ZAGREB, Dec 9, 2020 - Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic will self-isolate a few more days due to milder respiratory problems caused by COVID-19 and will not participate in Thursday's EU summit, the government said on Wednesday.

"The prime minister is feeling well and does not have a temperature. During the entire isolation, which began on Saturday, November 28, the prime minister has been working continuously and every day from home, performing all his activities and duties," the government said, adding that self-isolation was extended for a few more days "at doctors' advice."

Plenkovic began to self-isolate after his wife tested positive for coronavirus. He tested positive two days later.

According to available information, he will not take part in the EU summit even via video link.

ZAGREB, Sept 30, 2020 - Health Minister Vili Beros said on Wednesday that the current hospitalization of 288 Covid-19 patients did not put the healthcare system under strain and added that patients were mostly the elderly with mild symptoms of that infectious disease.

Today 213 new cases were registered which is more than the daily numbers last week of about 204 however I am more interested in the number of patients in hospitals and today there are 14 more than yesterday, Beros told reporters ahead of a cabinet meeting.

"Their clinical state is in line with their age. There are more elderly people among those infected and their state is a little more serious, however, we are still not seeing too great a burden on the health system," Beros said.

Asked about the introduction of e-referrals which was announced for October 1, Beros said that "e-referrals" will be up and running as soon as the IT system allows which could be tomorrow in fact.

With regard to setting self-isolation for Parliament Speaker Gordan Jandrokovic, Beros said that he had not spoken to Jandrokovic but that he had been informed that Jandrokovic was placed in self-isolation.

"The procedure is the same for everyone and anyone who was in contact with an infected person has to go into self-isolation. That is best for them and for everyone else," said Beros.

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ZAGREB, Sept 10, 2020 - Over the past 24 hours 291 new coronavirus cases have been registered in Croatia and two persons have died, the national COVID response team said on Thursday.

The number of active cases is 2,567, including 320 hospitalized patients, 27 of whom are on ventilators, the team said in a press release.

Since February 25, when the first case was recorded in Croatia, 12,917 persons have been infected with the virus, 208 have died, and 10,142 have recovered.

Currently, 8,711 persons are self-isolating.

A total of 205,256 persons have been tested to date, including 4,118 over the past 24 hours.

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ZAGREB, Sept 9, 2020 - Over the past 24 hours, Croatia has recorded 341 new coronavirus infections and three fatalities, the national COVID-19 management team said on Wednesday.

The number of active cases is currently 2,587 and 8,688 people are self-isolating. There are 299 patients in hospitals, including 24 on ventilators.

Since February 25, when Croatia registered its first case of coronavirus infection, a total of 12,626 people have contracted the disease. Of them, 206 have died and 9,833 have recovered.

To date, 201,138 people have been tested for the virus, including 4,172 in the last 24 hours.

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