May 18, 2020 – A Croatia COVID-19 overview of the latest health, travel and stats news on the coronavirus crisis, with live updates in English, powered by Index.hr.
There are currently 2228 officially confirmed Croatia COVID-19 cases and 2 new cases since yesterday afternoon. 1946 patients have recovered. 95 people have died. 10 patients are on ventilators. There are 195 active cases.
You can now track the progress of the curve of cases and recoveries on the official koronvirus.hr homepage. (You can also follow it into the English version here, which has less content but covers the essential information).
Note that koronavirus.hr is now mapping cases by county instead of town/city. Koronavirus.hr will update their map after the 14:00 CET daily press conference.
Index has now added two more stat counters – unemployment numbers and a more detailed look at the curve with new cases by day.
You can see many more detailed charts regarding COVID-19 in Croatia on the Velebit.ai website.
More than 316,754 people are dead from the virus, which originated in Wuhan City, China. Over 4,806,297 cases have been confirmed globally. The USA has the highest number of recorded cases (1,527,644) as well as the highest number of deaths (90,978) deaths.
UPDATED: May 18, 2020 – 08:00 CET – With apologies in advance if the translations are not perfect. With very limited resources and plenty of pressure, we are trying to get the updates done as quickly as possible, so a little help from Google Translate is necessary. We thank you for your understanding.
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14:00: National Civil Protection Headquarters:
“It is the 84th day since the appearance of the virus. We have 2 new cases, a total of 2228 cases. 54820 were tested, a total of 943 in the last 24 hours. No one has died in three days. 1946 is a total of recovered,” said the HQ.
A total of 54,820 samples were tested, of which 943 in the last 24 hours, and the positive percentage was 4.06 percent.
“We have not had any dead for three days now, so the number is still 95. There are 10 patients on ventilators,” Beros emphasized.
He adds that 122 people were hospitalized, which is eight less than yesterday.
“We have a total of 738 recovered, ie discharged from health institutions, and we have 1178 recovered at home. That is, a total of 1946 recovered,” Beros said.
Journalists’ questions follow
Is there enough equipment in the nursing homes and should we be afraid to visit the homes?
“The situation we assessed is that we can relax the measures, that the residents can be visited and that things can be brought to them. So far, there is no negative information from the field on this issue.”
About measures in schools
“We are talking to the ministry about modifying certain elements in the recommendations a bit, and when we agree on that, we will inform the public. At this point, I can’t answer if there would be more students in the class.”
About exercises in colleges
“We are ready to talk about changing something in that because now the situation is better than when we gave those recommendations.”
About lifting the ban
“This measure was adopted at the suggestion of the experts. I have no information regarding lifting the ban on work on Sundays.”
“Our situation is extremely favorable, but we have given in a lot and we need to wait some more time and see how our new patients become infected,” Capak added.
What makes Sunday work so different?
“I don’t think I need to explain that anymore,” Capak said.
About flights and full trains
“We are not responsible for monitoring whether the organizers, the owners follow the recommendations. We are counting on the awareness of our citizens and the awareness of those who live from it that they will organize everything in a way that the virus does not spread.”
About fairs
“It’ll be their turn, too.”
About the flight Frankfurt – Zagreb
“All these people were put in self-isolation and all of the 105 people who remained in Croatia, we have 14 positive and 80 negative, We are waiting for 8 results from Split, Sibenik and Bjelovar, when we get we will know about everything.”
How did the pilots get infected?
“We cannot claim who was the source of the infection. The pilots probably got infected in some other way than from the passengers, we will see if there are any more positive findings among people, these 9 workers got infected in Sweden, out of those three, one got infected abroad, for two we are not sure, it is possible that they also infected on the plane.”
No more press conferences
“The headquarters will continue to monitor everything around the situation. After 95 press conferences, at this moment, we do not know when the next will be. We will inform you when it will be,” Bozinovic said at the end.
13:52: In the past 24 hours, one of the three people tested for coronavirus in Zagreb is positive, the Zagreb Civil Protection Headquarters reported at a press conference on Monday, emphasizing that the epidemiological situation is satisfactory.
So far, a total of 10,142 people have been tested in Zagreb, 64 people are in self-isolation, of which 10 are in home treatment.
In the past 24 hours, one person positive for the virus was confirmed, said the head of the City Health Office, Vjekoslav Jeleč. He called on the citizens to adhere to the prescribed measures.
12:20: Koprivnica-Križevci has no new cases
At noon, the Civil Protection Headquarters of Koprivnica-Križevci County presented the latest information on the course of the coronavirus epidemic in Podravina and Prigorje.
“In the last 24 hours, there have been no new cases of the coronavirus. We are still at 89, and the good news is that three people have recovered and today there are 39. During the day, four wards from Koprivnica hospital will be transferred to a home for the elderly and infirm,” said Ratimir Ljubić.
12:18: Karlovac County has no new cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours.
A total of 31 people have been infected so far.
12:17: Dubrovnik-Neretva has no new cases
“According to currently available data, no new cases of coronavirus infection have been recorded in Dubrovnik-Neretva County in the last 24 hours, which means there has been 11 days without new infections. The remaining findings from Saturday are negative, as are 22 samples taken on Sunday. We also have seven new recoveries – 1 person from the Dubrovnik Parish (Josipovac Rehabilitation Center), 2 people from Ploče (employees of the Home for the Elderly), 3 people from Dubrovnik and 1 person from Kula Norinska. A total of 118 people were infected, 97 were cured and 8 died. Since the beginning of the pandemic, 2,676 samples have been sent to Zagreb for analysis. As of today, 2 positive patients hospitalized in the Infectious Diseases Department of OB Dubrovnik have been hospitalized. A total of 15 citizens are in self-isolation, and in the last 24 hours, no violation of the self-isolation measure has been established. Since the beginning of the pandemic, a total of 36 cases of self-isolation violations have been identified,” the headquarters said.
11:53: Zagreb County has no new cases
According to the data of the Zagreb County Public Health Institute in Zagreb County until Monday, May 18, by 11:00 a.m., 129 individuals had been diagnosed with the coronavirus. Compared to yesterday’s data, this is the same number, which means that there are no new cases in Zagreb County for the twentieth day in a row. The number of cured also remained the same. So far, a total of 115 people have been cured and four have died.
11:51: Split-Dalmatia has no new cases
According to the report of the NZJZ SDŽ, out of a total of 168 processed tests from the area of Split-Dalmatia County, there are no newly diagnosed persons today. A total of 423 people have been cured in Split-Dalmatia County so far.
34 people were hospitalized. 39 health professionals are in self-isolation. 7 people are on a ventilator, 4 from Split-Dalmatia County and 3 from Šibenik-Knin County. 1 person is in the quarantine of the hotel Zagreb on Duilovo.
So far, 558 cases of coronavirus infection have been recorded in the Split-Dalmatia County.
11:48: In the area of Krapina-Zagorje County, no new cases have been recorded for 20 days in a row.
Over the past 48 hours, 6 people from Oroslavje have recovered. The total number of recoveries is 126.
There are 12 cases of coronavirus infection in the county. In the past 48 hours, 99 samples were tested, all 99 negative for coronavirus. A total of 2509 samples have been tested so far. There are currently 10 people in home self-isolation.
11:45: Međimurje County still without the coronavirus.
After 34 days without new cases, Međimurje is corona free for the 10th day
11:30: For the 30th day in a row, there are no new cases of COVID-19 in Lika-Senj County.
In the last 24 hours, additional testing was performed on 2 people, 15 negative test results were received and results are awaited for a total of 2 samples taken.
A total of 22 people were infected with COVID-19, of which 21 were cured. A total of 394 individuals were tested for the coronavirus by sampling. For all persons who have been imposed a measure of self-isolation, the supervision has expired and there are currently no persons with a measure of self-isolation imposed.
No reports of violations of the Decision on measures to restrict social gatherings, work in trade, services and sporting and cultural events and the Decision on the measure of severe restrictions on staying on the streets and other public places.
11:10: Zadar County is without new cases
In the last 24 hours, 34 samples from Zadar County were tested and all of them were negative.
The number of cured people is 83, there are 17 inhabitants in self-isolation, and there have been no violations in the past 24 hours.
10:43: Today there are no new patients in Šibenik-Knin either.
The number of patients in that county is still 91, and 78 of them have recovered.
10:29: There are no new cases in Bjelovar-Bilogora County.
In the county since the beginning of the pandemic, 10 people have been infected and all have recovered. No cases of coronavirus infection have been reported in the county in the past 33 days.
10:25: Vukovar-Srijem County is still the corona-free.
They have not had any new patients for twenty days.
10:10: In the last 24 hours in the area of Brod-Posavina County, there is one new case.
The newly infected person is not connected with the return of a group of workers from Sweden, and the epidemiological processing of her contacts is being performed.
The total number of sick people in the Brod-Posavina County is now 33, 15 people have recovered, and with 1 one fatality, there are now 17 active sick people.
9:49: There are no new cases in Požega-Slavonia County.
There are currently 5 active cases of coronavirus infection (COVID-19) in Požega-Slavonia County, and people are in home isolation. There are currently 4 people in self-isolation, 65 samples were sent for analysis and a total of 956 people were tested.
9:30: After the last in a series of attempts to repatriate members of the crew of Royal Caribbean, a riot broke out on the ship “Majesty of the Seas”, one of the 30 cruisers of that company, as many as are currently floating in the Caribbean Sea and in front of Miami in the US.
There are more than 450 Croats the cruise ships. More on Index
9:20: Ryanair further reduced the lines to Croatia. More on Index
9:13: There are no new cases in Osijek-Baranja.
In the laboratory of the Clinical Hospital Center Osijek yesterday (May 17, 2020) 133 samples were tested and all of them were negative for the COVID-19 virus.
According to the data received by the emergency services this morning (May 18), the situation regarding the coronavirus in the area of Osijek-Baranja County in the last 24 hours is almost identical to the report from the previous day. This means that there were no new positives, cured, deceased, hospitalized, designated for self-isolation or persons caught in violation of this measure.
The following valid data remains:
– the total number of patients is 131 people, which stands for the tenth day,
– the total number of cured is 109 people,
– the total number of dead is eight,
– two patients are currently being treated at the Osijek Clinical Hospital,
– 12 patients are being treated at home,
– there are 16 people in self-isolation,
– the police checked one person for compliance with the measure of self-isolation and found him at the reported address.
8:55: There are no new cases in Istria in the last 24 hours.
24 swabs were tested and all were negative. Thus, Istria remains on 2 active patients who were diagnosed last week.
Prior to that, for 23 days Istria was completely free of new cases, so these two did not disturb the epidemiological situation.
8:53: Headquarters announced four new decisions yesterday that take effect today.
The first is the decision to repeal the Decision on the introduction of the extraordinary freight line Zadar-Ancona and vice versa.
The second is the decision to repeal the Decision on the introduction of the high-speed line Olib-Silba-Premuda-Zadar and vice versa for the supply of the island.
The third is the decision to repeal the Decision on measures to restrict public transport in coastal liner shipping.
The fourth decision is the decision to open pools, which takes effect today.
8:45: Due to the decline in the number of newly infected, the easing of restrictive measures continues. After the students of the lower grades of primary schools, as of today, a part of the students of secondary vocational schools are returning to schools. They must perform practical exercises that cannot be conducted remotely and are important for final work.
Both students and teachers in the school should respect distance measures, regularly disinfect and ventilate classrooms and workshops, measure temperature daily. Upon entering the school, they will sign a statement that they have no signs of acute respiratory disease and that they are not prescribed a measure of self-isolation.
8:25: There are no new cases in Virovitica-Podravina County.
“Today is the sixteenth day in a row that there are no new cases of coronavirus in Virovitica-Podravina County. In the last 24 hours, 20 samples were tested and all were negative. A total of 959 people have been tested in the county since the beginning of the pandemic. In Virovitica-Podravina County, nine people were infected with the coronavirus, of which six recovered, two were still infected, and one man died of COVID-19,” the headquarters said.
8:20: Cinemas, theaters and other cultural events are starting this week, but with measures. One person at a time will enter, everyone will disinfect their hands at the entrance, and a distance of one and a half meters is mandatory in the audience. Which means – a spectator in every third place in every second row.
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06:05: The daily press conference will take place at 14:00 and be updated in real time.
06:00:Welcome to the TCN daily update on COVID-19. We start the day with 2226 officially confirmed Croatia COVID-19 cases and 2 new cases since yesterday afternoon. 1936 patients have recovered. 95 people have died. 9 patients are on ventilators. There are 277 active cases.
(Live updates provided by Index)
Entry into Republic of Croatia
As of midnight on March 19, 2020; crossing the border of the Republic of Croatia is temporarily restricted. Croatian citizens and residents will be allowed to return to Croatia, which means that they may go to the country where they work and reside and must follow the instructions and measures of the Croatian Institute of Public Health (HZJZ) upon their return. These measures went into effect at 00:01 on March 19, 2020 and are valid for 30 days. More information and exceptions here.
For the latest Croatia travel advice in these uncertain times, click here.
Social Distancing Measures Implemented
Also as of March 19, 2020; it is compulsory to strictly adhere to anti-epidemic measures and strict social distance measures. A strict measure of social distance requires avoiding close personal contact at a distance of at least:
- Two (2) meters indoors
- One (1) meter outdoors
The anti-epidemic measures required according to this decision include a ban on holding all public events, gatherings of more than 5 people in one place and the suspension of all retail and trade activities. EXCEPTIONS and details can be found here. These measures were strengthened today March 21, 2020. Residents are being ordered not to leave home except to get food or medicine.
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World Health Organization Coronavirus Updates
- Live updated international map tracking spread of coronavirus from Johns Hopkins CSSE here.
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Croatian Health Organization Coronavirus Updates
- Live updates from the Croatian Institute of Public Health (daily updates at 15:00 CET in Croatian) here.
- Live updates from Croatian Government at their dedicated website koronavirus.hr here and their Facebook page here.
Other Croatia Resources for Updates, Information and Assistance
- COVID-19 INFO CROATIA – A Facebook group with updates and information in English here.
- Jedni za druge – A Facebook group of volunteers who do deliveries in several cities here.
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UPDATED: May 17, 2020
14:00: Headquarters announced that we have two new cases.
The number of new cases in the Republic of Croatia in the last 24 hours is two, which makes the total number of patients with coronavirus 2226.
The new patients are from Koprivnica-Križevci and Split-Dalmatia counties.
So far, 53,877 people have been tested, of which 1,019 in the last 24 hours. There are 7 fewer hospitalized, which means that 130 people are in hospital. Out of that, 10 patients are on ventilators.
The total number of recoveries is 1936, which is 23 new recoveries in 24 hours.
Of these, 728 were discharged from the hospital, and 1,172 people recovered at home.
There have been no deaths since yesterday, so the total number of deaths is 95.
“Adherence to all measures and instructions adopted so far is crucial because responsible behavior can reduce the spread of coronavirus infection. Everyone must be aware of the responsibility for their own health, the health of their families and fellow citizens.
Each stay in a closed public space represents an increased risk of infection with COVID-19 compared to a stay in a family home or household.
The Civil Protection Headquarters of the Republic of Croatia is continuously monitoring the further development of the situation and is taking appropriate measures accordingly,” the Headquarters said in a statement.
13:09: There are no new cases in Lika-Senj County for the 29th day.
In the last 24 hours, additional testing was performed on 6 people, the results for a total of 15 samples are awaited. A total of 22 people became ill with COVID-19, of which 21 people were cured.
12:35: To date, there are no newly diagnosed patients with COVID-19 infectious disease in Sisak-Moslavina County.
Four more patients with the disease remain in the county.
The situation in retirement homes is also under control. All swabs taken by employees and users for laboratory testing for SARS-CoV-2 virus are negative.
12:30: According to currently available data, no new cases of coronavirus infection have been recorded in Dubrovnik-Neretva County in the last 24 hours. The remaining findings from Friday are negative, and 34 samples taken on Saturday are being processed.
A total of 118 are infected, 90 cured and 8 died. Since the beginning of the pandemic, 2,654 samples have been sent to Zagreb for analysis.
As of today, 3 positive patients have been hospitalized, 2 at the Infectious Diseases Department of OB Dubrovnik, 1 patient (who was not intubated) in the Intensive Care Unit.
A total of 17 citizens are in self-isolation, and in the last 24 hours, no violation of the self-isolation measure has been established.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, a total of 36 cases of self-isolation violations have been identified.
12:18: There are no new cases of coronavirus in the City of Zagreb in the last 24 hours. 239 samples were tested. The number of recovered remained the same as yesterday, 442.
12:15: According to the report, out of a total of 258 processed tests from the area of Split-Dalmatia County, there is one new case from a person who was in self-isolation, from Otok. A total of 418 people have been cured in Split-Dalmatia County so far.
36 people are hospitalized. 39 health professionals are in self-isolation. 7 people are on ventilators, 4 from the Split-Dalmatia County and 3 from the Šibenik-Knin County. Two people are in the quarantine of the Hotel Zagreb on Duilovo.
So far, 558 cases of coronavirus infection have been recorded in Split-Dalmatia County.
11:30: No new cases have been reported in Međimurje County. There have been no new cases for 33 days, and a total of 821 tests have been performed so far, and Međimurje is a “corona-free” county for the 9th day in a row.
11:24: For the nineteenth day in a row, there are no new patients in Zagreb County. To date, 129 people have been registered in the county who have been confirmed to have the disease caused by the new coronavirus.
11:05: In the last 24 hours in the area of Brod-Posavina County there are no new cases of COVID-19. 94 people were tested and all the findings were negative, but during the day the results of some more swabs taken yesterday are expected. After 12 positive people associated with the return of a group of workers from Sweden (7 workers and 5 family contacts), this is the third day in a row without new cases in Brod-Posavina County.
The total number of infections in Brod-Posavina County is still 32, 15 people have recovered, and in addition to 1 person who died earlier, there are still 16 active infections.
10:49: In the past 24 hours, there are no new patients in the County of Istria.
“Within 24 hours, 92 swab samples were tested and all were negative for coronavirus (COVID-19). There are no new cases.
Currently, 9 swab samples are being tested for suspected coronavirus, and you will be informed about the results of the findings later,” the Istrian headquarters said.
10:22: In the area of Krapina – Zagorje County, no new cases have been recorded for 19 consecutive days.
The total number of cured persons is 120, and the current number of active cases from the county is 18. In the past 24 hours, 80 samples were tested, of which 78 were negative, while the results of 2 more are awaited. A total of 2,491 samples have been tested so far. There are currently 16 people in home self-isolation.
10:09: There are no new cases of COVID-19 in Šibenik-Knin County today. All swabs taken from users and staff of the Home for the Elderly and the Infirm “Cvjetni dom” Šibenik are negative. One coronavirus-positive patient was hospitalized at the Department of Infectious Diseases of the Šibenik Hospital.
10:07: Vukovar-Srijem County is still “corona-free”. The total number of cases is still 40.
9:50: There are no new cases of coronavirus in Zadar County. Yesterday, 48 samples were tested and all were negative.
9:48: There are no new patients in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County. One patient recovered.
9:47: In Karlovac County, there is one new infection in relation to yesterday’s report of the local headquarters, however, they point out that this is the same case that was reported by the National Headquarters yesterday, which publishes the data later than the local one. Therefore, with the exception of that one person, there are no new patients.
54 people were tested yesterday and all the findings so far are negative. A total of 2250 people were tested.
9:43: There are no new cases in Osijek-Baranja County.
“Positive trends regarding coronavirus continue in the area of Osijek-Baranja County.
According to the data of the duty services that arrived this morning (May 17, 2020) at the Civil Protection Headquarters of Osijek-Baranja County, in the last 24 hours in the laboratory of the Clinical Hospital Center Osijek tested 165 samples and 11 in the Institute of Public Health OBŽ and all were negative. The total number of patients remains at 131 for the ninth day.
Another person was cured, so only two patients with coronavirus remained in the KBC. There are 12 people in home treatment. The total number of recoveries in the county is now 109 people.
There are 16 people in self-isolation, ie three less than the previous day, and the police found both people at the reported address in two checks,” said the Headquarters.
9:03: Bjelovar-Bilogora County is still “corona-free”, the local headquarters announced. Six people were tested yesterday and all tests were negative. It has been 32 days since a new case of coronavirus infection was reported in the county.
8:38: Doctor Veceslav Bergman got over the coronavirus. He has a heart transplant, he is a risk group. In mid-March, he got a fever. His condition worsened on the day of the earthquake in Zagreb.
“The horror lasted for 10 days. 10 days of high fever, fever, vomiting, helplessness, terrible headaches, you don’t know if it’s a worse day or night. I still feel the consequences of the disease. My message to everyone who thought like me – unfortunately my experience was a lot bad, you can go through the corona in three ways – it’s a lottery,” Veceslav Bergman told Nova TV.
7:49: Headquarters started publishing data.
For the fifteenth day in a row, there are no new cases of coronavirus in Virovitica-Podravina County. In the last 24 hours, 19 samples were tested and all were negative.
“A total of 939 people have been tested in our county so far. Since the beginning of the pandemic, in the Virovitica-Podravina County, nine people have contracted the coronavirus, six of whom have recovered, two are still infected and one man has died of COVID-19,” announced the Headquarters.
7:45: There is no conference of the National Civil Protection Headquarters. Instead, Headquarters will send a press release with the latest information on the coronavirus at 2 pm.
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06:00: Welcome to the TCN daily update on COVID-19. We start the day with 2224 officially confirmed Croatia COVID-19 cases and 2 new cases since yesterday afternoon. 1913 patients have recovered. 95 people have died. 9 patients are on ventilators. There are 277 active cases.
UPDATES from May 16, 2020
14:00: The number of new cases in the Republic of Croatia in the last 24 hours is 2, and the total number of patients with coronavirus in Croatia is 2224, according to a statement from the National Civil Protection Headquarters.
This news comes from a press release since the press conference will not be held over the weekend.
“The new patients are from the City of Zagreb and Karlovac County. So far, 52,425 people have been tested, of which 857 in the last 24 hours. There are 5 fewer hospitalized, which means that 137 people are in hospital. Of these, 9 patients are on ventilators. 1913 were cured, which is 44 newly cured in 24 hours. Of these, 722 were discharged from the hospital, and 1162 people were cured at home,” writes the HQ.
“So far, 95 people have died,” the statement added.
13:30: There are no new cases in Split-Dalmatia County either.
“According to the report, out of a total of 199 processed tests from the area of Split-Dalmatia County, there are no new cases today. A total of 416 people have been cured in the area of Split-Dalmatia County so far.
36 people are hospitalized. 65 health professionals are in self-isolation. 5 people are on ventilators, 3 from Split-Dalmatia County and 2 from Šibenik-Knin County. 4 people are in the quarantine of the hotel Zagreb on Duilovo.
So far, 557 cases of coronavirus infection have been recorded in Split-Dalmatia County,” reads the announcement of the local headquarters.
12:55: There are no new cases in Međimurje either.
12:40: There are no new patients in Sisak-Moslavina County
12:30: There are no new patients in Zadar County either
12:12: No new cases have been recorded in Krapina-Zagorje
12:10: In Brod-Posavina County, there are no new patients
12:00: There are no new cases in Dubrovnik-Neretva County.
“According to currently available data, no new cases of coronavirus infection have been recorded in Dubrovnik-Neretva County in the last 24 hours, and we have 3 new recoveries – one from Konavle and two from Dubrovnik. The remaining findings from Thursday are negative, and 83 samples were taken on Friday are in processing.
A total of 118 have been infected, 90 cured and 8 died. Since the beginning of the pandemic, 2,620 samples have been sent to Zagreb for analysis.
As of today, 5 positive patients have been hospitalized, 4 at the Infectious Diseases Department of OB Dubrovnik, 1 patient has been intubated in the Intensive Care Unit.
A total of 27 citizens are in self-isolation, and in the last 24 hours, no violation of the self-isolation measure has been established. Since the beginning of the pandemic, a total of 36 cases of self-isolation violations have been identified.
The headquarters continues to appeal to the citizens to adhere to all prescribed measures by the Croatian Institute for Public Health and the Civil Protection Headquarters of the Republic of Croatia,” said the headquarters there.
11:00: There are no newly infected people in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County
10:40 HZJZ published recommendations for recording music content. More on Index
10:35 There are no new patients in Istria County
10:12: There are no new cases in Šibenik-Knin County
Today, there are no new cases of COVID-19 in Šibenik-Knin County, reports Šibenik.in. All 90 swabs taken from users and staff of the Home for the Elderly and the Infirm “Cvjetni dom” Šibenik are negative. So, as of today, the number of patients in our county is still 91, as well as the number of recovered 77, the County Civil Protection Headquarters reported.
09:45: Traders at HUP are demanding work on Sundays and the abolition of the disinfection break. More on Index
09:33: The Voice of Entrepreneurs believes that the Parliament should not be dissolved now, and the elections should be in the fall, because in the midst of the crisis, citizens are left to fend for themselves, the Voice of Entrepreneurs said in a statement.
This year, the Voice of Entrepreneurs Association addressed the media with a statement entitled “Parliament is being dissolved, and what about the reforms?”
“Entrepreneurs are wondering these days why the disbursement of funds for measures to preserve jobs is late? Many of those who did receive it did not receive full amounts. Receiving applications for liquidity loans has been suspended because there is no money. It is not difficult to conclude that the state coffers are empty. The question is, will there be any money at all for the measures for May, which will be paid in June? ” they ask in a statement.
09:30: There are no new cases in Osijek-Baranja County
In the last 24 hours in the area of Osijek-Baranja County, there are no new cases of COVID-19 (eighth day in a row). In the laboratory of the Clinical Hospital Center, 164 samples were tested, and 13 in the Institute of Public Health OBŽ and all of them were negative, so the total number of patients remained at 131 people.
Three more people were cured, which was confirmed by a double negative test, and the total number of recoveries since the beginning of the pandemic is 108. Currently, three patients are being treated at the KBC, while 12 patients are being treated at home.
According to the data of the on-duty services that arrived this morning at the Civil Protection Headquarters of Osijek-Baranja County, the number of people in self-isolation was reduced from 54 the previous day to only 19. The good news is that no new contact has been made under that measure. Everyone in self-isolation followed the rules of conduct. During three checks, the police found the person at home.
09:20: Vukovar-Srijem County is still the “corona free” county.
09:00: Bjelovar-Bilogora County is “corona-free” as of today because the last patient infected with the. coronavirus has been cured. It also means that there are no new patients.
08:20: The initiative for issuing vouchers for canceled or postponed concerts which would prolong the return of money for purchased tickets has been sent to the competent ministries, the Croatian Record Association (HDU) has learned.
08:10: Croatia is expecting a huge drop in economic activity this year, much bigger than announced. That is what the latest forecast of the prestigious Vienna Institute says. More on Index
08:00: As announced yesterday, there will be no press conference of the National Civil Protection Headquarters until Monday
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06:05: The new numbers will be announced at the regular press conference at 14:00.
06:00: Welcome to the TCN daily update on COVID-19. We start the day with 2221 officially confirmed Croatia COVID-19 cases and 8 new cases since yesterday afternoon. 1850 patients have recovered. 94 people have died. 7 patients are on ventilators. There are 277 active cases.
UPDATES from May 15, 2020
14:20: We have 1 new patient in the last 24 hours, a total of 2222 cases. A woman died in the area of Split-Dalmatia County, who was born in1923. There are a total of 95 dead in Croatia. A total of 1869 have recovered.
About the end of the epidemic
“The decision about the end the epidemic, it’s one epidemiological assessment based on multiple indicators.”
About the elections
“It’s a matter for the state election commission, not for the headquarters. When we get questions from the DIP then the experts will sit down and we’ll agree on that.”
About the mobile team in Osijek
“It was a decision of the local headquarters. That was their assessment.”
Special recommendations about hotel laundries?
“There are no special instructions, if it is performed in addition to the protection measures that are applied in the circulation of other diseases, all procedures that are used regularly destroy the virus”
About the Frankfurt-Zagreb flight, passengers complain that there were no empty seats, there were no warnings for masks. Who is responsible?
“It’s a question for the company, we gave very precise instructions that we had previously communicated with one of our airlines. They already had instructions from foreign companies, we copied everything, so these are questions for them.”
About HNK
“It would be good if they approached us with these questions. The instructions do not say that they should sing with masks, we have prescribed a distance much larger than normal so that they can sing.”
Is it an obligation or a recommendation to have a space on the plane.
“We based all our instructions on the recommendations, we did not prescribe the obligation to wear masks. We sensitized our citizens to when they should wear masks.”
About a new case of infection and about the flight
This is a person who is contact with a sick person who works in the Home for the Elderly in Koprivnica. We have 9 workers infected from the flight, the rest were passengers or their contacts.
Flight staff?
“I wouldn’t answer that question because of the GDPR.”
About working on Sundays
“We’ve talked several times about why Sunday is a non-working day. Because by extending working hours during the week, we got more hours, and we needed to balance. To prevent the virus from spreading, we put the measures we have and the possibilities on that scale every day On the other hand, we wanted to relieve that mobility, Sunday is a day when I can stay in shopping malls for a longer time and more because they are free, and we thought that Sunday would be a day to balance that … We asked APIS that based on fiscal invoices give us information on which day is the busiest, and it is Friday. All records in the last 10 years have been falling on Friday. We believe we have achieved that balance.
Traders say that due to the lack of work on Sundays, there is a lot more pressure on other days of the week, and especially on Fridays …
“By releasing work on Sunday we wouldn’t relieve Friday so much.”
About workers coming from Sweden?
“There is no guarantee with COVID. I guarantee you that the person who arranged their return has solved everything that is needed. It has been agreed that people who have symptoms will stay there. When they arrive, they will be greeted at the border and taken.
Are the pilots infected from the flight?
“No need to answer that, I’ve already answered”
About elections and tourists
“On the epidemic. The experts are not talking about when it would be better and when it would be worse. When we find out the date, we will give a frame.
No weekends
“Our next conference will be on Monday at 2 pm. Until then, the headquarters will issue announcements with the latest data, regarding a possible new number of patients,” announced Bozinovic.
13:48: Međimurje County is still a county with no cases. After 31 days without new cases of sick people, Međimurje has its seventh day of the “corona free” region, according to the report of the Civil Protection Headquarters of Međimurje County.
13:27: The Chief of the Civil Protection Headquarters of Koprivnica-Križevci County Ratimir Ljubić reported that there are currently no new cases of COVID-19 and that a total of 88 cases of the disease have been recorded in the county since the beginning of the epidemic. The last case was confirmed last night.
13:27: The epidemiological situation in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County is getting better and if this trend continues without newly infected people, they could soon become a region without COVID positive people. “Namely, according to this morning’s data from the Civil Protection Headquarters of PGC, another person recovered, so now we have only 16 positive cases left, and 55 have recovered,” Rijeka headquarters said.
13:26: Big queues at Bregana, the main border crossing between Croatia and Slovenia.
13:04: Lika-Senj County has no new cases for the 27th day in a row and they have only one active case of infection, out of a total of 22.
13:00: In Sisak-Moslavina County, there are currently no new patients with coronavirus.
12:42: All received findings in the last 24 hours were negative, so in Brod-Posavina County there are no new cases of COVID-19, but during the day more results are expected from some swabs taken during yesterday. The total number of sick people in the Brod-Posavina County is 32, 15 people have recovered, and with 1 person who died earlier, the number of active sick people is 16.
There is only 1 person left in quarantine who will leave the quarantine facility tomorrow, and it will be completely ready for the reception and self-isolation of about 20 workers of ĐĐ Montaža, whose arrival from Sweden is expected next week.
In the last 24 hours, 462 controls were carried out on the implementation of measures to initiate economic activities by local civil protection headquarters, and warnings were issued for 11 identified irregularities in order to eliminate them.
12:36: According to currently available data in the Dubrovnik-Neretva County, no new cases of coronavirus infection have been recorded in the last 24 hours. The remaining findings from Wednesday are all negative, and 22 samples sent for analysis on Thursday are being processed. We have 3 newly cured people, 1 from Metković and 2 people from the Dubrovnik Parish (Josipovac Rehabilitation Center). There are a total of 118 infected, 87 cured and 8 dead. Since the beginning of the pandemic, 2,537 samples have been sent to Zagreb for analysis.
12:18: Two Korčulans from Lumbarda were on a flight from Frankfurt to Zagreb, from where 12 passengers infected with the coronavirus arrived. They are in self-isolation.
12:16: The city of Zagreb does not have a single newly positive person. To date, a total of 9508 people have been tested.
12:12: 162 samples were tested. There is not a single positive person in Osijek-Baranja County.
12:02: Šibenik-Knin County has no new infections, and the results of another 90 swabs of Cvjetni dom residents are due tomorrow.
12:01: Zadar County also has no new cases.
11:38: A woman from the Home in Makarska has died
According to the report of the Central Dalmatia NZJZ, out of a total of 160 processed tests from the Split-Dalmatia County, there are no newly diagnosed persons today. Out of 160 processed tests, 28 samples are from the island of Brač. A total of 414 people have been cured in Split-Dalmatia County so far.
According to the report of KBC Split, a 97-year-old woman, a user of a home for the elderly and infirm in Makarska, passed away. In addition to several severe chronic diseases, the person was also positive for COVID infection.
38 people were hospitalized. 103 health professionals are in self-isolation. 5 people are on a respirator, 3 from Split-Dalmatia County and 2 from Šibenik-Knin County. 5 people are in the quarantine of the Hotel Zagreb on Duilovo.
So far, 557 cases of coronavirus infection have been recorded in the Split-Dalmatia County, the Split-Dalmatia County Civil Protection Headquarters announced.
11:12 “THE RIGHT to access information held by public authorities is guaranteed by the Constitution of the Republic of Croatia. Despite that, the Ministry of Demography, Family, Youth and Social Policy and the Ministry of Health persistently hide inspection reports from the Split Home for the Elderly and Infirm , deceiving her with false information.
Such conduct is the embodiment of non-transparency and irresponsibility, which raises justified doubts about the true intentions of the Government and local authorities, “said the president of the Smart Party Marijana Puljak, commenting on the State Attorney’s confirmation to the media that publishing these reports would not jeopardize their investigations.
10:18: In Požega-Slavonia County, there are currently 5 active cases of coronavirus infection (COVID-19) and people are in home isolation. There are currently 4 people in self-isolation, 13 samples were sent for analysis and a total of 823 people were tested, according to the Požega-Slavonia County.
09:54: Karlovac County has no new infections.
09:47: There are no new patients in Istria, the Civil Protection Headquarters of the Istrian County reported this morning.
09:30: New beach protocol.
09:20: Slovenia Declares End to Covid Epidemic, Borders Open to EU Nationals
09:18: “HZJZ recommendations envisage a maximum beach space capacity of 15 people per 100 m2, which means 6.6 m2 per person on the beach, or a distance between 2 deck chairs of 1.5 meters. The average beach area in the Split-Dalmatia County is 2432m2 (data from the Regional Program for Arrangement and Management of Sea Beaches of the Split-Dalmatia County), which would mean a capacity of a maximum of 365 bathers according to CNIPH standards. “Please note, this is an average,” Cogelja told Dalmacija Danas. interim head of the Administrative Department for Tourism and Maritime Affairs.
07:55: To start, everyone who needs to will be allowed to enter Croatia. If they have real estate, a boat or some economic interest. Why not open up to countries that have a good epidemiological situation, such as Slovenia, said Maja Grba-Bujević on Good Morning, Croatia.
She added that everyone who wants to come must have a request and their entry will be considered, and at the border they will be instructed to know what is expected of them.
“An indoor mask should absolutely be worn. When you see another with a mask, it is a kind of warning that the virus is still present. And gloves too,” said Grba-Bujevic.
She also briefly commented on Slovenia’s decision to end the epidemic. She said she was surprised by that decision. “There is no rule for declaring a ‘corona free’ zone, it should take some time. For each of our infected epidemiologists know where he came from, they know their contacts …. I’m a little surprised by Slovenia, but ok,” she added.
07:38: Scientist Gordan Lauc wrote a lengthy post on Facebook aimed at concerned parents. He also touched on various conspiracy theories and said that vaccination is not a scam of the pharmaceutical industry and reminded that vaccination is one of the least profitable parts of pharmacy.
07:33: For June, July, and August accommodation prices are still at last year’s level.
07:28: The epidemiological situation in Istria, in which secluded villas seemed like rare tourist attractions that could attract guests at this time, is favorable. But the cancellations have begun nonetheless.
“The booking is pretty bad, most of it was canceled. Now it’s only booked from August. We have one week in July, we have one in June, and it was full from May to October. We don’t know if it will be the last minute considering that such facilities are not booked at the last minute “, said Jelena Ivković, the owner of a holiday home in Negričani, for HRT’s Regional Daily.
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06:05: The new numbers will be announced at the regular press conference at 14:00.
06:00: Welcome to the TCN daily update on COVID-19. We start the day with 2221 officially confirmed Croatia COVID-19 cases and 8 new cases since yesterday afternoon. 1850 patients have recovered. 94 people have died. 7 patients are on ventilators. There are 277 active cases.
UPDATED: May 14, 2020
18:00: Index.hr live update ended at 14:30
14:30: Recommendations for swimming on beaches and in swimming pools have been published. More on Index
14:00: National Civil Protection Headquarters press conference:
There are currently 2221 officially confirmed Croatia COVID-19 cases and 8 new cases since yesterday afternoon. 1850 patients have recovered. 94 people have died. 7 patients are on ventilators.
“In Croatia, we have 8 new cases, a total of 221 cases. 50,340 people were tested, of which 1,603 in the last 24 hours. 146 are hospitalized, there are 7 on ventilators. 1850 recovered, which is 16 more in 24 hours.”
“The epidemiological situation is good. The death toll is one of the lowest in the world in relation to the population. As we have released a normal life, we are closely monitoring the situation and monitoring what is happening to us epidemiologically, and monitoring whether new cases are related to what we released. These new cases are related to the return of our workers from Sweden. We have only one case in the City of Zagreb that we do not know how the person became infected, but I assure you that we will know very soon and we will inform you about it,” said Capak.
What about the home in Koprivnica?
“Quarantine is the name of a measure where we put healthy people indoors and do not allow them to come into contact with anyone. In this case, quarantine does not help, it is important that all these cases that occurred were immediately covered by epidemiologists.”
Arthritis as a possible cure? Are we closer to vaccine?
“Several drugs have been tried. The latter has been shown to be good in limited studies, but should be used in patients who have a more serious condition, such as before being put on a ventilator. It can have side effects, it is not a drug that anyone with a mild form of COVID can get.”
On compliance with measures
“The Directorate of Civil Protection, together with the inspection and police officers, are supervising the implementation of measures. From 6 to 13 May, about 58 thousand business entities were visited, 1,400 irregularities were noticed. We are talking about a large number of facilities used in service activities, it is impossible to cover everything with inspections. We are talking about recommendations, we think that in the first phase, that citizens have received enough information about what kind of disease it is, how to protect ourselves best and this helped us to get out of the first phase in a way to minimize damage, and this allowed us to relax the measures.
This is a disease in which we can win all together, the point is not, if it is an individual case, the worst sanction is the transmission of the disease. The fact is that someone has compromised someone’s health.”
About concerts
“If someone asks us to prescribe special recommendations, but we believe that with these recommendations, which we will publish and which start on Monday, we will cover everything,” said Capak.
About borders
“I spoke with the Chief this morning, he did not know all the details of this decision, so there are no misunderstandings. As for third countries, all members agree that the ban on citizens’ entry will be extended until June 15.”
Are public gatherings forbidden?
“There is no presumption. There is no ban on public assembly and there is no ban on protesting.”
Will pivot pressures be reduced?
“We’re thinking about everything, we’ll consider that too.”
About homes
“I don’t know how many people died in the home in total. In the whole of Europe, about 60 percent, somewhere more, of people who died from homes are older. In our country, there are slightly fewer. In all homes where the breakthrough occurred, there was epidemiological treatment. We acted extremely fast. We had enough space in hospitals for their hospitalization.
It depends on the comfort of the person and their general health, how it will flare up.”
About serology testing
“We will test with two tests, none of the employees of Zarazna who were tested were infected with the virus, the data collected so far show. We do not have all the results yet. The swabs were also negative.
As for the rumor about some kind of population infection, herd infection, there is not much of this research yet, in some provinces it went up to a maximum of 15 percent, all those who tried to achieve this modality managed to have a large number of sick and dead. It is not seen that any great infection has arisen. I think what we got with our employees is to be commended, and the real protection will only be when we get the vaccine.
These were not patients, these are healthy people who came for testing, we have to prepare the documentation that we submit to the ethics committee which then gives us approval and after that, we are allowed to test the serums of these people. I can call, a couple of people approached us who were in Wuhan and on their return had some symptoms, I invite everyone who was in Wuhan from November to January, we will include such options in the documentation for the ethics committee, so we will test them as well.”
About recommendations for beaches
“The implementation of these regulations is supervised by the Civil Protection and Inspection,” Capak said.
Is the trust of citizens in the headquarters falling?
“I think that Croatia’s results in the fight against the pandemic speak best about the trust of Croatian citizens in this headquarters,” Bozinovic replied, thank the journalist for the question.
13:45: Out of eight cases, seven are related to the flight from Frankfurt: Two in Zagreb, three in Požega and two in Slavonski Brod.
13:30: 3 new cases of coronavirus infection were registered in Zagreb.
“Two of the three positives are related to the Frankfurt-Zagreb flight. As a result, 24 people were placed in self-isolation. The good news is that seven citizens have recovered from the coronavirus infection, and a total of 436 people have recovered,” said the deputy director of the Institute for public health Sandra Šikić.
13:19: According to currently available data, no new cases of coronavirus infection have been recorded in the Dubrovnik-Neretva County in the last 24 hours. The remaining findings from Tuesday are all negative, and 64 samples are being processed and sent for analysis on Wednesday.
13:14: According to the data of the Zagreb County Public Health Institute in Zagreb County until Thursday, by 11:00 am, 129 individuals had been diagnosed with the coronavirus. Compared to yesterday’s data, this is the same number, which means that there are no new cases in the Zagreb County for the sixteenth day in a row, and one more person has been cured. So far, a total of 114 people have been cured and four have died.
12:59: Brod-Posavina has two new cases
In the last 24 hours in Brod-Posavina County, there are 2 more newly infected people with COVID-19. One positive finding arrived last night, one this morning, and in both cases, it is about family contacts of sick workers who arrived recently from Sweden. The good news is that, after two consecutive negative findings, 2 people recovered. The total number of sick people inBrod-Posavina County is now 32, 15 people have recovered, and with 1 person who died earlier, the number of active sick people is now 16, said the Headquarters.
12:48: Today, there are no new cases in Sisak-Moslavina County, and they still have four patients with COVID-19.
12:37: The government session has begun.
12:17: According to the report of the NZJZ of Split-Dalmatia County, out of a total of 292 processed tests from the area of Split-Dalmatia County, there are no newly infected people today. Out of 292 processed tests, 67 samples are from the island of Brač. Test samples are taken continuously and sent for further processing. A total of 412 people have been cured in Split-Dalmatia County so far.
40 people are hospitalized. 103 health professionals are in self-isolation. 3 people are on a ventilator, 2 from Split-Dalmatia County and 1 from Šibenik-Knin County. 7 people are in the quarantine of the Hotel Zagreb in Duilovo.
So far, 557 cases of coronavirus infection have been recorded in Split-Dalmatia County.
11:40: On Monday, May 18, the Croatian National Theater in Split will perform the comic drama Laponija as its first play in front of an audience after a two-month break caused by a coronavirus pandemic.
11:38: There are no new cases in Šibenik-Knin County today, and regarding the outbreak in the Home for the Elderly and the Infirm ‘Cvjetni dom’ in Šibenik, epidemiological investigations are still ongoing, the County Civil Protection Headquarters reported, reports ŠibenikIN.
11:00: There are no new cases in Zadar County
10:49: From Monday, May 11, the branch of Privredna banka Zagreb d.d. in Supetar is closed until further notice, the Brac HQ announced yesterday. All employees of the branch were preventively assigned self-isolation due to suspicion of contacts with a COVID positive person. “We will inform you in a timely manner about all changes and the possible continuation of the work of the branch,” they said.
10:39: Three new cases in Požega-Slavonia County
The Civil Protection Headquarters of Požega-Slavonia County held a press conference at which it was confirmed that there are three new cases of coronavirus infection in Požega-Slavonia County, since the close contact of one of the two persons who returned positive from temporary work in Sweden received positive results, which is a total of 5 active in the county.
10:35: A Croat from Iceland described how the monitoring application works there. More on Index
10:25: Minister of Tourism Gari Cappelli said that negotiations with Slovenia on the arrival of their citizens in Croatia are underway. The minister says negotiations should be over in the coming days, and that at the end of the month we can expect a much easier flow of people from the neighboring country. More on Index
10:04: There are no new cases in Krapina-Zagorje County
In the area of Krapina-Zagorje County, for the sixteenth day in a row, no new cases were recorded, and in the past 24 hours, 8 more people recovered; 2 from Oroslavje and one person each from Veliki Trgovišće, Zlatar Bistrica, Tuhelj, Jesenje, Bedekovčina and Pregrada. The total number of recoveries is 116, and the current number of active cases in the county is 22. There are 20 people in self-isolation. In the past 24 hours, 27 samples were tested, of which 22 were negative, while the results are pending for 5. A total of 2298 samples have been tested so far.
10:02: Gari Cappelli, Minister of Tourism, in the show U Mreži Prvi on HRT said that Croatia has very well and precisely prepared measures, in agreement with epidemiologists and associations of tourism workers, and they are incorporated into the guidelines of the European Commission.
10:00: In the show Together for Health on HRT, Gordan Deranja from HUP and Siniša Mihelić, president of the Trade Union of Traffic Participants, said that they were afraid of what could happen after three months and called on the state to react. Namely, more than 7,400 companies are still demanding the payment of the state minimum wage, and some do not even see a solution in the three-month tax payment delay.
“The question is how the economy will survive after three months of state measures. We are satisfied with how the government reacted, but it bothers us how to proceed. We know that a recession is coming and we want clearly defined positions to adapt and survive,” Gordana Deranja said.
9:55: Karlovac County has no newly infected, as well as Primorje-Gorski Kotar. There are still 17 active cases in Primorje-Gorski Kotar.
9:52: Today, Istria County does not have a single new case, after they recorded new cases in the past two days, both passengers from the Frankfurt-Zagreb plane.
9:46: According to the data that arrived this morning (May 14, 2020) from the on-duty services at the Civil Protection Headquarters of Osijek-Baranja County, favorable movements regarding the coronavirus have continued in the past 24 hours.
In the laboratory of the Clinical Hospital Center Osijek, 149 samples were tested for COVID-19 and all of them were negative, so the total number of patients remained at 131 people for the sixth day. The number of persons in self-isolation was reduced by another eight, with nine persons leaving the measure on the recommendation of the epidemiological service, and a self-isolation measure (passenger from the aircraft) was determined for one (new contact). There are currently 77 people in self-isolation.
The police conducted 16 self-initiated checks of persons in self-isolation and determined that all of them complied with this measure, ie they were found at the reported address.
The good news is that another person with COVID-19 has been cured since yesterday, which was confirmed by a double negative test, they add. The total number cured is now 105 people. Six patients are being treated at the Osijek Clinical Hospital, and none of them are on a ventilator.
9:37: Vukovar-Srijem County no longer has a single active case of coronavirus.
8:46: Bjelovar-Bilogora County has no new cases.
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08:14: The Split County Chamber analyzed the business in April, writes HRT. According to the analysis, more than 2,000 companies with about 8,000 employees have been shut down. The number of newly registered at the Employment Bureau is 3800.
07:55: The director of the Border Administration, Zoran Ničeno, also said that the police found people from the flight Frankfurt – Zagreb who did not answer the phone within 45 minutes.
“People did not answer the phone to epidemiologists, their phone was turned off. When we received the report, within 45 minutes the patrol went to their addresses, it immediately found three people and subsequently another one,” Ničeno revealed. four people Capak said at a press conference Monday afternoon had not yet been found. Police were alerted Monday night who went to their addresses and found them.
07:44: Will tourists be measured for temperature?
“Traffic blocking was one of the strongest epidemiological measures we had. We had a lot of talks about cargo entry, cargo transit, because of the necessary activities. I think we did it very successfully. And what we did had reflections on our neighboring countries. We have established a coordination of heads of state in the wider region, we have a conference every week.Italy, Austria, Slovenia, BiH and Serbia are here. We are talking about return, about cross-border workers, about all measures and trying to find a way to suit everyone.
On March 19, we made the first decision to ban the border crossing, it was modified a lot.
Until now, there was a system of self-isolation, each person was registered, his address and telephone number. By changing the decision, we did not repeal all measures, it is not a return to the old, there is still recording every person who enters and taking their data so that we can find it and acquaint the person with all epidemiological instructions that are half a step below self-isolation. The instructions instruct them to avoid going out, wear masks, etc. in the first 14 days … “, said the head of the Border Administration Zoran Ničeno on Croatian Radio.
07:40: “I would not say that we will spoil the good epidemiological situation due to the opening of borders and tourism. I said that we have prepared measures and that based on the conclusions of all European ministers, I think we are a step forward. We were so precise, made instructions and recommendations for each type of accommodation and all proposals are more precise than those of the European Union Epidemiological measures are good, I think that Croatian conditions and measures are incorporated in some documents of the European Union.
We are negotiating with five countries, on Saturday we will agree on details with Slovenia. As early as next week we will have recommendations for crossing the border, we will have corridors to stop at destinations, where they will refuel, buy food. If someone e.g. from Klagenfurt goes to Pula, he will get the exact corridor to go, where he can stop and buy fuel and food …
It was logical to allow Slovenians to get to their cottages, houses, boats, these days everything will be defined for them. Protocols are prepared, they will get an info sheet with everything on they have to behave, where they are allowed to go. In a few days we will solve the fact that they do not have to go into isolation for a week when they return to Slovenia.
I think that by the end of next week at the latest, we will have the first situation resolved, this one with Slovenia, and then we expect a more massive situation,” Capelli said.
07:30: Dragan Primorac was a guest on the show Dobro Jutro, Hrvatska. He said that he did not look catastrophically at the arrival of autumn and winter and that the epidemic would be defeated by the responsibility of the people. “We knew that the increase in humidity and temperature would lead to the situation as it is today. We now have a significantly milder form of the disease. We must adapt our behavior, adhere to precautionary measures and continue a normal life,” said Primorac.
06:05: The new numbers will be announced at the regular press conference at 14:00.
06:00: Welcome to the TCN daily update on COVID-19. We start the day with 2213 officially confirmed Croatia COVID-19 cases and 6 new cases since yesterday afternoon. 1834 patients have recovered. 94 people have died. 9 patients are on ventilators. There are 285 active cases.
UPDATES from May 13, 2020
18:00: Index ended its live update at 14:04
14:04: Capak says that it is being investigated how the virus entered the home in Šibenik.
14:00: National Civil Protection HQ:
There are currently 2213 officially confirmed Croatia COVID-19 cases and 6 new cases since yesterday afternoon. Three fatalities since yesterday.
“it is the 79th day of the coronavirus in Croatia. We have 6 new cases, a total of 2213 cases. 48737 have been tested, 1257 were tested in the last 24 hours. The percentage is 4.54 percent. Three died – in Zagreb, Koprivnica, and Split,” said Beros.
Journalists’ questions:
About the nursing home in Šibenik
“The situation is being investigated, I don’t know the details. Tomorrow I will say everything in detail.”
About children’s playrooms and nightclubs
“We believe that we have opened them together with the recommendations of kindergartens and schools. If an explanation is needed, we ask the owners to contact us. As for nightclubs, they will be on the agenda. We do not know yet.”
About the flight from Frankfurt
“The flight is from May 2 from Frankfurt with 74 people on board. A list of passengers has been requested, all have been identified, police have taken their data during the crossing, and four people were found last night. An epidemiologist has ordered a measure of self-isolation.”
About graduation
“We’re still talking about graduation. The service and the jurisdiction of the ministry are ongoing and when we decide whether high school seniors in self-isolation go to exams or not.”
About newspapers
“Newspapers can be anywhere they were before the epidemic”
“There is no information that the infection would be transmitted to newspapers. It is true that there was a recommendation that they should not be, it is purely for hygienic reasons … We believe in the hygienic habits of our citizens and newspapers can be in cafes and hair salons,” Capak said.
About borders
“The EC has come out with several documents on border crossing, and the reactivation of tourism … Everyone’s goal is the same, that is to start tourism, so as not to minimize the risks when it comes to the expansion of COVID. We are all in touch. It is really quite an extensive document. We are in contact with European institutions and neighboring countries from which tourists come to us. At this moment Croatia can be entered under the conditions we said. Hotels are open, if someone comes with a reservation to a hotel, the border police will let them in. The European document is the basis for work this year, if the coronavirus allows us to do so, and I think that at least we in Croatia and a number of countries have shown success, how to start a whole range of economies, hotels, border crossings .. of course under these conditions you can enter Croatia but the rights of the season will be agreed at the EU level or with each other.
A map of the regions will be issued on a daily basis and everyone will have the opportunity to gain insight into that map and see how the region stands in the fight against the corona and then make an individual decision. The intention of all this is for the citizens to be informed, to give recommendations to both the states and those who deal with tourism within those states, so that tourism happens this year.”
About the Frankfurt flight, some say that they are not prescribed self-isolation?
“Those who cross the border do not go into self-isolation, but receive behavioral instructions for the next 14 which say they must measure temperature, avoid contacts … and the like, which are very close to self-isolation. The person is asked not to go to populated areas, not to go into close contacts.
For the passengers on May 2, I can’t answer you, all of them were stripped of their self-isolation measure by this decision, but now it is prescribed for them.”
Liberalization in the markets
“As far as I know, since Easter, fruits and vegetables have been sold in the open and on the stands, so far there is no need to prescribe or liberalize anything further.”
About searches in KB Dubrava
“I did not say that patients from Dubrava are redirected to other institutions. The ways in which waiting lists should be evaluated are clearly defined. That is the way we tried to solve all the backlogs.”
About kindergartens, is an adaptation in which a parent is present allowed?
“I don’t know how to answer that, you need to ask the founders. Epidemiologically, that’s not a problem.”
What criteria did you follow when selecting candidates for serology testing?
“I will answer you when the sample is collected and when we have the results. I can tell you in general that it is the entire territory of the Republic of Croatia, the age sample,” said Capak.
Is it a quarantine disease?
“Quarantine can be declared for all infectious diseases. When a new infection comes, then everything rises to a higher level. There are many elements why quarantine was needed for this disease,” said Markotić.
“It’s not about tracking applications, it’s about IT support CONTACT tracing, this is about people’s voluntary consent. This application only makes sense if everyone has more or less the same solution, and the basis for this solution is still under development. This is not an application for monitoring and geolocation, it will be a condition at the European level to be owned by the Ministry of Health … You will be able to download this application, if someone who has the application and has become COVID positive, if yes, then people who have been near him can be warned that they were near a person who is positive for coronavirus. This is an attempt to help people. To be warned that they have been near a positive, so that he can be tested and seen whether he was infected in that period and in that period. Completely voluntarily and completely protected, it is not about monitoring, but informing people that they were in the vicinity of an infected person.”
13:32: According to currently available data in Dubrovnik-Neretva County, no new cases have been recorded in the last 24 hours. The remaining findings from Monday are all negative, and 48 samples sent for analysis on Tuesday are being processed.
There are a total of 118 cases.
13:09: According to the report of KBC Split, an elderly woman born in 1927 died in the morning. The deceased was a beneficiary of a private home for the elderly and infirm in Dicmo. The person was on a ventilator and, in addition to several serious chronic diseases, was also positive for COVID-19, the Civil Protection Headquarters of the Split-Dalmatia County reported.
12:48: After five consecutive days with new cases, in the last 24 hours in Brod-Posavina County there are no newly infected persons. All the findings in the last 24 hours were negative, but during the day the results of some of the swabs taken yesterday are expected. The total number of cases in Brod-Posavina County is 30, 13 people have recovered, and with one person who died earlier, the number of active patients is now 16.
15 people who were in quarantine without epidemiological reasons, ie only due to crossing the state border, were released from quarantine since the self-isolation measure is no longer mandatory. There are currently 2 people in quarantine from Sweden and Germany whose accommodation and isolation is necessary for epidemiological reasons. Also, due to the worsening epidemiological situation in Brod-Posavina County in recent days, caused by the arrival of more workers from Sweden, and in accordance with yesterday’s conclusion of the County Civil Protection Headquarters, today the National Civil Protection Headquarters and the Civil Protection Directorate were sent a request that the county quarantine facility it remains in function and at the disposal of the County Civil Protection Headquarters.
In the last 24 hours, 355 controls of the implementation of measures for initiating economic activities by local civil protection headquarters were performed, and warnings were issued for 11 identified irregularities in order to eliminate them. Additional controls and supervisions of appointed county teams are initiated at social welfare institutions and other service providers in the social welfare system, as well as additional controls over the implementation of the “Wish” project, all with the aim of safety and protection of service providers and service recipients.
12:13: Vjekoslav Jeleč said that in Zagreb there is one positive person after six days without new infections. “A patient who had symptoms in Germany was tested after 14 days, returned to Croatia with a negative result, after self-isolation the doctor sent him for re-testing and he is positive,” Jeleč said.
11:54: After two new cases yesterday, Zadar has no new cases today.
11:52: In Požega-Slavonia County, 2 cases of COVID-19 are still confirmed. There are currently 4 people in self-isolation, 55 samples were sent for analysis and a total of 782 people were tested.
11:49: Vukovar-Srijem County has no new patients.
11:47: According to the data of the Zagreb County Public Health Institute, in the area of Zagreb County until Wednesday at 11:00 a.m., 129 individuals had been diagnosed with the new coronavirus. Compared to yesterday’s data, this is the same number, which means that there are no new cases in Zagreb County for the 15th day. The number of recoveries is also the same as yesterday. So far, a total of 113 people have been cured and four have died.
11:46: On the fifteenth day, there are no new patients in Krapina-Zagorje County. 108 were cured, 30 active cases.
11:40: Šibenik nursing home has 299 users. Director: 40 of them have been tested.
11:35: Cappelli revealed when the borders are opening. More on Index
11:03: Osijek-Baranja County has no new cases for six days in a row. 168 people were tested.
11:00: There are no new patients in Karlovac County. 27 people have recovered.
10:20: One newly diagnosed person in Šibenik-Knin County has been confirmed. She is a resident of the Home for the Elderly and the Infirm “Cvjetni dom” Šibenik, and epidemiological investigations are underway.
10:03: According to the report of the NZJZ, out of a total of 233 processed tests from Split-Dalmatia County, there are 3 new cases – from Supetar 2 and Split 1. Out of 233 processed tests, 43 samples are from the island of Brač. Among the new cases is a health worker from KBC Split (nurse) who is in self-isolation. Compared to yesterday, another 12 people were cured, and so far a total of 405 people have recovered in the Split-Dalmatia County.
So far, 557 cases of coronavirus infection have been recorded in Split-Dalmatia County, the Split-Dalmatia County Civil Protection Headquarters reported.
9:46: There is another case in Istria County. This is a person who was also on a flight from Frankfurt.
9:20: Bjelovar-Bilogora County has no new cases.
8:47: Another 26 workers, Đuro Đaković, are to return from Sweden. What will happen to them? More on Index
8:36: Virovitica-Podravina County has no new infections
For the eleventh day in a row, there are no coronavirus infections in the Virovitica-Podravina County, in the last 24 hours, 26 people were tested, all of them were negative for COVID 19
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07:55: The Chief of the Istrian Headquarters revealed details about a foreigner who was infected and was on a flight. “This is a Spaniard who is married to a Croatian citizen, and their family returned home to Pula. They had the right to return home. Fortunately, this was all when self-isolation was mandatory. We have 8 people in Istria from that summer. , and everyone was in isolation and respected it. The problem is that seven days after the arrival of the flight we found out about the infection. We immediately contacted everyone, luckily everyone was in isolation. The passenger who got the symptoms immediately contacted the doctor,” Kozlevac said.
07:44: “Passengers are certainly being intensively searched for. All but those four have been found,” said Maja Grba Bujević when asked if there was a culprit for the infected passengers from the Frankfurt – Zagreb flight. “Of course, everything will be investigated, how they got on the plane, what was the protocol, how many of them there were and how they sat, all that needs to be determined,” she added.
07:39: Željka Karin from the Split Institute of Public Health said this morning on Croatian Radio that there are currently 39 infected people on Brač.
06:05: The new numbers will be announced at the regular press conference at 14:00.
06:00: Welcome to the TCN daily update on COVID-19. We start the day with 2207 officially confirmed Croatia COVID-19 cases and 11 new cases since yesterday afternoon. 1808 patients have recovered. 91 people have died. 11 patients are on ventilators. There are 321 active cases.
UPDATES from May 12, 2020
18:00: Index’s live updates ended at 15:30
15:30: A man who was punished for violating self-isolation when he drove manure into a field appeared. More on Index
15:15: The head of Osijek’s Zarazna described how she contracted the corona and what symptoms she had. More on Index
15:00: HZJZ published recommendations for training and sports-recreational activities in indoor sports facilities.
The recommendations refer to the implementation of measures during sports and recreational activities in sports facilities during the coronavirus epidemic in order to protect users and employees of the facilities and other associates. Recreation centers, including gyms and all forms of sports halls.
Training and sports and recreational activities are allowed to all athletes and users of sports and recreational facilities in indoor sports facilities in compliance with these recommendations and all other valid epidemiological recommendations of the CNIPH, as long as special measures are in force. > More
14:50: Today, journalists wanted to ask more about his statement yesterday that people who were in self-isolation could go to the polls. Capak was questioned, and Bozinovic did not allow him to answer, but took the floor himself.
“Allow me to answer that question,” said Bozinovic, who immediately came to the podium even though the question was addressed to Capak.
“Politics decides on the elections when the parliament is dissolved. The SEC is in charge of the organization. As far as the HQ is concerned, it will give an opinion if and when asked,” Bozinovic said.
14:40: Family of a woman buried in Grude: “Yesterday we were told to release my mother from the hospital” More on Index
14:00: National Civil Protection HQ press conferences:
There are currently 2207 officially confirmed COVID-19 cases and 11 new cases since yesterday afternoon. No fatalities since yesterday.
“We have 11 new cases, a total of 2207 cases. A total of 47,480 were tested, in the last 24 hours, there were 1409. The percentage of positives is 4.65,” said Beros.
“As you know, an omission occurred at KBC Split. The identities of two patients were exchanged, one of whom died. The director informed me. He visited the grieving family and expressed his condolences. What happened in Split is a big and painful omission. I express my regret and deep condolences. Responsibility must be established for this omission. Internal control has been initiated and a request for dismissal has been initiated. The inspection of the Ministry of Health will start the procedure today. It expects the inspection findings, you will be informed.”
Journalists’ questions follow:
About Split
“Details that may be premature to talk about. I will just say that KBC Split is in a very specific situation. They used to receive dozens of patients a day, some of them with dementia, most likely coming after an emergency admission and placement on the ward. That replacement did not cause a fatal outcome, it is important to note. It all came to light when another patient was returned home.”
About voting for those in self-isolation
“The elections are decided by politics, the election commission is in charge of organizing the elections, and as far as the HQ is concerned, the HZJZ will give its expert opinion when asked. The rules that exist, exist. This is not an issue we can talk about now, the elections have not been called, the parliament has not been dissolved, the DIP has not responded to ask for an opinion, that is all we will say now,” Bozinovic replied.
About the flight from Frankfurt
“74 people arrived in Zagreb on a flight from Frankfurt on May 2. Among them were several workers of Đuro Đaković who were returning from Sweden. Now we have a total of 9 workers who are infected, who are mostly from Brod-Posavina and Požega-Slavonia counties, and three passengers, from Sisak, Zadar, and Istria, who are positive. Some passengers have already been contacted and tested, some have not yet been reached.”
How many people have violated self-isolation? It was said a month ago that these people were bioterrorists, and now they can go to the polls?
“About 1920 people violated self-isolation. The police will continue to investigate this activity. When the police find a violation of the measure, the state inspectorate is informed. It is self-isolation prescribed by HZJZ, after following the contacts of a positive person. These other self-isolations introduced as a preventive measure, at the borders, this is now changing, and the European Commission will tomorrow come out with recommendations of borders within the EU and the possibility of activating tourism. In this context, they will discuss how individual countries and regions can have internal agreements to regulate the crossing of the border through phases … You know that there is one such area in the Baltics, other areas are being discussed now. You know that we are also in contact with our neighbors,” answered Božinović.
About the health system
“We did some analysis, we got some data that is not complete. I think we are above the projected 30 percent which is an exceptional result compared to the epidemiological framework. So we are happy with the first phase of system reactivation. This epidemic time is not the right time for some. For example, in April, the Croatian Health Insurance Fund earned less than about 400,000 million … Overdue debts are around 4.2 billion kuna,” Beroš replied.
Are people who violate self-isolation bioterrorists? Does Capak agree with that statement?
“Anyone who is aware that he has been in contact with a sick person and has been given a measure, of course, is responsible for such behavior. If any other measures were imposed in a context where the whole world had an increased number of cases, if they are precautions, then it’s something else. Everyone who has been in contact with a sick person has been instructed and is endangering others. I think the answer to the question is clear,” Markotic said.
“I have nothing to add,” Capak said.
About Saturday’s election?
“I thank you for thinking about the health and well-being of Croatian citizens,” Bozinovic replied.
13:27: HZJZ writes that people in self-isolation are not allowed to take children to school. But they will be able to go to the polls.
13:25: Krka National Park has greatly lowered ticket prices, see how much they cost now on Index
13:10: According to currently available data, no new cases of coronavirus infection have been recorded in Dubrovnik-Neretva County in the last 24 hours, and 6 patients have been cured. Of the 71 samples sent for analysis on Monday, 26 were negative while the rest were being processed.
Among those cured are 3 people from Dubrovnik and 3 people from Ploče.
A total of 118 were infected, 84 cured and 8 died. Since the beginning of the pandemic, 2403 samples have been sent to Zagreb for analysis.
As of today, 4 positive patients are hospitalized, 4 at the Infectious Diseases Department of OB Dubrovnik, and 1 patient is intubated in the Intensive Care Unit.
A total of 627 citizens are in self-isolation, and in the last 24 hours, no violation of the self-isolation measures has been established. Since the beginning of the pandemic, a total of 36 cases of self-isolation violations have been identified.
The headquarters continues to appeal to the citizens to adhere to all prescribed measures by the Croatian Institute of Public Health and the Civil Protection Headquarters of the Republic of Croatia.
13:06: The Civil Protection Headquarters of Koprivnica-Križevci County reported that there are four new cases, namely the residents of the Home for the Elderly and Infirm Koprivnica, contacts of previously positive individuals.
13:04: In Sisak-Moslavina County, one new case was recorded, totaling to four patients.
13:02: According to the report of the NZJZ of Split-Dalmatia County, out of a total of 282 processed tests from the area of Split-Dalmatia County, there are no newly infected people today.
Out of 282 processed tests, 76 processed samples are from the island of Brač. Test samples are taken continuously and sent for further processing. A total of 393 people have been cured in Split-Dalmatia County so far.
46 people are hospitalized.
116 health professionals are in self-isolation.
6 people are on ventilators – 4 from Split-Dalmatia County, and 2 from Šibenik-Knin County.
10 people are in the quarantine of the Hotel Zagreb in Duilovo.
There are no new cases in Split-Dalmatia County, and so far 554 cases of coronavirus infection have been recorded.
12:54: “We are waiting for the swab results. Everything that is positive today, I hope it will be as small as possible, all their contacts during the day must be isolated, they must prepare for tomorrow’s testing, also, epidemiologists must prepare and know how many swabs will take tomorrow,” said the head of the local Civil Protection Headquarters, Nikola Martinic Dragan, for HRT’s Dnevnik.
12:27: Another case has been confirmed in Brod-Posavina County. This is a person who is his 70s and is not on a ventilator, the SBonline portal announced.
12:19: Virovitica-Podravina County has no new cases.
12:10: According to the data of the Zagreb County Public Health Institute, in the area of Zagreb County until Tuesday at 11 a.m., 129 individuals had been diagnosed. Compared to yesterday’s data, this is the same number, which means that there are no new cases in Zagreb County for the fourteenth day in a row, and three more people have been cured. So far, a total of 113 people have been cured and four have died.
12:09: There are 8778 total tested in the City of Zagreb. For the sixth day in a row, there are no new cases. There are 46 active cases in Zagreb.
12:08: In March and April, almost 40,000 people lost their jobs in Croatia. More on Index
11:55: There have been no new cases in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County in the last 24 hours.
11:50: Karlovac County has no new infections.
11:30: TOMISLAV ZORIĆ is a Zagreb lawyer who, for almost a month, until he was called last night by the Minister of Health Vili Beroš, believed that his aunt was buried in Grude in mid-April. And then the reverse: his aunt did not die, but, due to an inexplicable change of identity in the Split hospital, another woman was buried. His aunt is alive. More on Index
10:35: In Istria County, after 23 days without new infections, there is one positive finding in Istria. As reported by the Headquarters, this is a foreign citizen, a person from self-isolation, who came by plane from Frankfurt to Zagreb on May 2, 2020, from the area of Spain.
10:26: There are newly infected people in Požega-Slavonia County. These are workers from Sweden.
“After 41 days of not having any new cases, the day before yesterday, two of our citizens who were on fieldwork in Sweden were tested for coronavirus. These people came home from Sweden by plane and were transported from Zagreb’s Požega airport by van. It is two younger males, and we have a list of their contacts. They are in good general condition and are in home isolation, while their contacts are in self-isolation. They came in an organized and group manner with their work colleagues from Sweden and had NO symptoms and I don’t know if there was a person with symptoms in the van. They were immediately placed in self-isolation from the border, and the two of them made a total of four contacts. We are investigating all their contacts. There are no more suspicions in our area, but today we will do more tests whose results we will know tomorrow. These two infected people will be in isolation for 28 days after which we will test them twice,” reports 034port al statement by epidemiologist Vitali.
10:23: According to the data received this morning (May 12, 2020) at the Civil Protection Headquarters of Osijek-Baranja County, in the last 24 hours in the laboratory of the Clinical Hospital Center Osijek, 159 samples were tested for the COVID-19 virus. None of them were positive, and for the fourth day in a row, the total number of patients since the beginning of the pandemic remained at 131 people.
10:00: The press conference in Zadar begins. There are two positive patients. 49 patients were tested yesterday and two were positive. A total of 87 were infected.
“One person was in contact on the flight on 2.5 from Frankfurt. There were already positive people on that flight, workers returning from Sweden. We were informed at the Zadar Institute that we were testing passengers from that plane. We had 11 of them in the area. One was positive, he had only one contact, it was a taxi driver.
The other person is from Biograd, he had some symptoms, a mild clinical picture. His doctor insisted. These symptoms were in early May. He didn’t have any wider movement, it’s family contacts, 6 of them,” they said at the press conference.
9:55: For the fourteenth day in a row, no new cases have been recorded in Krapina-Zagorje County, and 4 more people have recovered in the past 24 hours; from Pregrada, Oroslavje, Gornja Stubica and Lobor. The total number of recoveries is 105, and the current number of active cases in the county is 33. There are 30 people in self-isolation.
9:49: There are waiting for the results of 120 people from Brač.
9:48: “Listening to people from the Headquarters, as if I was listening to other people two months ago,” commented the coordinator of the SDP Health Council Sašo Srić, on the Headquarters’s comments that people in isolation can go to the polls if they put on a mask. More on Index
9:23: Bjelovar-Bilogora County is still without new cases of coronavirus infection for 27 days in a row.
9:16: Graduates are writing a trial online essay today. More on Index
9:10: Vukovar-Srijem County is without new cases for the fourteenth day, so there are still a total of 40 patients.
8:47: “What happened in Split is really a big omission and mistake. It remains to be determined whether it is a case of non-compliance with procedures or someone’s mistake or negligence,” Beroš commented on the replacement of patients in Split. More on Index
8:35: What happened at the Split hospital? They replaced patients twice. More on Index
8:30: Epidemiologist Iva Pem Novosel from the Croatian Institute of Public Health commented this morning on the situation in the Split-Dalmatia County, ie on the island of Brač, which has become the focus of the coronavirus. More on Index
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07:56: “There was one positive that he passed on to other people, through an event that shouldn’t have happened, through socializing that wasn’t recommended, through close contacts. It’s an indication that this new normal is not something old and that we can socialize as before, hug, kiss, have close contacts, but we should take care of the distance and not come into close contact and pass on to each other “, Deputy Chief of the National Civil Protection Staff Damir Trut commented the case on Brač in the show on Croatian Radio.
07:10: YESTERDAY, it was announced at a press conference that in the last 24 hours, nine newly infected with coronavirus were confirmed, seven of whom are from the island of Brač, and one person died.
The total number of patients in Croatia is 2,196. “46,071 tests were performed, of which 1,169 in the last 24 hours. The percentage of positives is 4.77 percent,” Health Minister Vili Beros told a news conference.
One person born in 1936, who had chronic diseases, died in Koprivnica. There are 12 patients on the respirator, and 160 of them were hospitalized, which is nine less than yesterday.
684 people are from health institutions, which is nine more than yesterday. 1,100 people have recovered at home, 11 more than yesterday. A total of 1784 of them recovered, which is 20 people more than yesterday.
Most new patients from self-isolation
The Minister emphasized that seven of the nine newly infected are from the island of Brač, and two from the Brod-Posavina County, and that the majority is from self-isolation.
On Monday, about a hundred other islanders who had been in contact with 41 infected people in six places in the past few days were tested on the island of Brač, the county Civil Protection Headquarters reported.
There are currently 20 infected people on Brač in Nerežišće, ten in Pučišća, six in Supetar, three in Bol and one each in Sutivan and Milna.
In Brod-Posavina County, two newly infected people were confirmed in the last 24 hours, and nine new cases were discovered in four days, the Civil Protection Headquarters of Brod-Posavina County announced on Monday.
The nine people who fell ill in those four days are part of a group of about twenty workers who returned home from Sweden.
In the Brod-Posavina County, 12 people have recovered, and currently 16 people are in the status of active patients with covid-19.
There are 17 people in the county quarantine – 11 from Bosnia and Herzegovina, two from Serbia and one each from Sweden, Germany, Finland and the USA.
“We are still working intensively on looking for new contacts and infected, we also took swabs of several children today. Unfortunately, we can expect more patients, but I hope it will be less and less and there will be no boom that was, we test the general population in order to include all contacts “, said yesterday for N1 Nadjan Šerić, head of the Epidemiological Service Brač.
06:05: The new numbers will be announced at the regular press conference at 14:00.
06:00: Welcome to the TCN daily update on COVID-19. We start the day with 1784 patients have recovered. 91 people have died. 12 patients are on ventilators. There are 321 active cases.
UPDATES for May 11, 2020
18:00: Index’s live updates ended at 14:40 today
14:40: Krunoslav Capak said that people who are in self-isolation will probably be able to go to the polls. More on Index
14:10: Blaženka Divjak of the union Preporod asked four questions. More on Index
14:05: Minister of Tourism Gari Cappelli said that the message was sent to the surrounding countries that Croatia has begun to function in a tourist way, regardless of all existing measures.
“It is a very clear thing – you can come to a hotel, camp, private accommodation, you can eat in restaurants and inside and outside. You can rent a boat and go sailing, marinas are open. Croatia from today breathes tourism,” said the minister as a guest on HRT’s show Together for Health.
14:03 The union announced how many students came to school today. > More
14:00: National Civil Protection Headquarters press conference:
There are currently 2196 officially confirmed Croatia COVID-19 cases and 9 new cases since yesterday afternoon. 7 of the new cases are from Brac.
Beros is the first to speak.
“It has been 77 days since the first case. We have 9 new cases. A total of 2196 cases. 46071 people were tested, in the last 24 hours 1169 people. A man born in 1936 from Koprivnica died. A total of 1784 have recovered, 20 more than yesterday.
There are 7 new cases from Brač and two from Brod-Posavina County. The director of the Rijeka Clinical Hospital informed me that they had discharged the last positive patient from the hospital.”
Journalists’ questions:
The director of the Home in Koprivnica resigned, and Škaričić from the Home in Split?
“A resignation is a private act and I have nothing to comment on.”
About testing
“There are a lot of tests. We were getting those tests for evaluation. Part of the tests was donated for diagnostics, and part will be purchased. We will very soon present one study around the evaluation of these tests. I have to consult an assistant professor and then we will tell you the results. As for prices, they are a little more expensive at first, the moment we decide, we will tell you everything.”
How will the voting of people in self-isolation be organized?
“People are not sick, they have been in contact, so they are at increased risk. I don’t think it’s a problem for them to vote remotely. But if they put on a mask and have no symptoms, they could come to vote. Today we had a discussion, and about graduation. Children who are in self-isolation could also write graduation with a mask.”
The difference between Brac and Murter
“The main difference is that Murter requested quarantine, they discovered 30 people who have a temperature at once and they thought that everyone should be quarantined until they clear up the situation. It is different on Brac, these measures are only one small step lower than quarantine 102 swabs were taken today. “
Who estimates who will enter Croatia?
“According to the reports I received, 667 foreign 285 Slovenes, 60 citizens of rarer countries, mostly those from BiH, some from Serbia, more than 20 from Austria, Germany … entered Croatia since the measures were taken … It is not always possible to predict every situation, if you have an invitation to a business meeting, of course, they will let you in, if the situation is not clear, it is best to use the opportunities via the newly opened mail address of the Border Directorate and ask. When they get an answer, show it at the border and it is much faster and safer.
As for the hotel reservation, of course, they will receive all the measures in writing upon entering the country, which can also be the reason for entering the Republic of Croatia.”
About Wuhan
“The virus responds wherever we relax. The last to be warned is Brac, entry from Sweden, entry from Germany. A lot has been made possible in our lives, but we must remain responsible. We must not reduce the distance. I see today in front of a bank of fellow citizens of 70 plus years, about 30 centimeters from each other … We can do everything, but respecting the basic measures .. Even the NY Times praises us. We have to have distance, distance, hygiene and so on … “
About the Split nursing home
“It’s not clear to me what unofficial dissatisfaction means. It’s not a way for institutions to communicate, the interior minister has nothing to do with surveys.”
On returning to Austria, why do only Croats have to be tested and other EU citizens do not?
“Every state that sets the conditions must ensure that these conditions can be met. This is the first time I have heard that Croats would be in a different position compared to other EU members. I have to check that,” Bozinovic said.
What to expect with serology testing?
“I know that NZJZ obtained the tests before us, before HZJZ. We completed the validation yesterday. On more than 100 tests we got very good results, if not excellent. All showed results as shown by the PCR test. We had problems getting permission from the ethics committee. Everything is ready now, they are being implemented, I hope we will have results early next week.”
Are a thousand tests good enough?
“This is not a representative sample for the Republic of Croatia, we have applied for a project to the Science Foundation and we hope that it will be approved and then we will have the financial means to procure many more tests. And then we will conduct testing in some subpopulations …”
Work on Sundays, does the work ban also apply to souvenir shops?
“I don’t know about that inquiry. The decision is as we made it and it is valid until some circumstances change,” Bozinovic replied.
When will extracurricular activities be provided, when will contact sports?
“We’ve brought detailed instructions. We posted instructions for all outdoor training yesterday. We’ll post indoor training tomorrow, and it can be trained from the 13th onwards.”
About self-isolation
“All those who received self-isolation before the decision, only those who received only isolation for crossing the border, will have their measure revoked. But those who have a certain measure of self-isolation due to contact.
Pools open on May 18
“We have not published recommendations for swimming pools, they are in the final phase. We have a meeting tomorrow with the water polo association to agree on specific instructions,” Capak replied.
13:34: Another resident of the Home for the Elderly in Koprivnica has died. It is the 11th corona victim in the county, and the tenth from the Nursing Home. The director of the Home for the Elderly, Vesna Križan, has resigned.
13:07: According to currently available data, no new cases have been recorded in Dubrovnik-Neretva County in the last 24 hours. Among the remaining findings from Saturday, as well as 30 samples taken on Sunday, there are no new positives.
13:04: The city of Zagreb has no new patients.
12:52: For the thirteenth day in a row, no new cases have been recorded in Krapina-Zagorje County. The Civil Protection Headquarters of KZŽ held a press conference on Monday, May 11, 2020, in Krapina. Chief Anđelko Ferek-Jambrek pointed out that there have been no newly infected people in the county for the thirteenth day. “The total number of cured people is 101, and the current number of active cases of the coronavirus infection in people from the county is 37. In the past 48 hours, 176 samples were tested, of which 174 were negative, while the results of 2 more are awaited,” said Ferek-Jambrek.
12:45: Thousands of caterers, waiters, bartenders, chefs and others return to work a month and a half after the implementation of measures to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 epidemic, and on the first day of work, Monday, about 50 percent of restaurants in Croatia opened, points out Vedran Jakominić from the National Association of Caterers and the Association Voice of Entrepreneurs.
12:25: According to the report of the NZJZ of Split-Dalmatia County, out of a total of 195 processed tests from the area of Split-Dalmatia County on 11 May 2020, there are no newly diagnosed persons. Compared to yesterday, another 6 people have been cured, and a total of 390 people have been cured in Split-Dalmatia County so far.
142 health professionals are in self-isolation. 46 people are hospitalized. 6 people are on a ventilator, of which 4 people from Split-Dalmatia County and 2 people from the Šibenik-Knin County. 10 people are in the quarantine of the Hotel Zagreb in Duilovo.
So far, 554 cases of coronavirus infection have been recorded in the Split-Dalmatia County. As previously announced, 41 cases of infection were recorded on Brač. > More
12:08: “Sampling continued in Supetar today, the epidemiological service from Split led by epidemiologist Dr. Nađan Šerić tested our fellow citizens in the city hall today this morning according to a pre-prepared plan and schedule,” said the Brač Crisis HQ. So far, 93 swabs have been taken.
12:06: According to the data of the Public Health Institute of the Zagreb County, in the area of the Zagreb County until Monday at 11:00 am, 129 cases were registered. Compared to yesterday’s data, this is the same number, which means that there are no new cases in Zagreb County for the thirteenth day in a row, and three more people have been cured. So far, a total of 110 people have been cured and four have died.
12:04: Vukovar-Srijem has no new infections
11:43: In the last 24 hours in Brod-Posavina County, 2 new patients were recorded. This is the fourth day in a row with newly infected people in Brod-Posavina County, within that period there are 9 positive patients, and all new patients are part of a group of workers who came from Sweden or are their contacts. The total number of sick people in Brod-Posavina County is now 29. In the last 24 hours, one person has recovered. So far, 12 people have recovered in the county, and with 1 person who died earlier, the number of active patients is now 16.
There are currently 17 people in quarantine, most of them from BiH (11), then from Serbia (2) and 1 person each from Sweden, Germany, Finland and the USA. Also, one person from the quarantine was hospitalized yesterday, and is a worker who also came in the same group of workers from Sweden and his finding is positive.
11:41: Zadar has 82 recoveries.
11:02: To date, there are no new cases in Sisak-Moslavina County. Of the thirty-four patients from the county area, there are currently three patients and the rest have recovered.
10:57: Press conference from Osijek: Osijek-Baranja County has no new cases.
10:33: Watch the press conference in Rijeka
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v=kKs-Z1fBq7E
10:27: Railway traffic normalizes
10:00: There are no new cases in Bjelovar-Bilogora County.
09:52: There are no newly infected people in Istria for the 23rd day
09:49: Plitvice Lakes National Park has lowered the prices for tickets. More on Index
9:48: Today, Croatia Airlines started the partial renewal of flights in domestic traffic by introducing two daily flights (morning and evening) on the routes Zagreb – Split – Zagreb and Zagreb – Dubrovnik – Zagreb.
9:11: Another hundred Brač citizens will be tested, 41 infected so far.
9:04: In Požega-Slavonia County, 41 days have passed without new patients, and as of April 22, there are no confirmed infections in the county. There are currently 348 people in self-isolation, 2 samples were sent for analysis and a total of 699 people were tested.
8:59: Only one child came to classes at the Gračani Elementary School in Zagreb.
8:37: Head of the catering association: We are still expecting tourists because without tourism there will be a collapse.
8:36: PHOTO: The people of Zagreb sat down for their first coffees after almost two months. More on Index
8:35: There are no new cases in Virovitica-Podravina County.
08:15: Some of the latest TCN articles:
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Coronavirus: What Level of Unemployment Can Croatia Expect by End of 2020?
Croatian National Parks and Nature Parks Now Open to Visitors
Croatian Nautical Tourism Sector Calls for Further Definition of Protocols
08:10: The official coronavirus website has added a useful travel page in English.
08:07: Schools for kindergartens and kindergartens are opening today. Minister of Education Blaženka Divjak said that there will be about 4,500 students in schools, while there may be three times more children in kindergartens than in schools.
“We expected more children in the benches, but I am unpleasantly surprised by the campaign, this turned into a competition that the county will have fewer students in school. We have a campaign – do not send children to school,” said Marko this morning as a guest on Croatian Radio Marko Košiček, Chief Advisor to Minister Divjak. More on Index.
08:00: The mayor of Supetar has a message for all citizens.
07:49: Last night, the people of Brač expressed their support for the infected and their family members with a song. A song was heard from the balconies of homes in Brač’s towns. “Together, we show the strength, unity and solidarity of our island and man in these difficult and challenging moments for all of us. Let the song, an ode to our Brac and man, be an encouragement and an expression of support to the infected and their families.” They sang the Brač song “I am still from Broč and I love Broč”.
06:05: The new numbers will be announced at the regular press conference at 14:00.
06:00: Welcome to the TCN daily update on COVID-19. We start the day with 2187 officially confirmed Croatia COVID-19 cases and 11 new cases since yesterday afternoon. 1764 patients have recovered. 90 people have died. 13 patients are on ventilators. There are 333 active cases.
