June 21, 2020 — Dr. Maja Grba-Bujević, head of the Crisis Management Staff at the Ministry of Health, in an interview with Dnevnik N1 television Dnevnik N1 television said the increase in new COVID-19 infections was not a cause for concern.
Grba-Bujević points out that the increase in the number of new patients is not a cause for concern. Yesterday saw another jump in new infections, with the Croatian Civil Protection Directorate reporting 19 new cases.
Below is an edited and abridged of Grba-Bujević's interview.
No reason to worry
In Croatia today, we have 53 patients with coronavirus, eight of whom are in hospital. We have no one on a respirator and none of the patients in hospital have severe symptoms. Fifty-three patients are not a cause for great concern, but we must be aware that we must adhere to the measures that we have introduced, which are still in force. We must admit that we have relaxed.
The Directorate is keeping the situation under control
Those infected in the past two days have a lot of transmission in the family and known contacts, but we are not worried because it is 20 people.
This is not the time for action
This is not the time to talk about restrictive measures because the number is not so worrying.
Debt to medicine wholesalers won't affect care
I am one hundred percent sure that a reasonable solution will be found because our patients will not and must not be left without the prescribed therapy and medication.
