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The Serbian capital of Belgrade declared a COVID-19 emergency on Friday in order to suppress a resurgence of COVID-19 outbreaks, while the municipal government adopted prevention measures, including fines for not wearing masks and ban of gatherings.
Belgrade Mayor Zoran Radojicic made the decision to declare an emergency because more than 82.5 percent of newly-infected cases in Serbia come from that city, while the government issued temporary measures that will stay valid until July 18.
According to data published by the Health Ministry on Thursday, Serbia has 1,996 active cases of COVID-19, of which 359 new patients were tested positive . The total number of confirmed cases in Serbia is 15,195, while 418,879 people were tested. 287 people have died of COVID-19 since early March.
On the proposal of the national crisis response team, the municipal government decided to restrict work of bars, restaurants and night clubs from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. the next day.
"In all closed spaces, without exception, it is mandatory to wear protective masks, while respecting the physical distance of 1.5 meters," the government said in a press release.
The obligation to wear masks exists also in public urban and suburban transport and in intercity transport.
"For non-compliance with the measure of mandatory wearing of a protective mask in public transport or indoors, a fine in the amount of 5,000 RSD (around 47.75 U.S. dollars) will be given to every person who violates this measure," the press release read.
The government has also decided to ban gatherings in public places indoors for more than 100 people, and in open spaces for more than 500 people.
Before Belgrade, several other cities and municipalities had declared an emergency in the past week, including Novi Pazar, Kragujevac, Tutin, Vranje and Ivanjica.
