Dr. Tiodorovic: Now is crunch time. By Easter, we expect the number of sick and dead to increase

Professor Doctor Branislav Tiodorovic, an epidemiologist, says that we are in for a difficult week.

"By (Orthodox) Easter we expect the number of coronavirus cases to increase, as well as of the fatalities. After Easter (April 19), the prognosis is that the numbers will fall and that by the end of April we will have a slight decline, to then enter the month of May with UV indexes above 3, to help us cope with this virus," says the epidemiologist.

He added that we need to be aware that iron discipline is necessary precisely at this point in time.

"We must respect all the measures proposed by the experts. The only way to fight this off is to be disciplined in these 14 days ahead, and to realize that this is not a matter of democracy but of civilization. If we look at the world, at what is happening around us, it is necessary for us to understand that for the time being, we have avoided the Italian scenario, but we have our own - the Serbian one," Dr. Tiodorovic said, and warned:

"Now is the decisive moment to realize that we should behave the way professionals, that is, the state, wants us to."

Tiodorovic stressed that the hospitals are full and that each patient attached to a ventilator is at risk of losing their life.

"I have not seen this kind of support from the state so far, and I've been through many epidemics and pandemics. Let's fight to make sure there are as few casualties as possible, and to build a state we want to have, all of us together, as a nation," he said.

(Telegraf.rs)