site.btaCOVID-19 in the Balkans
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COVID-19
in the
Balkans
Sofia, July 23 (BTA) - Against the backdrop of rising numbers of new COVID-19 cases over the past week, the Balkan countries are trying to manage the pandemic by promoting vaccination and once again tightening the restrictions. Following are the latest developments in the COVID-19 situation in the Balkans by country:
GREECE
On Thursday, Parliament passed legislative changes making vaccination compulsory for those employed in health care and social care. Thus far, over 10 million vaccine doses have been administered and nearly 4.8 million people have received two jabs.
Over the last several days, the new COVID-19 cases in the country were around 3,000 a day.
CROATIA
The government decided to make the vaccination compulsory for those working in health care, education, and social care, or around 180,000 people. Their inoculation will begin in mid-August or early September.
In the meantime, Croatia's Adriatic coast was placed in the orange zone on the European map for the spread of COVID-19 which, as Interior Minister Davor Bozinovic said, will lead to the introduction of new restrictions in that region on July 26.
ALBANIA
Against the backdrop of Albanian media publications saying the country is lagging behind in the mass vaccination and the number of new cases has doubled, Albania reported the delivery of around 1.6 million doses to the country. Thus far nearly 1.1 million people have been inoculated, Health Minister Ogerta Manastirliu said Thursday.
SERBIA
The downward trend in new cases did not last long and now that these are in the triple digits, specialists warn of a new, fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Delta variant has been confirmed in eight cases, but their actual number is certainly higher, Health Minister Zlatibor Loncar said.
The biggest problem at the moment is the low vaccination rate among young people. Only 17.42 per cent of Serbians aged between 18 and 30 have been inoculated.
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
The vaccination campaign continues to progress slowly as the country experiences delivery problems with the doses it has already paid for, leaving it to rely on foreign donations. Late last week, the country accepted a Croatian donation of 140,000 doses of AstraZeneca's vaccine and an EU donation of 70,000 doses of Moderna's vaccine, bringing Bosnia and Herzegovina's available doses at 330,000.
NORTH MACEDONIA
Monday saw the launch of mass vaccination among children aged 12 to 17, and the immunization of the adult population continues. According to the Health Ministry's data, 27.5 per cent of the country's population have received at least one jab.
The Health Ministry said some ten cases of the Delta variant have been detected, all of them involving non-vaccinated individuals. The epidemiological situation is considered stable and hospitals are empty of COVID-19 patients.
ROMANIA
The country has administered just over half of the more than 17.5 million vaccine doses purchased by the EU, has donated over 550,000 doses, mostly to Moldova, and has sold 1.17 million doses to Denmark.
Since the start of the vaccination campaign on December 27, 2020, Romania has administered 9,281,707 doses to 4,918,657 people, of whom 4,762,837 are fully vaccinated. The government's target is to have 10 million vaccinated by September 1.
MONTENEGRO
The health authorities consider the epidemiological situation stable, with an average of 30 new cases a day, or a test positivity rate of between 1.5 and 2.3 per cent. The Delta variant has not been detected in the country yet.
Over 35 per cent of the adult population have been fully vaccinated, and 15 per cent have had COVID-19. The government said it will give a tourist coupon worth 50 euro to all citizens aged over 50 who get their first jab in July.
NV/DS
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DS1653.116
116 COVID-19 - BALKANS - BRIEF
COVID-19
in the
Balkans
Sofia, July 23 (BTA) - Against the backdrop of rising numbers of new COVID-19 cases over the past week, the Balkan countries are trying to manage the pandemic by promoting vaccination and once again tightening the restrictions. Following are the latest developments in the COVID-19 situation in the Balkans by country:
GREECE
On Thursday, Parliament passed legislative changes making vaccination compulsory for those employed in health care and social care. Thus far, over 10 million vaccine doses have been administered and nearly 4.8 million people have received two jabs.
Over the last several days, the new COVID-19 cases in the country were around 3,000 a day.
CROATIA
The government decided to make the vaccination compulsory for those working in health care, education, and social care, or around 180,000 people. Their inoculation will begin in mid-August or early September.
In the meantime, Croatia's Adriatic coast was placed in the orange zone on the European map for the spread of COVID-19 which, as Interior Minister Davor Bozinovic said, will lead to the introduction of new restrictions in that region on July 26.
ALBANIA
Against the backdrop of Albanian media publications saying the country is lagging behind in the mass vaccination and the number of new cases has doubled, Albania reported the delivery of around 1.6 million doses to the country. Thus far nearly 1.1 million people have been inoculated, Health Minister Ogerta Manastirliu said Thursday.
SERBIA
The downward trend in new cases did not last long and now that these are in the triple digits, specialists warn of a new, fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Delta variant has been confirmed in eight cases, but their actual number is certainly higher, Health Minister Zlatibor Loncar said.
The biggest problem at the moment is the low vaccination rate among young people. Only 17.42 per cent of Serbians aged between 18 and 30 have been inoculated.
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
The vaccination campaign continues to progress slowly as the country experiences delivery problems with the doses it has already paid for, leaving it to rely on foreign donations. Late last week, the country accepted a Croatian donation of 140,000 doses of AstraZeneca's vaccine and an EU donation of 70,000 doses of Moderna's vaccine, bringing Bosnia and Herzegovina's available doses at 330,000.
NORTH MACEDONIA
Monday saw the launch of mass vaccination among children aged 12 to 17, and the immunization of the adult population continues. According to the Health Ministry's data, 27.5 per cent of the country's population have received at least one jab.
The Health Ministry said some ten cases of the Delta variant have been detected, all of them involving non-vaccinated individuals. The epidemiological situation is considered stable and hospitals are empty of COVID-19 patients.
ROMANIA
The country has administered just over half of the more than 17.5 million vaccine doses purchased by the EU, has donated over 550,000 doses, mostly to Moldova, and has sold 1.17 million doses to Denmark.
Since the start of the vaccination campaign on December 27, 2020, Romania has administered 9,281,707 doses to 4,918,657 people, of whom 4,762,837 are fully vaccinated. The government's target is to have 10 million vaccinated by September 1.
MONTENEGRO
The health authorities consider the epidemiological situation stable, with an average of 30 new cases a day, or a test positivity rate of between 1.5 and 2.3 per cent. The Delta variant has not been detected in the country yet.
Over 35 per cent of the adult population have been fully vaccinated, and 15 per cent have had COVID-19. The government said it will give a tourist coupon worth 50 euro to all citizens aged over 50 who get their first jab in July.
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