to "survive" under the condition that they don't fire 10 percent of employees. all hairdressers shoemakers and bakers will receive a minimal wage (255.27€ as of january 2020) from the state. every citizen older than 18, will receive 100 euros to support the spending and to support local businesses. on 8 april, the serbian government passed a decree on additional borrowing. on 23 april, a previous decision to give every citizen 100 euros has been revised, stating than only pensioners and welfare users will get the money, others interested in government's help, will need to inform the government if they want to receive the support from government. this decision has been made, ostensibly because "some tycoons from the political area and outside were humiliated" with the previous decision to help every citizen older than 18, as they felt insulted with the amount. protests and riots on 7 july 2020, a series of protests and riots began over the government announcement of the reimplementation of the curfew and the government's allegedly poor handling of the covid-19 situation, as well as being a partial continuation of the "one of five million" movement. the initial demand of the protesters had been to cancel the planned reintroduction of curfew in serbia during july, which was successfully achieved in less than 48 hours of the protest. the protesters also demanded a more technical response to the covid-19 crisis and more factual and constructive information about the ongoing medical situation. among other causes, the protests were driven by the crisis of democratic institutions under aleksandar vučić's rule and the growing concern that the president is concentrating all powers in his hands at the expense of the parliament. aid international aid the countries and international organizations that have sent aid and funds to government of serbia, to help fight the pandemic: european union has donated 7.5 million euros aimed at expanding the capacity and improving the capabilities of combating the coronavirus pandemic. on 26 march, the eu financed the aid flight from china. further 94 million euros have been aimed at combating the pandemic. on 30 april, the eu and norway have donated additional 120 ventilators and 100 additional clinical monitors. kosovo has donated 500.000 euros for the municipalities of preševo, medveđa and bujanovac. bosnia and herzegovina sent medical teams to help the outbreak in the sandžak region. austria has offered medical equipment, as well as equipment needed for temporary hospitals, and for taking a number of patients from icu to get treatment in austria if needed. turkey has donated 100,000 protective masks, 2,000 protective suits, and 1,500 covid-19 testing kits. romania announced in june 2021 that will begin to deliver for free 151,200 covid-19 vaccines to another two countries to help tackle the pandemic. the donation for serbia consists of 50,400 doses. russia has donated serbia 15,000 covid-19 tests. russian air force has also flown 11 ilyushin il-76 planeloads of medical experts, large amount of medical equipment, technical and protective gear and 16 motor vehicles for disinfection of facilities and roads to serbia to help it fight the coronavirus spread. norway on 20 march, the norwegian ambassador to serbia jern eugen jelstad, informed the president of serbia of 5 million euros of aid aimed at combating the pandemic. on 30 april, norway and the eu have donated additional 120 ventilators and 100 additional clinical monitors. azerbaijan donated medical equipment. qatar donated medical equipment. united arab emirates have donated 10 tons of medical aid. people's republic of china first donated serbia covid-19 tests and sent medical staff, who had experience combating the disease in guangdong province. united states has donated 6,000 coronavirus test kits for the serbian health care system. bahrain has donated 67,5 tons of medical equipment, including 20 ventilators. world health organization has donated medical equipment worth 1 million euros. personal donations their royal highness crown prince alexander and crown princess katherine in collaboration with project c.u.r.e. and lifeline new york provide humanitarian assistance to hospitals in serbia . retired tennis player ana ivanovic donated 35 ventilators and medical aid packages. football manager dejan stanković and his business partner dragan ruvarac donated ventilators and medical equipment. world no. 1 tennis player novak đoković donated 1 million euros for ventilators and medical aid packages. nba players nemanja bjelica, bogdan bogdanović and basketball executive vlade divac have donated ventilators, masks and medical equipment. on 1 july, tennis player novak đoković have donated 5 million dinars to novi pazar international aid that serbia sent united nations serbia has donated a total of 2 million euros, 1 million euros for the vaccine and 1 million euros to world health organization. kosovo government of serbia donated 1,000 coronavirus test kits to the public health institute in pristina, as part of the region's co-operation with kosovo in the fight against covid-19. bosnia and herzegovina serbia donated medical equipment to bosnia and herzegovina. most help went to republika srpska. italy on 25 april, serbia sent 8 planes with medical aid to italy, containing 2 million surgical masks, 2 million epidemiological masks, 1 million gloves and 100 thousand medical suits. armenia on 18 june. and 19., serbia sent 2 planes with medical aid to armenia, containing 10 artificial respiration devices, 10 monitors monitoring the patient's condition, 500,000 surgical masks, 100,000 breathing masks, 25,000 protective glasses, 25,000 medical protective clothing and other necessary items. iran serbia announced plans to send 50,000 sputnik vaccines to iran, citing them as a traditional friend of serbia. lebanon on 17 august 2021, serbia sent 40,000 sputnik vaccines to lebanon and intended to provide further support in the form of food aid. notable deaths main article: list of deaths due to covid-19 miša aleksić, 67, musician and bass guitarist of serbian rock band riblja čorba alex andjelić, 80, ice hockey coach đorđe balašević, 67, singer-songwriter ivan bekjarev, 74, actor branislav blažić, 63, surgeon and politician, former minister of environmental protection dragoljub đuričić, 68, drummer, former member of bands yu grupa, leb i sol and kerber petar fajfrić, 79, handball player and coach sanja ilić, 69, composer and keyboardist, leader of the group balkanika irinej, 90, head of the serbian orthodox church (since 2010) and bishop of niš (1975–2010) danial jahić, 41, olympic long jumper borisav jović, 92, president of yugoslavia (1990-1991) ivan klajn, 84, linguist and academic milutin knežević, 71, serbian orthodox bishop of eparchy of valjevo miodrag lazić, 64, surgeon, director of the niš urgent medical centre, highly esteemed military surgeon, volunteer in the republic of serbian krajina (1991–1992) and republika srpska (1992–1996). božidar milenković, 66, footballer and coach nenad nenadović, 56, actor ilija petković, 74, footballer and manager, former serbia national football team manager artemije radosavljević, 85, retired serbian orthodox bishop amfilohije, metropolitan of montenegro, 82, archbishop of montenegro and the littoral (since 1990) and bishop of banat (1985–1990) of the serbian orthodox church milenko savović, 60, basketball player zoran stanković, 66, doctor and politician miloš šobajić, 75, painter and sculptor marina tucaković, 67, songwriter vlasta velisavljević, 94, actor zoran simjanović, 74, composer marko živić, 49, actor predrag živković tozovac, 86, singer and composer statistics cases total confirmed cases, recoveries and deaths new cases per day recoveries sudden jump in number of recoveries since 6 june was explained by changed methodology of determining healthy patients, requiring only one negative covid-19 pcr test, as opposed to two negative test at least 24 hours apart required before. total recoveries recoveries per day deaths total number of deaths deaths per day data acquired from the official website.