Crisis Staff doctor: Testing protocol same for all

Tanjug

Anyone who was in contact with a person infected with the coronavirus has to be tested, pandemic Crisis Staff member Dr Darija Kisic Tepavcevic told Thursday's daily news briefing.

Asked if Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic should be in isolation after disclosing that his son had tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, the doctor said „the protocol is the same for everyone“ but did not specify if the president should be in isolation.

“The procedure depends on whether that person was in contact with someone who tested positive for the coronavirus. Procedures and tests are done in line with that. Everyone who was in contact is tested without exception,” said Kisic Tepavcevic, deputy head of the Batut Public Health Institute.