Brčko District: Village of Peškiri in Isolation, Residents Were in Contact with Infected Person

SARAJEVO, (Patria) - The Commander of the Crisis Staff for Protection and Rescue and Mayor of Brčko, Siniša Milić, issued an order instructing the Police of Brčko District of BiH to take all necessary actions to block and isolate the upper part of the hamlet of Peškiri in the Brčko area, due to suspicion that a person infected with the coronavirus had been in contact with residents of this part of the hamlet.

The order was issued with the aim of preventing the spread, i.e., transmission of the coronavirus to the rest of the residents of the hamlet of Peškiri and the village of Gornji Zovik, as well as the neighboring village of Velino Selo in the Čelić Municipality, the District Government announced.

The Chief of Police of Brčko District of BiH, Goran Pisić, said at today's press conference that it was established that the infected person had initial contacts with nine individuals, secondary contacts with six individuals from the Peškiri area, and three individuals from the Tuzla Canton area.

"The District Police, together with the Inspectorate, the Department of Public Safety, and the Red Cross, informed the population yesterday afternoon regarding the decision and order of the Crisis Staff, and together with teams from the hygiene-epidemiological service, disinfection of the premises and facilities used by the individuals was carried out. Febrile teams from the Brčko Health Center are already there to take samples. The hamlet of Peškiri has about 25 houses and around 50 residents, mostly elderly," Pisić said.

At today's press conference, the Chief of the Inspectorate of Brčko District of BiH, Damir Bulčević, also addressed the media, speaking about the extension of isolation as well as the termination of isolation and health surveillance.