Three people who arrived from China under surveillance in Sarajevo

The Crisis Staff of the Ministry of Health of Sarajevo Canton for monitoring and analysis of the situation caused by the Coronavirus (COVID 2019) announces that it continuously monitors the current epidemiological situation and conducts epidemiological surveillance in the Sarajevo Canton, in accordance with prescribed procedures and protocols. The Staff is in constant contact with the Crisis Staff of the Federal Ministry of Health and the crisis staffs of other cantons.

"In the previous period as well, health surveillance measures were regularly implemented in the Sarajevo Canton over persons for whom the sanitary inspection issued a decision placing them under health surveillance. Currently, in the Sarajevo Canton, three persons who arrived from the People's Republic of China are under health surveillance, which is in accordance with prescribed procedures and orders of the competent institutions. The duration of surveillance is the time interval of the longest incubation period for a specific infectious disease, which in this case is 14 days," state from the Crisis Staff.

Health surveillance is continuously conducted by the Epidemiological Service of the Institute for Public Health of Sarajevo Canton. The Crisis Staff states that, according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, the probability of infection with the Coronavirus (COVID2019) for the population of Europe is considered very low.

They also state that they will continue to act according to the preparedness plan, with the aim of protecting the health of the population.