Doctor and nurse at Banja Luka hospital infected with coronavirus

NEWS 29.03.202012:26
REUTERS/Axel Schmidt

Two female health workers at Banja Luka University Clinical Centre (UKC) tested postivice for coronavirus, Health Minister in Republika Srpska, Bosnia’s Serb majority part, Alen Seranic said Saturday.

“These are one doctor and one nurse at the UKC who worked the same shift with their colleague who had tested positive earlier,” Seranic noted.

A total of 32 Covid-19 patients are treated at this hospital and one person is treated in Doboj.

“Four patients are connected to respirators, while the pulmonology ward treats 12 patients with less severe symptoms,” the minister concluded.