site.btaCOVID-19 in the Balkans
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COVID-19
in the
Balkans
Sofia, August 13 (BTA) - In most Balkan countries, the situation involving the COVID-19 pandemic became even more complicated over the past week.
Turkey
At this point the country is refraining from new measures at the height of the tourist season, but is also in vaccination top-gear and is planning new rules from mid-September. The introduction of special restrictions and requirements for unvaccinated is considered to enable their access to public places, offices and universities, the Hurriyet daily wrote.
At the same time, experts warned that the number of unvaccinated young patients with COVID-19 in Turkey's ICUs is rising, which is explained with the influence of the Delta variant.
Republic of North Macedonia
Over 1.0 million doses have been administered already, the Ministry of Health said as quoted by the Makfax news agency. The interest in vaccination is increasing with the rising number of infections and the filling of the hospitals in the Republic of North Macedonia, the factor.mk e-zine said. This led to queues at some vaccination outlets.
A mandatory vaccination certificate attesting to at least one dose will be required as of August 16 for access to all kinds of sites, including restaurants in which there are more than 30 persons, regardless of the occasion in question. The obligation to present a certificate upon entry into the sites will concern only people over 18 years of age.
Greece
The schools in Greece will open on September 13, the Ministry of Education said.
Teachers have to come to work with a certificate attesting to vaccination or having had the infection in the past six months or, if they do not have either of the two, a negative lab test that has to be taken twice a week and is "the responsibility of the employee". The same conditions will be valid for university teaching staff and students.
Secondary school students will have to present vaccination certificates (for students over 12) or certificates of having had COVID-19. Where such documents are lacking, students will have to present declarations of individual tests at home, which also have to be taken twice a week.
Code red for danger of COVID-19 spread has been declared in Heraklion on the island of Crete. A curfew has also been imposed there from 1:00 am to 6:00 am.
Cyprus
Nearly 70 per cent of the Cypriot population have been fully vaccinated, the Cyprus Mail daily reported.
On Wednesday, the Health Ministry reported five COVID-19 fatalities and 484 new infections overnight. The test positivity rate stands at 0.89 per cent.
Experts are considering the opportunity of opening "Walk-in" type (not requiring booking) vaccination centres at Cypriot schools for the forthcoming new school year, the Phileleftheros daily reported. The ministries of health and education have decided that the free rapid tests at school should continue.
Albania
A total of 57.7 per cent of the 2.2 million people planned have been vaccinated in Albania since the beginning of the campaign last November, Prime Minister Edi Rama said this past week.
The epidemiological situation in the country is deteriorating, with an average 120 new cases registered every day, mostly with the Delta variant.
Montenegro
Epidemiologists in Montenegro confirmed 332 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, the highest number in the last four months, HINA news agency said. The patients also include 41 tourists. Budva and Ulcinj, which have been very popular with tourists this summer, are in the red zone.
One-third of the Montenegrin population is fully vaccinated. In an attempt to encourage people to be vaccinated, the government offers everyone who takes the jab this month a 50 euro tourist voucher which can be spent at private or State-owned hotels.
Bosnia and Herzegovina
The country has received a donation of 500,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines from Austria, HINA agency reported. Due to difficulties with vaccines supplies in the beginning of the year, Bosnia and Herzegovina has vaccinated a very small part of its population and the interest in vaccination is low.
According to Bosnian competent authorities, to date there are 150 active cases per 100,000 population.
RY/BR
/ДЛ/
DS1610.106
106 COVID-19 - BALKANS - BRIEF
COVID-19
in the
Balkans
Sofia, August 13 (BTA) - In most Balkan countries, the situation involving the COVID-19 pandemic became even more complicated over the past week.
Turkey
At this point the country is refraining from new measures at the height of the tourist season, but is also in vaccination top-gear and is planning new rules from mid-September. The introduction of special restrictions and requirements for unvaccinated is considered to enable their access to public places, offices and universities, the Hurriyet daily wrote.
At the same time, experts warned that the number of unvaccinated young patients with COVID-19 in Turkey's ICUs is rising, which is explained with the influence of the Delta variant.
Republic of North Macedonia
Over 1.0 million doses have been administered already, the Ministry of Health said as quoted by the Makfax news agency. The interest in vaccination is increasing with the rising number of infections and the filling of the hospitals in the Republic of North Macedonia, the factor.mk e-zine said. This led to queues at some vaccination outlets.
A mandatory vaccination certificate attesting to at least one dose will be required as of August 16 for access to all kinds of sites, including restaurants in which there are more than 30 persons, regardless of the occasion in question. The obligation to present a certificate upon entry into the sites will concern only people over 18 years of age.
Greece
The schools in Greece will open on September 13, the Ministry of Education said.
Teachers have to come to work with a certificate attesting to vaccination or having had the infection in the past six months or, if they do not have either of the two, a negative lab test that has to be taken twice a week and is "the responsibility of the employee". The same conditions will be valid for university teaching staff and students.
Secondary school students will have to present vaccination certificates (for students over 12) or certificates of having had COVID-19. Where such documents are lacking, students will have to present declarations of individual tests at home, which also have to be taken twice a week.
Code red for danger of COVID-19 spread has been declared in Heraklion on the island of Crete. A curfew has also been imposed there from 1:00 am to 6:00 am.
Cyprus
Nearly 70 per cent of the Cypriot population have been fully vaccinated, the Cyprus Mail daily reported.
On Wednesday, the Health Ministry reported five COVID-19 fatalities and 484 new infections overnight. The test positivity rate stands at 0.89 per cent.
Experts are considering the opportunity of opening "Walk-in" type (not requiring booking) vaccination centres at Cypriot schools for the forthcoming new school year, the Phileleftheros daily reported. The ministries of health and education have decided that the free rapid tests at school should continue.
Albania
A total of 57.7 per cent of the 2.2 million people planned have been vaccinated in Albania since the beginning of the campaign last November, Prime Minister Edi Rama said this past week.
The epidemiological situation in the country is deteriorating, with an average 120 new cases registered every day, mostly with the Delta variant.
Montenegro
Epidemiologists in Montenegro confirmed 332 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, the highest number in the last four months, HINA news agency said. The patients also include 41 tourists. Budva and Ulcinj, which have been very popular with tourists this summer, are in the red zone.
One-third of the Montenegrin population is fully vaccinated. In an attempt to encourage people to be vaccinated, the government offers everyone who takes the jab this month a 50 euro tourist voucher which can be spent at private or State-owned hotels.
Bosnia and Herzegovina
The country has received a donation of 500,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines from Austria, HINA agency reported. Due to difficulties with vaccines supplies in the beginning of the year, Bosnia and Herzegovina has vaccinated a very small part of its population and the interest in vaccination is low.
According to Bosnian competent authorities, to date there are 150 active cases per 100,000 population.
RY/BR
/ДЛ/
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