ZAGREB, April 9, 2020 – Croatian Health Minister Vili Beroš on Thursday called on citizens to stay home during the coming Easter holidays and said that the key to success in fighting the coronavirus epidemic was in their hands.
“The key to success lies in our hands. During these holidays it is more important than ever to stay home. For a healthier future we must act now and we must act decisively,” the Minister said at a cabinet meeting while presenting activities taken to curb the epidemic in the past week.
He underscored the additional efforts made to expose fake news on the coronavirus and their consequences.
“False claims about the coronavirus pandemic can put human lives at risk and they further provoke anxiety and fear. Therefore, I call for utmost caution and relying solely on official sources of information,” Beroš said.
He also said that there were 1,518,719 infected persons globally, with 88,502 fatalities and 330,589 recoveries.
In Croatia, a total of 13,125 persons have been tested, of whom 1,343 tested positive since 25 February. The percentage of those who have tested positive is 10.11%, Beroš said.
He also presented a graphic illustrating the trends for the number of infected persons in Croatia since the outbreak, which shows that the increase in the number of cases is still linear and that there is no significant increase.
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