Public Health Institute

President Vjosa Osmani told media on Monday evening, after meeting the leaders of Kosovo's political parties, that because of a lack of consensus, the local election process will go ahead as planned and the October 17 polls will not be postponed.

After another worrying peak in infections over the past few days, North Macedonia has ordered a full 80-hour lockdown of the capital, Skopje, and the towns of Tetovo, Kumanovo and Stip. Curfews there will start at 9 pm on Thursday and last until 5 am on Monday.

Restrictions will be lifted gradually after May 15, based on a single criterion, the one related to the epidemiological risk, Prime Minister Ludovic Orban stated on Monday. "Our intention is to lift restrictions gradually after May 15, by having one single criterion in mind, namely that of the epidemiological risk.

However, epidemiologists continue to warn about mandatory self-protection measures.
In Montenegro, one new case was registered today, with a total of 323, while 249 recovered, according to the Institute of Public Health.

Because of the coronavirus epidemic, hospitals and other health institutions around the country have limited their services to treating emergency cases, cancer patients, child deliveries and paediatric cases.

This news was confirmed by Acting Director of the Public Health Institute in Sabac Branko Vujkovic at a media conference.
According to him, the patient also had other health problems, including obesity, hypertension and diabetes.
So far, eight people have died from coronavirus in Serbia, and according to the latest information, 457 cases have been confirmed.

At the same time, there have been 15 deaths than can be linked with the disease, the Public Health Institute named after Dr. Milan Jovanovic Batut announced on Friday.

Flu epidemics have been reported in the Pirot and Zlatibor Districts, while the activity of the virus appears to have moderate intensity, and is geographically widespread.

BELGRADE - A total of 30 fatalities that can be brought in connection with the flu have been reported in Serbia this year, and the largest number of them (17 cases) were caused by A (H3) virus, Director of the Public Health Institute of Serbia Dragan Ilic stated on Friday.

NIS, BELGRADE - Four people have died after contracting the H1N1 virus and there are two more suspect cases of H1N1 infection in Serbia, epidemiologist Branislav Tiodorovic, acting director of the Public Health Institute in Nis, southern Serbia, told Tanjug Thursday.

Tiodorovic said Influenza A (H1N1) and A (H3N2) viruses had been confirmed present in the Nis area.

KRUPANJ - The first phase of repair of the former antimony mine Stolice tailing pond in Kostajnik, western Serbia, which was damaged in the massive May flooding, has been completed and a new water analysis of the nearby Kostajnik River will be done soon.