Croatia is coming more and more into focus in the coronavirus pandemic. Holidays between Istria, Zagreb and Dalmatia remain popular. But there are allegations with regard to Corona. All developments in the news ticker.
- Coronavirus pandemic * : Croatia, which is popular with holidaymakers, is increasingly coming into focus in Europe during the second Corona wave * .
- Criticism is loud: Is Croatia doing too few Covid-19 tests * and is it beautifying its corona infection numbers ?
- All developments around Croatia in the corona pandemic * here in the news ticker .
Munich / Zagreb / Split - Is Croatia improving its Covid-19 numbers in the Corona crisis ? According to a report in the Süddeutsche Zeitung , there is significantly less testing in the Balkan country than elsewhere. The supposed result: fewer proven corona cases .
Vacation in the coronavirus pandemic: Croatia comes into focus
The Mediterranean country, which is also dependent on German holidaymakers during the coronavirus pandemic, has come more and more into focus in recent weeks.
In the corona pandemic in focus: the Split-Dalmatia County with the holiday islands Brac, Hvar and Vis.
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For example, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) has declared the capital Zagreb and the Split-Dalmatia County on the Adriatic coast , which is popular with tourists, to be corona risk areas, and the Foreign Office then issued a travel warning - despite the increasing number of infections, but not for the whole Country.
Croatia in the corona pandemic: Austria issues travel warning, Hungary closes the border
Austria had issued a travel warning for the entire south-eastern European country because of Covid-19 , Hungary closes its border with Croatia on September 1 in the corona pandemic .
For good reason? According to SZ , laboratory doctors detect the insidious coronavirus in twelve percent of all smears in Croatia , and this is "a clear indication that the country is testing too little". The 7-day incidence *, which always remained below the critical value of 50, is "only of limited significance".
Coronavirus pandemic: is Croatia brightening its corona numbers with fewer Covid 19 tests?
Is Croatia improving its numbers in the Covid-19 pandemic ? Follow all developments here in the news ticker . (pm) * Merkur.de is part of the Germany-wide Ippen-Digital editors network