November the 24th, 2020 – Professor Markotic has become a household face and name ever since the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2 penetrated Croatia’s first lines of defence back in spring. The director of Zagreb’s ”Dr. Fran Mihaljevic” Clinic for Infectious Diseases has always had a calming presence, but even she is growing alarmed by the situation in Croatia.
As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, the director of the Croatian Institute for Public Health, Krunoslav Capak, said that we have an incidence of 886 cases per 100,000 inhabitants and thus we are in 24th place in terms of EU countries.
“We’re in 13th place in terms of mortality. Mortality is growing all over the world, including in Europe,” said Krunoslav Capak, adding that Croatia’s share of positives in those tested currently stands at 29 percent.
“The situation at Dubrava Hospital is stable. There are respirators available, if necessary, new ones will be obtained,” assured Vera Katalinic-Jankovic, Minister Beros’ assistant.
When it comes to the now rather tiresome topic of wearing protective masks and the ones which were recently found to be faulty, the microbiologist says that “there has always been a discussion about masks – how much they protect us, how much they don’t. We’re now exposed to various products and declarations. Those masks proved inappropriate and the inspection responded. When those shortcomings are removed, they will return to the market”, said Katalinic-Jankovic.
”We have 26 patients on respirators. Across Europe and around the world, the number of coronavirus patients is extremely high, their clinical picture is more severe than it was back in the spring, and many more people have pneumonia. The situation is under control, but everyone is following the situation with concern. Two or three winter months are now ahead of us, it will be difficult to keep everything under control. The responsibility is on all of us,” said Professor Markotic when discussing the situation at the Dr. Fran Mihaljevic clinic.
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