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How did the Corona virus affected Croatia
Concerns over the virus began as soon as it began its rapid rise in China and its effects on the international scale became clear. In Concerns were raised about the increased probability of the virus entering Croatia because of the number of Chinese workers working on Pelješac Bridge. Croatian Government immediately reacted to the potential threat by installing a passive measures and controls at all of the Croatian airports. The Ministry of Health warned those travelling to China to avoid sick people, animals, and markets, not to eat any raw or semi-cooked animals, to wash their hands often and to notify their doctor about visiting China.
Unfortunately, just like everywhere else in the world, Corona virus made its way through the Croatian borders, and the first case had been reported on
25 of February in
Zagreb – a man who came from Italy was tested positive. On the same day another case was confirmed but the people still didn’t take the situation too serious. On the 12 of March, the first recovery was reported, and on 18 of March the first death from the virus was confirmed. As the number of the infected kept growing, the Croatian Government did a great job, reacting on time and introducing social distance and self-isolation measures, leading to a reduced number of patients and facilitating the healing process.
For the citizens, the Government set up a website koronavirus.hr for all information they are interested in, as well as a new phone line 113 that has volunteers answering their questions. Croatian Institute of Public Health implemented a Facebook Chabot named Nada(hope), the Government presented a WhatsApp Chabot nicknamed Andrija, whose purposes are to give personalized advice to citizens who suspect they are infected. Nada and Andrija are also intended to relieve human medical workers of the pressure by "working on the phones 24/7"
In March, the number infected with the Corona virus passed over a 1000 cases, the 5.5 magnitude earthquake hit our capital Zagreb with an epicentre of 2 kilometres, and the whole situation didn’t look good at all. With daily reported cases it all kept going till mid of April. By following Government decisions, social distance and increased hygiene rules, Croatia managed to keep the number of new cases as lowest as possible; reporting not more than 10 cases each day - which led us to reducing the self-isolation measures and bringing our life back to normal.
