dead, which is the highest number of deaths, the largest so far," Brnabic said at Batajnica Airport, upon receiving Russian assistance in Serbia.
Eight more died in Serbia; 305 newly infected with coronavirus, total 1,476 infected
In the last 24 hours, the number of people positive to COVID-19 increased from 1.117 to 1.476.
Since Thursday at 3 pm, 748 people were tested and 305 were positive on COVID-19.
A total of 874 patients were hospitalized and 81 are placed on the respirator.
By 3 pm in Serbia, a total of 5.756 people were tested who met the criteria for a case definition.
Twitter shutters anti-Turkey Saudi, Egyptian accounts
Twitter said on April 2 it shut down thousands of accounts linked to Egypt and Saudi Arabia, several of which were involved in a smear campaign critical of Turkey and the Turkish government.
Serbia Pins Coronavirus Blame on Returning Serbs ‘Concealing Infection’
Vucic urged those Serbs who had left to return "to their ancestral homes and build a future here," promising special incentives to bring them back and help tackle the demographic crisis afflicting Serbia and much of the rest of Central and Eastern Europe.
Curfew from 1 pm on Saturday till 5 am on Monday VIDEO
He said at a news conference that more than two people had been banned from gathering as of tonight.
"The first measure is to introduce curfew on Saturday from 1 pm to 5 am on Monday," he said, adding that the ban does not apply to the pensioners who can go to the stores on Sunday from 4 am to 7 am.
Twitter Axes Thousands of Accounts ‘Promoting Serbia’s Ruling Party’
Twitter has removed almost 9,000 accounts that were "working to promote Serbia's ruling party", the Serbian Progressive Party, it said on Thursday.
"Toward the end of last year, we identified clusters of accounts engaged in inauthentic coordinated activity which led to the removal of 8,558 accounts working to promote Serbia's ruling party and its leader," Twitter announced.
Vucic spoke with Putin and Macron: "Significant assistance and support for Serbia"
The main topics of the conversation were the fight against coronavirus, continued cooperation with the European Union and confirmation of the closest friendly relations with Russia.
Week in Review: Making Sense of the World Around Us
Skulduggery
While the world is gripped by news of the coronavirus' destructive spread, in Kosovo the fall of the Kurti government - and all the political and diplomatic wrangling which has come with it - competes for the attention of journalists and analysts.
Vekic: 53 patients at the Belgrade Fair, the youngest 19 year-old
State Secretary of the Ministry of Health Berislav Vekic stated this.
Two crisis staff sessions today, followed by Vucic's address
It is a meeting of the COVID-19 Crisis Staff to combat the contagious disease and to eliminate the possible adverse consequences of the COVID-19 infectious disease in the economy field.
Today, two crisis staffs will assess the need to introduce new measures to prevent the spread of the virus, epidemiologist Darija Kisic Tepavcevic announced yesterday.
This is a state of war, but decree limiting release of information will be withdrawn
Brnabic said Serbia had done everything to keep Serbian citizens informed in a timely manner and that no information would be hidden from the public, but that it would withdraw a recently adopted decision "to avoid casting a shadow on everything that has been done so far".
Serbian Reporter’s Arrest Over Pandemic Article Draws PM’s Apology
Serbian authorities have promised to withdraw a new regulation concerning the information flow about the pandemic after a journalist was arrested for reporting poor conditions in an important hospital.
New 160 infected, total 1060 infected, five more deaths of COVID-19, total 28 deaths
Deputy Director of the Batut Institute Darija Kisic Tepavcevic said that 160 newly infected coronavirus cases were recorded in Serbia.
She said 640 patients were hospitalized and there were 72 patients on the respirator.
"You do not have to pay taxes and contributions now, the state will pay"
Yesterday's press conference presented an economic program to help the economy with 5.1 billion euros, and, according to the minister, it is aid amounting to 11 percent of Serbia's gross domestic product.
The measures, Mali told RTS, have two goals, preserving jobs and supporting small and medium-sized enterprises.