Belgium, Switzerland, and Denmark announced Wednesday that they will gradually ease coronavirus restrictions that have been in place in recent months to halt the spread of the virus.

The Swiss government announced Wednesday that outdoor tables in restaurants and bars will be permitted as of next Monday. Cultural and sports events will be open to audiences under certain conditions. The numbers will be limited to 100 for outdoor events and 50 for indoor events.
The announcement came even as COVID-19 cases in Switzerland have shown no significant decrease.
Switzerland on Wednesday reported 2,601 daily coronavirus infections, pushing total infections to 627,968.
Some 1.12 million people in Switzerland have received a COVID-19 jab as of April 11, or nearly 13% of the overall population.

Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo announced Wednesday that bars and restaurants in the country will be allowed to reopen their outdoor terraces starting May 8, pointing to a falling number of daily coronavirus infections.

A ban on non-essential travel within the EU will also end next Monday while schools reopen.
Non-essential shops, hairdressers, beauty salons will also be permitted to open their doors on April 26.
Some 1.93 million in Belgium have received a COVID-19 jab in Belgium as of April 12, or 16.6% of the population.

The Danish government has announced the easing of restrictions on international travel in phases between April 12 and June 26.

The four-stage plan, which applies to travel to and from countries in the EU, includes a gradual lifting of quarantine for travelers depending on where they come from. It requires travelers to show a negative PCR test for coronavirus when entering the country.
Nearly 977,000 people in Denmark have been vaccinated against COVID-19, or 16.8% of the population.

Belgium, Switzerland, and Denmark announce gradual lifting of some restrictions as vaccinations continue

The Swiss government announced Wednesday that outdoor tables in restaurants and bars will be permitted as of next Monday

3 countries in Europe easing coronavirus restrictions

Poland started administering Johnson &amp; Johnson COVID-19 shots on Thursday as benefits from the vaccine outweigh potential risks, government and drug office representatives said.

U.S. federal health agencies on Tuesday recommended pausing use of Johnson &amp; Johnson’s vaccine for at least a few days after six women under age 50 developed rare blood clots after receiving the shot, dealing a fresh setback to efforts to tackle the pandemic.
-In the case of Johnson &amp; Johnson today is the first day it has been used. We have not received signals that there are problems, or that patient are refusing (to take it)- Michal Dworczyk, a government official overseeing the country’s vaccine programme told a press conference.
The head of the Office for Registration of Medicinal Products told the conference that benefits from the J&amp;J vaccine outweigh potential risks.

Michal Dworczyk: We have not received signals that there are problems, or that patient are refusing to take it

Vials with a sticker reading, "COVID-19 / Coronavirus vaccine / Injection only" and a medical syringe are seen in front of a displayed Johnson & Johnson logo in this illustration taken October 31, 2020.

Poland starts J&J COVID-19 jabs, says benefits outweigh risks

Denmark is examining options for sharing AstraZeneca’s vaccines with poorer nations after it halted use of the shots over concerns over rare blood clots, the World Health Organization Europe head said on Thursday.

Denmark this week became the first country to stop using AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine altogether, as European officials continue to investigate dozens of reports of very rare blood clots combined with low platelet counts that have arisen in the bloc, as well as Britain.
The WHO, which along with Britain and the European Medicines Agency continue to recommend AstraZeneca’s shot on the grounds that the benefits outweigh the risks, has been pushing countries not to hoard vaccines that they are not using.
The lion’s share of vaccines distributed globally, so far, have gone to wealthier nations.
-I did have this conversation with Dr. Soren Brostrom, director general of the Danish (Health Authority) yesterday and I understand that the ministry of foreign affairs of Denmark is ready to, or looking already into options, for sharing AstraZeneca vaccines with poorer countries- WHO Europe Director Hans Kluge told reporters.
WHO officials stopped short of criticising Denmark’s move to halt use of AstraZeneca’s vaccine, saying every nation should have the flexibility to make decisions about their vaccination programs, based on their rates of vaccination, infection and hospitalisation.
Denmark’s Brostrom has said his country had come far in inoculating the elderly population most at risk of contracting a serious form of COVID-19, and that younger groups were at lower risk of complications from the disease. That had to be weighed against the possible vaccine side effects, he said.

The lion’s share of vaccines distributed globally, so far, have gone to wealthier nations

Staff member handles AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines in storage at Region Hovedstaden's Vaccine Center, Copenhagen, Denmark February 11, 2021.

WHO says Denmark looking to share AstraZeneca vaccines after halting shots

Today, SBB marked the Day of the Army of RB&amp;H throughout our country. The delegation led by SBB Political Director Anis Krivić visited the Kovači Cemetery in Sarajevo, where the first President of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the late Alija Izetbegović, and the Commander of the Army of RB&amp;H, the late Rasim Delić, were honored by laying flowers and reciting the Fatiha prayer.
SBB Vice President Admir Čavka led the party delegation in Sanski Most, where they paid tribute to the late General Mehmed Alagić, commander of the 7th Corps of the RB&amp;H Army, by laying flowers and reciting the Fatiha prayer at the central city memorial, but also at its cemetery.
The delegation of the SBB of the Brčko District also marked the Day of the Army of RB&amp;H by laying wreaths and reciting the Fatiha prayer at the central memorial to the martyrs and killed soldiers in Brčko.
As a sign of great gratitude for everything they gave to Bosniaks as a people and the state of B&amp;H as generals, former MUP special forces and members of the Army Ismir Jusko and Samir Čajić, on the occasion of Army Day, visited Generals Sefer Halilović and Atif Dudaković the first Chief of Staff of the Supreme Command of the Army of RBiH and the Commander of the 5th Corps, on behalf of SBB.
With a pleasant conversation and recollection of the days of defense against aggression, Jusko and Čajić presented Generals Halilović and Dudaković, as a gift from the Alliance for a Better Future of B&amp;H, with pottery, a shield with the coat of arms of B&amp;H and lilies.
The Army of the Republic of B&amp;H, which became respectable military force because of the people and brave hearts of unarmed fighters, was of crucial importance in the defense of Bosniaks as a people, but also the multiethnic state of B&amp;H in the aggression against our country from 1992 to 1995. The members of the Army of RB&amp;H, its fighters and commanders who deserve every kind of honor are most responsible for that.

The Army of the Republic of B&H, which became respectable military force because of the people and brave hearts of unarmed fighters, was of crucial importance in the defense of Bosniaks as a people

SBB marked the Day of the Army of RB&H throughout the country

The Embassy of the United States of America will not speculate on alleged statements of foreign statesmen, "non-paper" or redrawing of borders in the Balkans, the US Embassy in B&amp;H told "Avaz".

They pointed out that the US position on this issue is well known and remains unchanged.
- The position of the USA on the issue of the Dayton Peace Agreement and the future of B&amp;H as a single state destined for the Euro-Atlantic community is well known and unchanged. We are committed to the principles of Dayton - Bosnia and Herzegovina is a democratic, multiethnic, sovereign and independent state with unquestionable territorial integrity. As for the status of B&amp;H, it is not the opinions about it that are important, but the facts and international law - they said.
They added that the territorial integrity and sovereignty of B&amp;H are guaranteed by the Dayton Peace Agreement.

-Neither Dayton, nor the Constitution of B&amp;H give the right of secession to either of the two entities. Any action aimed at dismantling B&amp;H is a violation of the Dayton Peace Agreement. The primary goal of secessionist rhetoric is to move away from the hard work and responsible dialogue needed for reforms that would restore citizens' trust, encourage economic recovery, and contribute to B&amp;H's progress in achieving EU goals. No entity has a future outside B&amp;H - they are categorical.

Neither Dayton nor the B&H Constitution gives the right to secede to either of the two entities, they said

US Embassy in B&H: The US position on this issue is well known and remains unchanged

US Embassy in B&H about ”non paper” for "Avaz": The territorial integrity of B&H is unquestionable

Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina Milorad Dodik thanked today in Belgrade the Republic of Serbia and President Aleksandar Vučić for donating 20,000 doses of coronavirus vaccine to the Republic of Srpska.
 
After visiting the Torlak Institute with Vučić, Dodik said that "B&amp;H has shown a complete failure to procure vaccines due to internal divisions."
-We in the Republic of Srpska have managed to provide vaccines, through direct procurement or donation, and 50,000 people have been vaccinated so far, and we estimate that we will speed up that process in the coming months- said Dodik, reports Tanjug.
He added that Serbia is a leader in terms of vaccine procurement and has helped and is helping Bosnia and Herzegovina, and there is also the possibility that B&amp;H citizens will be able to receive the vaccine without special conditions in Serbia and pointed out that Torlak will solve the vaccine problem in the region in the long run.
The first series of control doses of the "Sputnik V" vaccine was filled at the Torlak Institute yesterday, and Vučić stated that he expects that production in these plants will begin soon, which will satisfy the needs of Serbia and other countries in the region.

B&H has shown a complete failure to procure vaccines due to internal divisions, said Dodik

Dodik takes over a donation of 20,000 doses of vaccine for RS

By order of the Municipal Court in Sarajevo and the Prosecutor's Office of SC, members of SIPA again visited KCUS this morning, where they seized the documentation on the "Silver Raspberry" respirators.
SIPA has visited this medical institution twice so far, but it did not exclude all the necessary business documentation.
This is a continuation of the action which began on the 8th of April, and this information was confirmed earlier by Luka Miladinović, SIPA spokesman, for "Avaz".
The documentation was not exempted because it was in the safe-deposit box of this institution, which was inaccessible to the inspectors last time.
The activities were launched after a letter from doctors appeared in public, which spoke about the catastrophic situation at KCUS and stated that "Silver Raspberry" respirators could not be used to treat COVID patients.
A few days ago, state and cantonal prosecutors were at KCUS.
The acting cantonal prosecutors who went to the KCUS are Mladen Vukojičić and Meliha Dugalija, who is the Deputy Chief Prosecutor of the SC Prosecutor's Office.
In the coordinated action of the two prosecutor's offices in KCUS, the state prosecutor Džermin Pašić was also present. He is the acting prosecutor in the "Fadil Novalić and Others" case. His investigator Mirza Jamaković was with him.
As part of this investigation, a search of the company "Verlab" and FCPA was recently conducted.

A few days ago, state and cantonal prosecutors were at KCUS

SIPA seized the documentation from KCUS, what was found in the safe-deposit box

On the occasion of the Day of the Army of RB&amp;H, the President of SBB, Fahrudin Radončić, sent congratulations to members of the Armed Forces of B&amp;H, demobilized fighters, commanders, winners of the highest war military awards.
The state of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Bosniak people are proud of the Army of RB&amp;H, its successes and honorable struggle. In just four years, it grew into a respectable people's army, a military force, which defended our homeland in the aggressive onslaught of its enemies from 1992 to 1995.
The Army of RB&amp;H was adorned by Bosnian sons, brave hearts of soldiers and their commanders, who at the beginning of the aggression stood bare-handed in front of tanks and a much superior enemy. From this historical distance, we can say with certainty that our homeland was defended by the courage of the members of the Army of RB&amp;H and their true faith in multiethnic Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Today is an opportunity to remember in a special way the martyrs and killed soldiers and war invalids who gave their lives for a free, multiethnic and independent state of B&amp;H.

The Army of RB&H was adorned by Bosnian sons, brave hearts of soldiers and their commanders, who at the beginning of the aggression stood bare-handed in front of tanks and a much superior enemy

Radončić: We are proud of the successes of the Army of RB&H and their honorable fight

President of SBB Fahrudin Radončić congratulated the Day of the Army of RB&H

Vaccination of the population over the age of 75 in the Tuzla Health Center is underway, and it began on Wednesday.
 
This is the vaccination that was planned earlier with AstraZeneca vaccines that the Republic of Serbia donated to B&amp;H, a spokesman of the Tuzla Health Center, Adis Nišić told FENA.
He said that the vaccination started with the category of the elderly population.
The response of the population is excellent, says Nišić, emphasizing that there were no problems with side effects so far.
He also says that the population expressed satisfaction with the organization of vaccination process at the Health Center in Tuzla.
The health center organized vaccination at several points in separate clinics with all precautionary measures. Today, vaccination is performed at three points.

The health center organized vaccination at several points in separate clinics with all precautionary measures

There were no problems with side effects so far

Vaccination of citizens over the age of 75 begins in Tuzla

There is a much higher risk of brain blood clots from COVID-19 infection than there is from vaccines against the disease, British researchers said on Thursday, after the rollout of inoculations was disrupted by reports of rare clots.AstraZeneca and Johnson &amp; Johnson have both seen very rare reports of cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) linked to their vaccines. On Wednesday, the United States paused vaccinations using J&amp;J’s shot while a link with clots was investigated, with Denmark ditching AstraZeneca’s shot over the issue.
British and European regulators have stressed that the benefits of vaccination outweigh the risks.
A study of 500,000 COVID-19 patients found CVST had occurred at a rate of 39 people out of a million following infection, researchers said. That compares with European Medicines Agency (EMA) figures showing that 5 in a million people reported CVST after getting AstraZeneca’s shot.
The researchers said in a pre-print study that the risk of CVST was 8-10 times higher following COVID-19 infection than it was from existing vaccines for the disease.

-The risk of having a (CVST) after COVID-19 appears to be substantially and significantly higher than it is after receiving the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine- Maxime Taquet of Oxford’s Department of Psychiatry told reporters.

The study was based on a U.S. health database, and so did not accrue new data on the risk of clots from AstraZeneca’s vaccine directly, as the shot is not being rolled out there.
Taquet said that the mortality rate from CVST was around 20% whether it occurred after COVID-19 infection or a vaccine, indicating the clots were the main risk factor.
Regulators had also observed low platelet levels in reports of vaccine side effects, but the researchers said data was limited on whether that was also the case in those reporting CVST after infection.
The researchers highlighted that COVID-19 was associated with more common clotting disorders than CVST, such as strokes, and that recent debate around vaccines had lost sight of how bad the disease itself could be.
-The importance of this finding is it brings it back to the fact this is a really horrible illness as a whole variety of effects including increased risk of (CVST)- John Geddes, director of NIHR Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre.
The research team, from Oxford University, said they worked independently from the Oxford vaccine team which developed AstraZeneca’s shot.

British and European regulators have stressed that the benefits of vaccination outweigh the risks

A woman receives an Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at a COVID-19 vaccination centre at Cwmbran Stadium in Cwmbran, South Wales, Britain February 17, 2021.

UK scientists find higher risk of brain clots from COVID-19 compared with vaccines

French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday praised efforts made to rebuild the Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris, saying continued mobilisation was needed to meet the government's target of restoring the landmark within three years.

Visiting Notre-Dame two years to the day after the world watched transfixed in horror as flames ravaged the cathedral, Macron said "immense" restoration work had already been accomplished since the blaze.
-We are also looking to the three coming years because we will have to meet our targets, and therefore there is a great mobilisation of planning that is very demanding and rigorous- he said.
While the spire collapsed and much of the roof was destroyed on the evening of April 15 2019, the efforts of firefighters ensured the great medieval edifice survived the night.
Macron set a five-year restoration target in the immediate aftermath of the fire, which would mean the cathedral could be visited again when Paris hosts the 2024 summer Olympics.
He reiterated the objective a year later, despite delays brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic.
While Notre-Dame will be reopened for worship in April 2024, restoration work will actually have to continue beyond that date, according to Jean-Louis Georgelin, a former general handpicked by Macron to lead the effort.
The rebuild is helped by some 833 million euros ($991 million) collected in a national and international donation campaign launched immediately after the fire, although this may not be enough to push the restoration over the finishing line. 
The interior of the cathedral is today marked by a web of scaffolding, surrounded by nets and tarpaulins, where carpenters, rope workers, scaffolders and crane operators hurry around.
Meanwhile, investigators are trying to shed more light on the causes of the fire.
Several shortcomings in the security of the cathedral were identified -- in particular in the alarm system which meant that the alert to firefighters was late -- and in the electrical system of one of the elevators.
An accident, possibly caused by a short circuit or discarded cigarette butt, remains a likely explanation, but the extent of the damage has made drawing any final conclusions impossible.

He said that "immense" restoration work had already been accomplished since the blaze.

French President Emmanuel Macron (C) says "immense" restoration work had already been done since the fire

Macron says 'mobilisation' key to Notre-Dame rebuild target

Novartis announced Thursday it will join forces with fellow Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche to produce tocilizumab, a drug being tested for its effectiveness against Covid-19-linked pneumonia.

It is the third time Novartis has made its production capacities available to a competitor during the coronavirus pandemic, as several laboratories strike unprecedented partnerships to fight the global crisis.
Novartis is already collaborating with BioNTech and CureVac in producing Covid-19 vaccines.
The new tocilizumab deal will see Roche's manufacturing expertise transferred to the Novartis Drug Substance Singapore production site during the second quarter of 2021.
-Novartis is fully committed to collaborating with Roche in offering our proven biologics production capabilities- said Steffen Lang, the firm's technical operations chief.
-As one of the world's largest producers of medicines, Novartis can mobilise its manufacturing capabilities on multiple fronts.-Sold as Actemra or RoActemra depending on the market, tocilizumab is a treatment for rheumatoid arthritis which is also being tested in clinical trials investigating its safety and efficacy against Covid-19-associated pneumonia.
The injected treatment has suffered several setbacks in clinical trials.
However, a large British study published in February reported encouraging results, particularly in reducing the risk of death.
In January, Novartis announced an agreement with Pfizer-BioNTech to provide manufacturing capacity for its Covid-19 jabs.
In March, it then struck an agreement to manufacture the mRNA and bulk drug product for CureVac's Covid-19 candidate vaccine.
Faced with the desperate shortage of vaccine production capacity in dealing with the pandemic, unprecedented cooperation has been struck between laboratories.
Novartis did not join the race to produce a Covid-19 jab, being no longer involved in vaccines following a major reorganisation in 2015.
Its vaccines were sold to the British firm GlaxoSmithKline, with the exception of its influenza jabs which were sold off separately to the Australian laboratory CSL.

Novartis is already collaborating with BioNTech and CureVac in producing COVID-19 vaccines

It is the third time Novartis has made its production capacities available to a competitor during the coronavirus pandemic

Novartis, Roche team up on Covid pneumonia drug

In the past 24 hours, 2,502 samples were registered with the Public Health Institute of the Federation of B&amp;H, of which 945 were positive for SARS-CoV-2.

New cases have been registered in all cantons in the Federation of B&amp;H.
A total of 593,667 samples have been tested so far, and SARS-CoV-2 has been confirmed in 123,296 individuals.
In the past 24 hours, 35 new deaths were reported to the Public Health Institute of the Federation of B&amp;H.
As of today, the number of deaths in the Federation of B&amp;H is 4,393.
The FB&amp;H Institute of Public Health notes that due to incomplete reporting by private laboratories, the data were not completed.
In the last 24 hours, at the Institute of Public Health of the Republic of Srpska, the University Clinical Center of the Republic of Srpska, the University Hospital in Foča and the hospitals of Sv. Vračevi in ​​Bijeljina and Sv. apostle Luke in Doboj tested 962 laboratory samples, and coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) was confirmed in 344 people.
In the last 24 hours, 22 deaths were reported to the Republic of Srpska Institute of Public Health, in which the presence of the corona virus was confirmed.
So far, 58,633 cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Republic of Srpska, and a total of 3,059 people who have been tested for coronavirus have died.
Today, 54 new cases of coronavirus infection were registered in the Brčko District of B&amp;H. Three people died, two men and one woman.

35 new deaths were reported to the Public Health Institute of the Federation of B&H

The FB&H Institute of Public Health notes that due to incomplete reporting by private laboratories, the data were not completed

COVID-19 confirmed in 1,343 people in B&H, with 60 deaths

Dr. Orhan Karahodža, who is originally from Travnik and has been living and working in Switzerland and Germany for years, found himself at the center of a major scandal which was published by German television ZDF.

<h2> Private traders who want to make big money</h2>

"Golden fever during pandemic? Suspicious business with vaccines", is the title of the story of ZDF journalists, which is based on the trace of suspicious purchases of vaccines against coronavirus in Europe.
The full story, as stated, is based on a certain "Doctor O." (Orhan Karahodža), who, according to German journalists, mediates in procurement between states and producers. Vaccines are officially traded only between manufacturers and state governments, and there are private traders who want to make big money.
Karahodža is the owner of the company "Doctors365" from Switzerland, and in a statement for "Avaz" he claims that he is not doing anything illegal and that the whole business related to the mediation of vaccines is transparent.

- I am far from being a vaccine dealer. I'm not selling anything. I am a mediator between governments. I am a doctor who has contacts and I do not see anything controversial there. Governments contact me and I continue to mediate. It is true that I was also contacted by the RS Government for the procurement of AstraZeneca vaccines, 500,000 doses. People are looking for a solution. They are looking for vaccines, some of them are not asking for the price. But now it all stopped, because "AstraZeneca" blocked everything. There were also some informal contacts from the Government of FB&amp;H- says Karahodža.
He claims that he has not earned a single cent so far in the mediation business.
- I work on a commission and there is nothing disputable about that. Every offer I get is checked by my lawyers. Libya wants six million doses of "AstraZeneca", Dominican Republic one million doses. There is nothing "under the grain". I am asked by governments from all over the world to help them and I then I connect them directly with distributors. Depending on who wants what. Whoever sends the letter, I mediate. I don’t take vaccines and I don’t carry them to anyone. I mediate. I get a letter, which I then send to "AstraZeneca". I always claim that the best way is to go the direct route, but if you can't, contact me - says Karahodža.

<h2>Whoever calls me, we check them out</h2>

As he says, he also has a consulting firm and can, "if he wants, sell bananas as well."
- Whoever calls me, we check them out. Now we are waiting for a contract from Europe to be realized - says Karahodzha.
When it comes to the request of the RS Government, as he says, everything is stopped now.
- Now everything is on hold for the next three months. And it all goes through a firm in London. As far as I know, "AstraZeneca" has already contacted the RS Government. But I have no influence on the price of vaccines. Well you know the price of a mask was one cent in the beginning and now it’s 50 cents. See what the situation is. Demand for vaccines is high because people are dying en masse. Some, of course, offer more money. But I don't like injustice, because I work honestly - says Karahodža.

He confirmed to us that the RS Government had sent a letter asking for 500,000 doses of "AstraZeneca" vaccines

Bosnian at the center of scandal over vaccine trade, spoke for "Avaz"

On the occasion of the agreement signed today on the establishment of local government in the municipality of Srebrenica, which was signed on behalf of Bosniaks by the SDA, SB&amp;H and DF, the Alliance for a Better Future of B&amp;H issued a press release.
You can read the full press release below:
- As one of the leading predominantly Bosniak political parties since its founding, SBB has supported and advocated for the unity of Bosniaks in Srebrenica and a unified political performance. In this regard, in last year's local elections, SBB absolutely supported the pro-Bosnian list "My Address: Srebrenica", the joint candidate for mayor Alija Tabaković, and in the repeated elections the Alliance firmly supported the decision of Srebrenica's political representatives to boycott the elections. 
Therefore, today's move by the SDA, SB&amp;H and DF caught us off guard and we are absolutely surprised by the behavior of the SDA, which abused SBB and all other pro-Bosnian parties in order to eventually go into a coalition with genocide deniers.
SBB and other parties that were members of the pro-Bosnian block were not informed or consulted about the negotiations, nor about the signing of any agreement on the establishment of government with the SNSD. We are saddened by the fact that in the agreement that the SDA and its partners SB&amp;H and DF signed with the SNSD, the word genocide is not mentioned anywhere. Therefore, we believe that this violated the given word at the meeting initiated by the respected reis-l-ulema Hussein ef. Kavazović on March 5th this year - it is stated in the press release of SBB.

We are absolutely surprised by the behavior of the SDA, which abused SBB and all other pro-Bosnian parties

SBB:  This violated the given word at the meeting initiated by the respected reis-l-ulema Hussein ef. Kavazović on March 5th this year

SBB: SDA betrayed pro-Bosnian block and joined coalition with SNSD, ie genocide deniers, during Ramadan

Aida Alihodžić published a confession about the death of her mother Amra Alihodžić in the Facebook group "Collective lawsuit against KCUS".
You can read her full confession below: 
- This is our story of how my sister Adisa and I lost our mother due to carelessness, incompetence and reckless "treatment".
Our mother Amra Alihodžić has been working at KCUS, at GAK since 1978. She felt her first symptoms on February 25 when she came from the night shift and since then the agony starts.

<h2>An insolent and up-and-coming employee</h2>

Her health condition is deteriorating two days later, she was tested on February 28th at the checkpoint in KCUS, which is located right next to the triage, in the afternoon we get the test result which was NEGATIVE. The very next day, March 1st, I took her to the COVID clinic Vrazova, where they took another swab for test, blood sample and x-rayed her lungs. In the afternoon we get the result of the test which was now POSITIVE, and the lung x-rays shows bilateral pneumonia. That day, March 1st, she received her first dose of Triax, and I literally had to pull the doctor on duty by the sleeve to answer my question of whether Mom should receive “Clexane” as well, given the complete clinical picture. She replied that there was no need, then I asked her if I could at least give her "Aspirin protect", to which she said "you can if you want".
The temperature that evening was the highest so far - as much as 39.4. I called an ambulance at 9:30 PM, I was told to give her a "Voltaren" suppository and to call them again in half an hour if the temperature doesn't drop and the muscle pain don't subside- which I did, of course.
I get an extremely insolent and up-and-coming employee who claims that the ambulance IS NOT COMING BECAUSE OF THE HIGH TEMPERATURE, although at the beginning of the conversation I emphasized that my mother has had diabetes and hypertension for years, and that I only recently lost my father (on the night my late dad was in pre-infarction condition, also an oncology patient, the ambulance came to the address after several consecutive calls and requests after 57 minutes, only that he has a heart attack two minutes later, he was resuscitated in front of me and my mother, but I will write about his death and negligent in treatment later), with a request to help me so that I would not be left without a mother as well. The request was of course denied.

The next day, March 2nd, I also felt the first symptoms. Despite that, I had to take my mother to the COVID clinic, because "THERE ARE NO MOBILE TEAMS FORMED TO VISIT PATIENTS IN DIFFICULT CONDITIONS." At the COVID clinic, they measured my mother's saturation, which was 90, and put her on oxygen for about 15 minutes and sent her home. Of course, high fever, cough, chest pain were also present that evening.
March 3rd - Mom receives a third dose of “Triax” and the same day I privately invited the HBL lab to come to my home address to measure D-dimers which are of course not checked at the COVID clinic.
March 4th - Mom receives the fourth dose of "Triax", as well as regularly drinks the prescribed amounts of vitamins, probiotics, aspirin protect; HBL laboratory takes blood at 10 o'clock, we get the result at 14 o'clock, and the result is 337 ng / Ml.
The ambulance still refuses to come, and after countless calls to the COVID clinic, the ambulance arrives to pick us up at 4:30 PM. The saturation at that time was 85 and they immediately put her on oxygen. In the meantime, they took a swab for the test and blood sample from me, x-rayed my lungs and gave me voltaren muscularly because I can't stand on my feet because of the pain. After two hours, they measure my mother's saturation again, which now dropped to 68 (I don't want to talk about the lack of oximeters in the ambulance and the search for the correct ones).
We received a referral to the General Hospital, but they refused to admit my mother on the grounds that "it was a deadly low saturation and that they were not equipped to work with such patients." The ambulance then takes us to the Department of Dermatology / Observatory where the mother is again connected to oxygen (flow 4 liters). Extremely friendly staff takes all my mother's medicines (diabetes, hypertension, vitamin, probiotics, etc.) and personal belongings, they write down my phone number and instructions for consuming the mentioned medicines.
My mom contacted me neatly after a few hours, praising the staff, their expertise and accessibility. We received information from the staff at 11 PM that the saturation was 93 and that the result of the PCR and serological test was NEGATIVE (as well as the test that was done again on March 7th).

March 5th - Mom calls me in the morning complaining of pain and difficulty breathing, as well as constant harassment by the Ministry of the Interior; they kept calling her on her cell phone to check where she was and if she was violating the isolation solution. I contacted the Ministry of the Interior and they told me that the KCUS did not provide them with a list of patients who had been hospitalized due to the COVID infection. At 1:30PM our mother informs us that they took her to KUM where a CT scan of the lungs was done, and at 5:00 PM I get the information that she was transferred to a new respiratory center, the staff from the observatory refers me to the number 033 / 297-802 which I immediately called . They confirmed to me that my mother was there, that she was stable, on oxygen (now at 15 liters), that she was allegedly out of life danger, and I could not get any other information.
Two hours later, acquaintances told us (not KCUS!) to buy two doses of the drug "Tocilizumab" 600 mg (the price of one dose in the pharmacy Dina is 989.00 KM x 2 = 1.978,00 KM), I barely handed over the drug begging the staff at the main gate to let me go, then I ran to the Center and handed the doorman on duty medicine in ice, some pajamas and underwear for my mother.
At 10 PM, I called 033 / 297-802 several times to find out if she had received the medicine, but there was no answer. An hour later, through acquaintances and friends, we learn that the mother is stable and communicative, that they gave her water, allegedly the first dose of medicine, but that the saturation dropped to 87 again.
March 6th - the day begins with calls to the Center, there are still no answers, of course. At 1 PM I receive a video call from my mother, she can't tell me anything, I see that she is already connected to NIV, she is breathing hard, the connection is broken and I get a message from her - HELP ME after which we invite acquaintances and friends to urge and check what's is happening there; we were told that she was still upset and that she had been given a second dose of "Tocilizumab".
In the following days, we cannot get any answers from the Clinic about her health condition. No one answered the phone on the Department, and on March 9th I received a message from my mother informing me that last night was extremely difficult, that the saturation had dropped again, that they had given her nothing to calm down and against the pain that evening, and that no one visited her all night. It was only in the morning during the visit when it was noticed that the kidneys were failing, that there was no urine in the catheter that they remembered to look at it!

<h2>"We kept calling some number, which no one answered".</h2>

March 10th - The agony continues, no one answers the phone in the Department for days. In the evening, my mother managed to send me a message that the saturation was declining again and that no one had changed and washed her.
March 11th - I receive a call from my mother's number in the early morning hours, an acquaintance tells me that my mother needs adult diapers, almond creme, etc. All of the above was packed, of course, and taken to the main gate of KCUS at 1:30 PM (the time set for taking over the items). However, that day at 3PM we left our things at the reception as no one from the Department came to pick them up.
Mom sends a message at 5:28 PM to a friend and begs her to find someone to change her clothes and to bring diapers that we had already brought that day, but that never reached her.
Around 7PM I go to one gate and then another one, hysterically demanding that things are found. The security recognized me as a person who used to come to the hospital with my mother to visit my sick father, so they called the ward and things were found an hour later. At 10 PM I was told that my mother's diaper had finally been changed, and by then she was lying wrapped in sheets.
March 12th - Everything that happened on this date is still unclear and contradictory. My mother called me around 10 in the morning with a message to send her pressure medication again, which I had delivered to her twice before. She was called by the police again that day. Inspecting the messages from my mother's phone, which she sent to her friends, I learned that she was not changed, that no one gave her water, even though I had been delivering water, medicine, juices, food and hygiene supplies to her for days.
March 13th - We have already given upon calling the ward, we are looking forward to mom calling us as usual in the morning. Unfortunately, only a call followed at 11:20 AM, which we feared for days - they reported that my mother's condition worsened during the night, that she was intubated, then resuscitated, and that she passed away after midnight. To my question "Why didn't anyone call me earlier", I was answered with "We kept calling some number, which no one answered".
I have to point out that they kept calling my mother’s number and the cell phone was with her at the hospital the whole time. I would also like to point out that I have given my contact numbers to various departments at KCUS several times.
The first night my mom was placed on Infectious ward I was told to bring all of her medication, which I did. However, all the medicines were returned to us after her death, and some were unpacked, as well as vitamins, fruit, food - everything that was brought to her every day, and we still haven't received a letter of discharge.
Although they have always claimed that she is one of the more stable patients and that she will reportedly be transferred to ward C3 if two tests are negative (and they were, the tests were done on March 5th and 7th), the question arises why she remained in the respiratory center until her death?
For all of the above, there are materials, photo and video evidence that will be attached to the lawsuit - wrote Aida Alihodžić.

Our mother Amra Alihodžić has been working at KCUS, at GAK since 1978. She felt her first symptoms on February 25th when she came from the night shift and since then the agony starts

Aida Alihodžić: I lost my mother due to negligence, incompetence and negligent treatment

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Poland starts J&J COVID-19 jabs, says benefits outweigh risks

WHO says Denmark looking to share AstraZeneca vaccines after halting shots

SBB marked the Day of the Army of RB&H throughout the country

US Embassy in B&H about ”non paper” for "Avaz": The territorial integrity of B&H is unquestionable

Dodik takes over a donation of 20,000 doses of vaccine for RS

SIPA seized the documentation from KCUS, what was found in the safe-deposit box

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UK scientists find higher risk of brain clots from COVID-19 compared with vaccines

Macron says 'mobilisation' key to Notre-Dame rebuild target

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