Coronavirus in Kosovo, will April be the crucial month for overcoming pandemic?

Of the total number of infected persons Saturday, 20 are from the Pristina municipality.

And this has led to this municipality, with the Health Ministry's decision, along with Ferizan and Suhareka, from today to quarantine.

And, I The KSHPK has confirmed that by April 11, 2020, a total of 58 infected persons are healed, while seven cases of death registered with COVID-19 have been recorded, which had other associated diseases.

The first coronavirus case in Kosovo was marked on March 13th, while within a month that number has reached 283, despite the fact that the Government of Kosovo from 23 March has made a decision to restrict the movement of citizens.

Meanwhile, with the recommendation of the Health Ministry, some areas of people affected by coronavirus have been quarantined as a preventative measure to pandemic.

The National Institute of Public Health of Kosovo has announced that they are constantly being contacted and monitored by all contact cases, as well as contact contacts being imposed for self-isolation and seek medical assistance if they have symptoms.

According to the ICHPK, 4,273 contact cases have been contacted so far.

Despite measures undertaken and recommendations made by the Ministry of Health, the Kosovo National Institute of Public Health and other health institutions, the number of infected people with COVID-19 has continued to rise.

Meanwhile, health experts, infection, epidemiologists, and microbiologists have raised the alarm for citizens to follow advice and stay at home and keep their social distance to avoid this pandemic.

“Restract measures (suspection of cases, school closure, ban on different gatherings and events, widespread social distance, including local and national isolation), are important components in protecting the population from COVID-19. The Imperial College of London, using mathematical models, estimates that by March 31st, with retributive measures implemented in 11 European states, some 59,000 deaths have been avoided.

The study estimates that 7-43 million people were infected by the virus (by March 28th), which represents 1.9-11.4% of Europe's total population”, microbiologist Lul Raka writes on Saturday.

According to health experts April in Kosovo, it will be crucial to avoid a more massive spread of this epidemic.

Meanwhile, today the Ministry of Health is expected to come up with a new decision concerning limiting citizens' movement.