Bosnia and Herzegovina The
Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina announced Armed Forces' placement of quarantine tents at the country's borders intended for Bosnian citizens returning home. Every Bosnian citizen arriving to the country is obligated to self-quarantine for 14 days starting from the day of arrival. Tents will be set up on the northern border with
Croatia. On 15 March 2020, the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina issued a decision which forbids for foreign nationals entering Bosnia and Herzegovina to enter from areas with intensive transmission of coronavirus, and especially from: provinces of the PRC (Wuhan), South Korea, Japan, Italy, Iran, France, Romania, Germany, Austria, Spain, Switzerland and Belgium. On 24 March 2020, Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina issued a decision which bans entrance for all foreigners, and also from 30 March 2020 all borders at
airports in Bosnia and Herzegovina will be closed for passengers, and airplanes could land only to deliver cargo. On 21 May 2020, Council of Minister adopted a decision which allows entry and stay of a foreigner who enters Bosnia and Herzegovina due to business obligations, provided that they have an invitation letter from a legal entity from Bosnia and Herzegovina that hires them in Bosnia and Herzegovina and a certificate of a negative test for SARS-CoV-2 virus from an authorized laboratory, not older than 48 hours from the time of entry. Citizens of Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia can enter Bosnia and Herzegovina without any additional condition from 1 June 2020. The effects of restrictive measures and their relaxation were scientifically analyzed. After the authorities lifted mandatory quarantine restrictions, the instantaneous reproduction number increased from 1.13 on 20 May to 1.72 on 31 May.
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina tent located in Sarajevo during the COVID-19 pandemic On 11 March, the
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, had enacted a 2-week shutdown of all schools, high schools and universities to contain the spread of the virus, which was later prolonged by all cantons. On 16 March, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina already had acts of profiteering. Fines have already been passed to local pharmacies and stores who used this situation and high demand for anti-bacterial gels/sprays and surgical masks. They lifted the prices as much as 3 times of the usual price. Federal inspection has given out fines in the sum of 43,500 km (~22,000 Euros). s attached to a lamp post in
Visoko The Headquarters of Federation of B&H issued on 18 March an order that banned all public gatherings, suspending the operation of all catering facilities for the preparation and sale of food and beverages, restaurants, pizzerias, confectioneries, beauty salons, hookah bars, coffee bars, discos, tea shops, cafes, private dentists. Some cities, such as
Visoko, installed
hand sanitizers through the city, in addition to frequent overnight disinfection of streets. Other cities, like
Cazin and
Gradačac, crafted and installed
disinfection tunnels, and had organised volunteer clubs, for example The Youth Crisis Staff in
Cazin. The civil protection service of Federation of B&H on 20 March 2020 issued an order, which banned the movement of people under the age of 18 and over 65 in the Federation of BiH. On 21 March 2020, a
curfew was introduced for the entire Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina every day from 18:00 until 05:00, and its implementation started on 22 March 2020. On 29 March 2020, time for curfew was changed to 20:00 until 05:00.
Croatia national football team manager
Zlatko Dalić donated 40,000
HRK to
Fra Mihovil Sučić Hospital in his hometown
Livno, as well as
Utah Jazz and
Croatia men's national basketball team player
Bojan Bogdanović who donated 50,000
USD to
University Clinical Hospital in his hometown Mostar. The group of researchers from the University Clinical Hospital Mostar reported the mortality was 5% during the first two months of the COVID-19 pandemics in Mostar. Furthermore, they concluded that fewer COVID-19 patients per million inhabitants died during the analyzed period, as compared with that in richer countries. On 18 April 2020, final examination for the students of primary and secondary education were cancelled in
Sarajevo Canton. Few days later,
Tuzla Canton had also cancelled final examination for the students of primary and secondary education. As of 31 May 2020, the public gathering is allowed for up to 100 people indoors and up to 300 people outdoors. Also during the course of May, BiH representatives have allowed work in most of the industries including cafes, private medical services (such as dentists) restaurants and beauty saloons with respecting the social distance as well as hygiene. Night clubs are still under restrictions.
Republika Srpska Republika Srpska was first to implement measures, beginning from cities of
Banja Luka and
Doboj, where business hours were either limited or all business completely forbidden. The Ministry of Health and Social Security ordered the disinfection of all public spaces and property. Student dormitories in the city of Banja Luka were evacuated for immediate disinfection. On 10 March 2020, Republika Srpska had officially enacted a ban on all public gatherings, shut down all schools, and banned entry to all tourists coming from any of the
COVID-19 infected countries across the world to contain the spread of the virus within the country. Between 12 and 13 March, numerous cities have made decisions to limit the work of grocery stores, restaurants, cafés and completely limit the work of gyms and fitness centers. Banja Luka,
Čelinac,
Prnjavor,
Mrkonjić Grad and Doboj are some of the cities that made these restrictions. On 15 March 2020, Banja Luka has decided to close all restaurants and cafés in the city, with the exception of drugstores, hotels and motels, where drugstores will be working until 22h and hotels will be working until 18h. The Minister of Health and Social Security,
Alen Šeranić, reported that 2,026 people are under surveillance in Republika Srpska. Šeranić also noted that only citizens arriving from abroad would be allowed the virus testing, and
quarantine will be made mandatory. On 21 March 2020, a
curfew was introduced in entire Republika Srpska every day from 20:00 until 05:00, and a total ban of movement for people older than 65. During certain holidays (
Easter, Labour Day and
Đurđevdan), curfew time was prolonged. Curfew in Republika Srpska was in force until 22 May 2020. On 28 March 2020, the National Assembly declared the state of emergency in Republika Srpska, which came into force on 3 April 2020.
Brčko District The Government of
Brčko District is regularly adopting measures for control and prevention of the COVID-19 pandemic and publish them on their official website. Since 22 March 2020, it is prohibited in Brčko District to gather and move in public places and open or closed public areas in a group of three or more persons throughout the day, and a
curfew was introduced in entire Brčko District every day from 21:00 until 05:00. On 7 May 2020, the curfew time was changed from 22:00 until 05:00. Curfew in Brčko District was in force until 22 May 2020. ==Statistics==