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25 May 2020 / 13:05

COVID-19: Institute Says Montenegro Virus-Free For First Time In Two Months

Montenegro's Institute of Public Health has announced that for the first time in more than two months, the tiny Adriatic country has no confirmed coronavirus infections.

"It's official: "After 68 days from the first recorded case, Montenegro is currently without patients with COVID-19", reported the Institute.

Although it has gone 19 days without registering any new cases, Montenegro has not officially declared an end to the outbreak on its territory, RFE reports.

Montenegro, which has around 630,000 inhabitants, was among the last European states to report a confirmed case and has only reported a total of 324 cases, with nine deaths.

Outbreaks surged in neighboring Bosnia-Herzegovina and Serbia, but most Balkan countries have generally fared better than many of their neighbors or other European states.

Slovenia became the first country in Europe to declare an end to its COVID-19 epidemic on May 14.

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