Thread about potential #coronavirus lessons from the #Balkans: Interesting development in Serbia: the government changed tack following advice from 6 Chinese epidemiologists dispatched by President Xi to help the Balkan country stem the epidemic. The plan is as follows: 1/5
1. Mass tests for everyone.
2. Immediate,strict & mandatory isolation of positive cases: mild ones in makeshift clinics such as sport venues etc; serious cases in hospitals; severe cases in ICUs.
Social distancing including a curfew in place; 3-12 yrs in jail for violations 2/5
2. Immediate,strict & mandatory isolation of positive cases: mild ones in makeshift clinics such as sport venues etc; serious cases in hospitals; severe cases in ICUs.
Social distancing including a curfew in place; 3-12 yrs in jail for violations 2/5
Vucic: will "attack the virus:" test, identify and isolate, as lockdown alone "won't work." This is also what the @WHO's Bruce Aylward has been recommending following their trip to Wuhan "testing of every single case, rapid isolation of the cases." time.com/5805368/will-c… 3/5
On advice from China, Serbia will start producing Chloroquine, the malaria drug that is used in some places to treat #COVIDー19.
President Vucic, not famous for humility, said his strategy of severe lockdown was wrong and he would from now listen and learn from the Chinese 4/5
President Vucic, not famous for humility, said his strategy of severe lockdown was wrong and he would from now listen and learn from the Chinese 4/5
China, the only county that actually curbed a mass #coronavirus epidemic and the @WHO are making the same recommendations, but European countries are not following them to the letter. As of today, Serbia will. Interesting to see what happens. 5/5
P.S. He said the measures, if applied properly, should stop the epidemic in 28 days
Update: the Serbian army helped set up a makeshift clinic with 3000 beds to isolate mild cases novosti.rs/vesti/naslovna…
