May 24, 2021 - The head of Croatia's COVID-19 crisis management team, Interior Minister Davor Božinović, said on Monday that relaxations of restrictions could be eased even before 1 June, including the opening of restaurants' indoor sections.

Also, the capped number of people at a location will be raised from 25 to 100.

Furthermore, the area required for one person will be four square meters instead of the current seven square meters, Božinović said after the crisis management team held a meeting with Prime Minister Andrej Plenković.

Open-air fairs can again be organized, and the working hours of hospitality establishments will be extended to 2300 hours.

The team will continue evaluating the developments, and a new set of relaxations can be expected after mid-June.

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May 24, 2021 - In the past 24 hours, 74 coronavirus cases and 26 COVID-19 deaths have been registered in Croatia, the national COVID-19 response team said on Monday.

The number of active cases stands at 3,263, including 1,211 hospitalized COVID-19 patients, of whom 116 are on ventilators.

Currently, 13,795 persons are self-isolating.

To date, 1,973,701 persons have been tested for the virus, including 2,704 in the past 24 hours.

Croatia has registered 354,060 coronavirus cases to date, including 7,929 fatalities, while 342,868 persons have recovered from it, including 666 in the past 24 hours.

Through 23 May, 1,582,821 vaccine doses have been administered, with 1,181,255 persons receiving both shots and 401,566 one.

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ZAGREB, 23 May, 2021 - In the past 24 hours 251 coronavirus cases and 20 COVID-19 deaths have been registered in Croatia, with the number of active cases at 3,881, the national COVID-19 response team said on Sunday.

Of 1,202 hospitalised COVID-19 patients, 123 are on ventilators.

Croatia has registered 353,986 coronavirus cases to date, including 7,903 fatalities, while 342,202 persons have recovered from it, including 711 in the past 24 hours.

Currently 14,645 persons are self-isolating.

To date 1,970,997 persons have been tested for the virus, including 5,612 in the past 24 hours.

Through 22 May, 1,581,292 vaccine doses have been administered, with 1,179,998 persons receiving both shots and 401,294 one.

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ZAGREB, 22 May 2021 - Germany has taken Croatia off the red list of countries with a high risk of coronavirus, the Robert Koch Institute said on Friday, a step that will facilitate travel to Germany.

As of midnight on Sunday, Croatia will no longer be considered a high-risk but a risk region, the federal institute of epidemiology said.

That means that upon arriving in Germany, travellers from Croatia will not have to go into mandatory ten-day quarantine but produce a negative coronavirus test. Until now they could end quarantine after five days with a negative test.

For those travelling to Germany by plane, a negative test before boarding is still required.

A test is not required for persons who have received both doses of a COVID-19 vaccine or have recovered from the disease.

However, travellers from Croatia, like all those arriving in Germany from high-risk or risk regions, must register in advance at the German government's website.

The level of risk has also been reduced for travellers from Slovenia and France. Most countries in Southeast Europe, including Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia, were declared risk instead of high-risk regions last week.

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ZAGREB, 21 May 2021 - The head of the Croatian COVID-19 crisis management team, Interior Minister Davor Božinović, said on Friday that the authorities would next week start considering possible relaxation of anti-epidemic rules as of 1 June.

The current rules are in force until 31 May and we will see which course to take considering the relaxation, the minister said.

Božinović added that Croatia wanted the application of the EU Digital COVID certificate to start as soon as possible.

Being a tourist destination, Croatia would like to see the implementation of the COVID travel pass as soon as possible.

Apart from serving as a travel pass, the digital COVID certificate can be used for some other purposes, and this depends on decisions to be made by individual member-states, Božinović said.

He went on to say that the technological system was equal at the EU level, and it would be known who was authorised to develop the QR codes for certificates, he explained.

During a news conference in Zagreb today, the head of the Croatian Institute of Public Health (HZJZ) Krunoslav Capak, informed that all the participants in two pilot projects -- a business lunch and a wedding party  -- tested negative to coronavirus seven days after the participation in those events.

Overall in Croatia, the number of new positive cases fell by 38% over the week, he added.

Croatia's current incidence rate  per 100, 000 inhabitants is 262.5.

As for the vaccination of foreigners, Capak said that Croatia enabled foreign citizens to get vaccinated.

For instance we have vaccinated 500 diplomats and their families' members, they have no Croatian documents, and information about their inoculation has been entered into the relevant data base, Capak said.

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ZAGREB, 21 May (Hina) - Of 5,829 tests performed for coronavirus in Croatia in the last 24 hours, 525 (9%) have returned positive, the national COVID-19 crisis management team reported on Friday.

The COVID-related death toll has risen by 28 to 7,856.

Currently, there are 4,633 active cases including 1,331 hospitalised patients of whom 131 are placed on ventilators.

 Also, 16,591 people are self-isolating.

Since the first registered case of the infection with coronavirus on 25 Februar 2020, nearly 1.96 million tests  for coronavirus have been performed. They have shown that 353,217 people have caught the virus, and of them, 340,728 have recovered to date, including 948 recoveries in the last 24 hours.

Since the start of the implementation of the national COVID-19 vaccine rollout plan, more than 1.5 million vaccine doses have been administered.

Thus, 1,149,941 people have been given at least one shot of the coronavirus vaccine and of them 357,412 have been fully vaccinated.

The share of the inoculated population is 28.3%, and when it comes to the adult population, 34.2% of them have got vaccinated to date.

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ZAGREB, 20 May 2021 - Over the past 24 hours, Croatia has registered 695 new cases of coronavirus infection and 36 related deaths, the national COVID-19 crisis management team said on Thursday.

The number of active cases stands at 5,084. There are 1,416 COVID patients in hospitals, 148 of whom are on ventilators, and 17,490 people are in self-isolation.

To date, 1,953,059 people have been tested for the novel virus, including 7,038 in the last 24 hours.

Since 25 February 2020, when Croatia confirmed its first case of the infection, 352,692 people have been registered as having contracted coronavirus and 7,828 of them have died.

A total of 1,450,169 doses of vaccine have been administered. A total of 1,109,161 people have received one dose and 341,008 have received both doses.

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ZAGREB, 20 May 2021 - As of today, every third adult in Croatia has been vaccinated against COVID-19, the Croatian Public Health Institute (HZJZ) said on Thursday.

On Wednesday, 19 May, 43,890 doses of the vaccine were used, and the number of persons that have received at least one dose reached 1,109,161, which is 27% of the population or 33% of the adult population, while 341,008 persons have received both doses.

According to data from the eCijepih platform, as of 20 May, every third adult in Croatia has been vaccinated, which is a big step forward compared to early May, when on 1 May every fifth adult citizen of Croatia had been vaccinated, the HZJZ said.

First dose vaccine coverage is highest in Zagreb, 31% of the total population or 37.6% of the adult population, and second dose vaccine coverage is highest in Sisak-Moslavina County, 12% of the population or 14.4% of adults.

"These are encouraging data that give us reason for optimism when it comes to meeting the goal of vaccinating over a half of Croatia's adult population by the end of June. Vaccination is going according to plan, the epidemiological situation is better than in previous weeks and this is certainly good news, especially in the context of the upcoming tourist season," said HZJZ deputy director Ivana Pavić Šimetin.

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ZAGREB, 19 May, 2021 - Over the past 24 hours, Croatia has registered 1,000 new cases of coronavirus infection and 27 related deaths, the national COVID-19 crisis management team said on Wednesday.

The number of active cases today stands at 5,223. There are 1,508 COVID patients in hospitals, 163 of whom are on ventilators, and 17,102 people are in self-isolation.

To date, 1,946,021 people have been tested for the novel virus, including 8,426 in the last 24 hours.

Since 25 February 2020, when Croatia confirmed its first case of the infection, 351,997 people have been registered as having contracted coronavirus, 7,792 of them have died, and 338,982 have recovered, including 621 over the past 24 hours.

As at 18 May, 1,406,279 doses of vaccine have been administered. A total of 1,078,103 people have received one dose and 328,176 have received both doses.

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ZAGREB, 18 May (Hina) - In the last 24 hours of 8,004 tests taken for coronavirus in Croatia, six percent, that is 491, have turned out to be positive, the national COVID-19 crisis management team reported on Tuesday.

The COVID-related death toll has risen by 27 to 7,765.

Currently, there are 4,871 active cases of the infection with this novel virus, and of them 1,566 are hospitalised patients, including 166 placed on ventilators.

Since the first registered case of the infection on 25 February 2020 in the country, Croatia has conducted more than 1.93 million tests.

As many as 350,997 have been diagnosed with this infection, and of them 338,361 have recovered including 886 recoveries in the last 24 hours.

To date, Croatia has administered about 1.37 million doses of COVID vaccines. A total of 1,052,032 people have been given at least a one dose of the vaccine, and 317,937 have been inoculated with both shots of the two-dose vaccine.

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