Vucinq draws back

By EuronewsLlgraphy follows, Vuciq had announced Tuesday that the new deadlock measures would be restored later in the week, causing demonstrators to gather before parliament with several cheers “Resign! Resign! ”

Protests began Tuesday and continued the next day with several people injured outside parliament as clashes broke out between riot groups and police who also used tear gas.

But Vuciq said Wednesday that without a state of emergency, he would not be able to implement a police hour.

He said the country's team, prime minister and health minister “will probably impose tougher measures, but without introducing a” police hour.

The country's epidemiology chief, Predrag Kon, told Serbia's cable channel N1 earlier in the day that the protests showed how people felt about blocking.

Otherwise, some people had tried to attack the parliament building, briefly reaching in but were forced by police to leave.

Vuciq called the situation related to the virus in the Serbian capital “alarmate” and “crictic” after city hospitals approached their capacity limits.

At least 357 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in 24 hours in Serbia on Tuesday and 11 people had died, according to the country's Health Ministry.

The country's confirmed total cases on Tuesday were in 17.076 with 341 virus-related deaths.