New Measures to Combat the Epidemic Caused by the COVID-19 November 24, 2020 Country specific information: As of November 23, 2020 Serbia has confirmed: 5,067 new cases of COVID-19 registered in the past 24 hours 126,187 cases of COVID-19 registered in total 1,237 deaths as a result of COVID-19 6,214 hospitalized patients with COVID-19 The Government of the Republic of Serbia has adopted new measures to combat the epidemic caused by the COVID-19, which shortens the working hours of restaurants, cafes, bars, clubs, bookmakers and shopping centers until 6 p.m. The application of the measures starts on Tuesday, November 24, 2020, and the measures are limited to a period of 10 days and will be reconsidered in accordance with the current epidemiological situation. New anti-epidemic measures include mandatory and unconditional use of personal protective equipment (wearing a protective mask) indoors, as well as outdoors in those situations where interpersonal contacts cannot be avoided, banning all public gatherings with the presence of more than 5 persons indoors and outdoors. Excluded from this measure are work organizations, schools, shops, shopping malls and similar facilities, which are subject to the prescribed limitation of the number of persons present at any time in relation to the area of the facility (minimum 4 m2 per person) and providing work from home to all employees. which the work process allows. The measures include strict control of the obligation to wear a protective mask in public transport vehicles, limiting the maximum number of passengers in the vehicle to half of the declared vehicle capacity, strict control of home isolation, house quarantine (self-isolation), and all other anti-epidemic measures in force.
