After softening of measures, sudden jump in coronavirus cases in Bosnia: Citizens stop wearing masks

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After the authorities of the entities of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH) and the Serb Republic (RS) in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) decided to soften some measures brought to combat the spread of coronavirus, a sharp jump of 34 and 59 new cases, plus one in the Brcko District have been recorded - a total of 94 in just one day.

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This increase in the number of newly infected people was commented on at a press conference by the Serb Republic (RS) Minister of Health Alen Seranic, who said that these high numbers are the result of a more relaxed behavior of citizens.

He noted that after the loosening of the measures, many citizens stopped wearing masks, which, he said, should not have happened.

That, he said, will become apparent very quickly through the numbers of new cases of infection, that are communicated to the public on a daily basis.

Otherwise, a total of 1,651 cases of coronavirus has been confirmed since the start of the pandemic in BiH, where 64 people have died.

(Telegraf.rs/Tanjug)