Marijan Ivanusa, the head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) office in Serbia, said on Wednesday the epidemic situation was better but that the number of infected with the coronavirus was still high.

He told the state RTS TV he hoped the situation calmed down since that the daily number of 8,000 newly infected Serbian residents dropped to 1,500 but warned that 1,000 dead patients last month should not be ignored and that he was afraid the end of the epidemic was far away.

Ivanusa added the vaccination had started in some 50 states around the world, and that that brought hope.

He said he believed the vaccination of some 60 – 70 percent of the world population would create a good collective immunity.