August 22, 2020 – For the third day in a row, a record number of new cases was recorded in Croatia, and most of them among the young. On Friday, 265 new cases were recorded, and in Split-Dalmatia County alone, there were more than a hundred. A look at COVID-19 in Croatia.
Index.hr reports that the director of the CNIPH, Krunoslav Capak, said on Friday that the National Civil Protection Headquarters would exchange information on the current epidemiological situation at a meeting with local headquarters on Monday and consider the possibility of introducing new measures.
At that meeting, the National Headquarters will consider the possibility for local headquarters to propose measures for their area, given that they see better from the local level, Capak told RTL Danas.
“All measures are open, from wearing masks to reducing the number of people at gatherings and so on. All of this could be implemented,” Capak said, adding that county headquarters could tell them what their biggest problem is, their biggest focus and what measures could be taken to reduce the number of infected.
He said that the county headquarters could not make such decisions, but only the National Headquarters, which can support the local headquarters to some extent.
Asked if only Split-Dalmatia County may have to wear masks, Capak said that it is possible and it is being discussed hypothetically, which does not mean that it will be so. He noted that there are other counties with a high incidence, who will be asked to say what their biggest problem is.
The local approach can also be applied to teaching
Capak says Croatia could better adapt epidemiological measures to local contagious situations, which could be applied to the teaching regime.
For now, school classes are scheduled to begin on September 7, but that, Capak says, will depend on the epidemiological situation.
If there is any significant deterioration and if a large number of school-age children are among those infected, the system will be ready for all scenarios, Capak says.
He explained that care would be taken that if the increase occurs in one county, school starts in other counties where there are no patients.
Was the decision to open nightclubs wrong?
Regarding the consequences of the work of nightclubs, Capak reminded that the authorities decided to hold certain cultural events in them in order to help overcome the problematic situation that prevailed for some time.
If the clubs were to close, young people would find another place, like now when they gather in squares, streets and parks, he said.
He said that there is control, but they are against repression. “We are not a police state; we think it is best to appeal and educate that the situation is not good,” he said.
According to data from ten days ago, among those infected in the Croatian epidemiological database, in 20 percent of cases, some asymptomatic patients do not manifest the infection, and now that number could be slightly higher, said Capak.
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