PM to present new coronavirus restrictions on Thursday

Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic has announced that he would present the latest restrictions to curb the spread of the coronavirus on Thursday, without going into any detail.

"Tomorrow we will speak about the measures. Minister (of the Interior Davor) Bozinovic is currently having consultations with county prefects and tomorrow we will present the measures to the public," Plenkovic told reporters in Parliament House.

The measures will last until Christmas and might be extended if epidemiologists request that, Plenkovic said, declining to say whether hospitality facilities would go into lockdown.

A solution will be found for anyone that will not be able to work during the restrictions, Plenkovic said.

Throughout the entire crisis, the government has shown that it is taking account of the private sector and entrepreneurship and by the end of the year they will have been paid more than HRK 8 billion in job keeping measures, he said.

Referring to vaccination, Plenkovic said that "anyone who observes the consequences of COVID-19 rationally is prepared to trust the experts and doctors," while the state would ensure a sufficient number of vaccines, particularly for the most vulnerable groups.

He expects that there will be a lot of people who will question vaccination, similar to the situation in Dubrovnik County two years ago, when several families did not wish to vaccinate their children during a measles outbreak.

Seeing that coronavirus is an extremely dangerous virus, we are considering all options that are in Croatia's best interest, including the possibility of mandatory vaccination, Plenkovic said, adding that no conclusions had been made yet.

Text: Hina

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