For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic struck Croatia there are more patients that have made a full recovery than new cases of the virus. Over the past 24 hours 28 new cases of COVID-19 were detected in Croatia, whilst 99 people have made a full recovery in the same time scale.

In total 2,009 people have been infected with COVID-19 in Croatia since the pandemic began, and now with 99 new full recoveries the total of people who have made a recovery is 982.

“Today, we have more people healed than sick,” said the director of the Infectious Diseases Clinic, Alemka Markotic, she added that Croatia can be satisfied with the number of people who have made a full recovery. And concluded “This trend will continue if we all follow the rules."

Over the past week the number of new cases of COVID-19 in Croatia has started to fall and the government announced a number of easing of restrictions yesterday, including the opening of some school classes, café bars and hairdressers.

And today the Minister of the Interior, Davor Bozinovic, answered when the borders would be opened, “The EU has made decisions to keep European and external borders closed until mid-May." He added that "There are always exceptions when it comes to crossing the border when it comes to humanitarian issues, such as funerals."

"We have entered a new phase and we would not have entered that phase if citizens had not respected what we were saying. And this second phase depends on how much we will adhere to all the basic epidemiological instructions, including wearing masks. These are not medical masks, but coverings of the mouth and nose. The recommendations we will make today will benefit citizens and employers to organize themselves as best as possible and to go through the second phase with few patients and be one step ahead of the virus," Bozinovic concluded.