May 3, 2020 - A 60-year-old COVID-19-treated patient has died at the Intensive Care Unit of the Clinical Center of Montenegro Clinical Center (KCCG). He is the eighth victim of the coronavirus in Montenegro. The Institute of Public Health announced today that it had analyzed 43 samples, among which there were no newly infected patients with the coronavirus.
The total of COVID-19 cases since the beginning is 322, and the number currently recovered is 245. At the moment, there are 70 active cases, by municipalities: Podgorica: 37, Ulcinj: 9, Bar: 8, Plav: 6, Nikšić: 4, Gusinje: 3, Tuzi: 1, Budva: 1, Herceg Novi: 1.
Due to the favorable epidemiological situation and control over the further spread of the virus corona, small and medium-sized enterprises and city taxi services will resume operation in Montenegro from Monday, May 4, and citizens will be able to travel to their cottages in other municipalities.
According to Government announcements, shops, crafts, services, hairdressing and beauty salons, fitness centers, bookstores, dental offices, car schools, rent-a-car services, museums, and galleries will be open from May 4. It will be possible to go to cottages in other municipalities, provided that citizens have proof of ownership of the property.
On Thursday, April 30, the Government operationalized these measures, determining how many people can reside on a particular surface at the same time, with mandatory respect for physical distance, wearing masks, disinfection of hands when entering and leaving facilities. Measures and procedures for disinfection of all means used in salons, gyms, bookmakers, boutiques.
As of Monday, there is also a city taxi service, and according to new measures, each taxi driver is obliged to disinfect the car daily and to wear a protective mask and gloves. In addition to the driver in the vehicle will be able, in the back seat, to be two people.
In addition to city taxi, public transport will be reopened in municipalities where no contagion cases have been registered as of Monday.
With the relaxation of measures, the obligation to wear a mask in all confined spaces will be introduced from Monday. Epidemiologists have previously reported that due to the nature of the business and the type of business being opened, it will not be possible to maintain a physical distance of one and a half meters to two and that masks are therefore necessary.
On April 29, Prime Minister Dusko Markovic announced that the Government would distribute around 300,000 masks to the most vulnerable categories of population free of charge.
"We will distribute 240,000 retirees and 44,000 beneficiaries of care and assistance and personal disability benefits. We have distributed 26,000 masks to the beneficiaries of old-age benefits and material security," Markovic said, and it was published on the Government's official Twitter profile.
Even 30 days after the outbreak of the epidemic, Montenegrin pharmacies lacked masks, alcohol, or protective gloves. After the covers went on sale, their prices varied from 50 cents in Government to euro and 20 cents in private pharmacies.
Otherwise, mitigating measures against the COVID-19, which is set to begin on Monday, May 4, is part of the second phase of the loosening.
The ban on movement has been shortened from 11 pm to 5 am. In the same bundle, the Government has decided to extend the opening hours of shops and pharmacies.
According to the Government, if the second phase of mitigation is successful, a new easing should occur on May 18.
