Department of Infectious Diseases, University Clinical Hospital Mostar, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina; Faculty of Medicine, University of Mostar, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Bosn J Basic Med Sci. 2020 Aug 3;20(3):396-400. doi: 10.17305/bjbms.2020.4838.
The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is still progressing and has been recorded in more than 210 countries and territories worldwide. In Bosnia and Herzegovina, the first cases of COVID- 19 were detected on March 5, 2020 in the entity of the Republic of Srpska and on March 9, 2020 in the entity of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. By May 16, 2020, more than 2,200 COVID-19 cases had been recorded in both entities, with a mortality rate of 5.8% (131 of 2,231 cases). The aim of this ongoing study is to present the current epidemiological and sociodemographic parameters of 380 COVID-19 patients diagnosed at the University Clinical Hospital Mostar (UCH Mostar) during the first two months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Of those 380 patients, 60 (15.8%) required hospitalization. The mortality rate was 5% (19/380). The highest mortality rate (15.2%, 12/79) was recorded in the patients aged ≥65 years. In addition to this single-center experience of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, we discuss the epidemiological mea-sures imposed in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with an emphasis on the restrictive measures. The COVID-19 pandemic is still ongoing in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
2019 年新型冠状病毒病（COVID-19）是由严重急性呼吸系统综合征冠状病毒 2（SARS-CoV-2）引起的大流行，目前已在全球 210 多个国家和地区记录。在波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那，COVID-19 首例病例于 2020 年 3 月 5 日在塞族共和国实体中被发现，2020 年 3 月 9 日在波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那联邦实体中被发现。截至 2020 年 5 月 16 日，两个实体中记录的 COVID-19 病例已超过 2200 例，死亡率为 5.8%（2231 例中有 131 例）。本研究旨在介绍 COVID-19 大流行的头两个月在莫斯塔尔大学临床医院（UCH Mostar）诊断的 380 例 COVID-19 患者的当前流行病学和社会人口统计学参数。在这 380 名患者中，有 60 名（15.8%）需要住院治疗。死亡率为 5%（19/380）。年龄≥65 岁的患者死亡率最高（15.2%，12/79）。除了介绍这一单一中心在 COVID-19 大流行期间的经验外，我们还讨论了波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那实施的流行病学措施，重点讨论了限制性措施。COVID-19 大流行在波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那仍在继续。
