Dr Kisic Tepavcevic explains why there's been an increase in the number of infected

That happened in the furniture factory "Dodic" in Vranje, Deputy Director of the Institute of Public Health of Serbia, Darja Kisic Tepavcevic stated.
She pointed out that it is a newly identified hotspot and that there are no other major hotspots in Serbia.
In the Jura factory, the spread of the virus has stopped and we hope that there will be no other pop-ups, Dr Kisic stated being hosted on TV Pink.
She added that it shows how quickly the virus can spread when it enters the collective, and that most patients in the factory in Vranje have mild symptoms or no symptoms of the disease.
"It shows the strength of the virus, and it is obvious that the infection will now be with milder forms of the disease," Dr Kisic said.
She added that the decision was made that all workers of the company "Dodic" in Vranje be tested and that as of yesterday, 42 positive for the coronavirus were registered among the employees and 11 other people who were in contact with them.
She pointed out that results are expected for more than 100 employees.
It is possible that the number will be even higher, and most of them have no symptoms and were discovered during the epidemic surveillance and the search for asymptomatic cases, she added.
Out of 53 positive for coronavirus, five have symptoms of pneumonia, but they do not have a severe clinical picture, and the rest have mild symptoms or no symptoms at all, Kisic Tepavcevic pointed out.
"Based on yesterday's indicators, it can be seen that the number of patients is twice as high, but not because of the spread in the general population, but in one collective. The epidemiological picture would be different when it is all over Serbia, and different when it is in one collective where the...

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