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Serbia is struggling to contain a wave of new cases triggered by more infectious strains and health experts have urged the government to impose another lockdown despite the country’s massive vaccine rollout, Reuters reports.
According to the local health ministry, some 4,056 people have tested positive since Tuesday; more than double the daily number of infections seen a few weeks ago.
The news agency reports that, in a regional hospital in Serbia’s southern city of Nis, doctors and nurses clad in protective suits struggled to help new patients, some in serious condition.
“The situation is escalating into a major problem,” said Radmilo Jankovic, a doctor and the hospital’s acting general manager. “We are almost full, we will have to free more space.”
It quoted Milorad Jerkan, the director of the public health centre in Nis, as saying new, more contagious virus strains were behind the rise in cases but also people failing to adhere to basic health measures.
“Take a stroll ... and you will see packed cafes, young people without face masks,” said Jerkan who himself recovered from Covid-19 but lost his sister to the disease.