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Montenegro has more people infected in one day than in the entire first wave of the coronavirus epidemic The country could enter the 'red zone', which means the closure of restaurants and the introduction of curfews Writes: HinaPosted: October 9, 2020 6:41 pm Savo Prelevic / AFP Montenegro has a record 344 new cases of coronavirus on Friday, which means that today's number of patients is higher than the total number infected in the first wave of the epidemic, when a total of 324 cases were registered from mid-March to early May. Montenegrin epidemiologists have warned that the number of people infected on a daily basis could rise by the end of the week, especially in Podgorica, where covid centers have been burdened with citizen visits in recent days, while convoys of cars waiting for testing were several kilometers long. Red zone Exactly half of the new cases recorded today are from the capital of Montenegro, which, if this trend of increasing the number of patients continues, could enter the "red zone", which means the introduction of restrictive measures such as closing restaurants and the introduction of curfew from 22 to 05. Such epidemiological measures have been in force for two weeks in three Montenegrin cities, Niksic, Berane and Andrijevica. "Currently, there are 3828 active cases in Montenegro, which is 608 patients per 100 thousand inhabitants," said the Montenegrin health authorities, adding information about three new victims of coronavirus in the last 24 hours. "The total number of deaths associated with covid-19 infection since the beginning of June is 185, and since the beginning of the year 194," it was announced on Friday. RELATED NEWS Illustration CONCERNING Europe is facing a booming coronavirus epidemic, with many countries introducing local quarantines RESTRICTIONS Declared state of emergency in Madrid: Residents are only allowed to leave the city in emergencies Paid an advance for the vaccine Outgoing Montenegrin Health Minister Kanan Hrapovic announced earlier Friday that he had signed an agreement and that the state had paid an advance of about 600,000 euros, which would allow the country to receive about 250,000 doses immediately when the coronavirus vaccine is produced. price of 8.84 euros. "According to research by the Institute of Public Health and their assessment of the required amount of vaccine doses, Montenegro has expressed the need for 248,800 doses, or an amount that would cover 20 percent of the population, given that two doses per person are recommended," Hrapovic said. He explained that by signing this agreement, Montenegro joined the COVAX mechanism for vaccines against covida-19, which was initiated by the World Health Organization in order to enable the procurement and fair distribution of vaccines among the participating countries. Hrapovic also announced that the Montenegrin government has launched a procedure to procure remdesivir, which will be used to treat patients with a more severe clinical picture. "Procurement of this medicine in the coming months will most likely be possible exclusively through the joint procurement mechanism initiated by the European Commission," Hrapovic said. Facebook Twitter Messenger E-mail #Montenegro #Koronavirus # Epidemiological Measures Do you want to supplement the topic or report an error in the text? Show comments In Slovenia, the situation is becoming more serious, again they have more than 300 newly infected with covid-19 WHO: 'Record daily growth in global covida-19 cases, more than 338,000' 'The mental health of Croats is deteriorating, psychiatric wards are closing. Service is declining ' National Staff released new data: 457 new cases co