including cafes, private medical services (such as dentists) restaurants and beauty saloons with respecting the social distance as well as hygiene. night clubs are still under restrictions. republika srpska coronavirus street disinfection in doboj republika srpska was first to implement measures, beginning from cities of banja luka and doboj, where business hours were either limited or all business completely forbidden. the ministry of health and social security ordered the disinfection of all public spaces and property. student dormitories in the city of banja luka were evacuated for immediate disinfection. on 10 march 2020, republika srpska had officially enacted a ban on all public gatherings, shut down all schools, and banned entry to all tourists coming from any of the covid-19 infected countries across the world to contain the spread of the virus within the country. between 12 and 13 march, numerous cities have made decisions to limit the work of grocery stores, restaurants, cafés and completely limit the work of gyms and fitness centers. banja luka, čelinac, prnjavor, mrkonjić grad and doboj are some of the cities that made these restrictions. on 15 march 2020, banja luka has decided to close all restaurants and cafés in the city, with the exception of drugstores, hotels and motels, where drugstores will be working until 22h and hotels will be working until 18h. the minister of health and social security, alen šeranić, reported that 2,026 people are under surveillance in republika srpska. šeranić also noted that only citizens arriving from abroad would be allowed the virus testing, and quarantine will be made mandatory. on 21 march 2020, a curfew was introduced in entire republika srpska every day from 20:00 until 05:00, and a total ban of movement for people older than 65. during certain holidays (easter, labour day and đurđevdan), curfew time was prolonged. curfew in republika srpska was in force until 22 may 2020. on 28 march 2020, the national assembly declared the state of emergency in republika srpska, which came into force on 3 april 2020. brčko district the government of brčko district is regularly adopting measures for control and prevention of the covid-19 pandemic and publish them on their official website. since 22 march 2020, it is prohibited in brčko district to gather and move in public places and open or closed public areas in a group of three or more persons throughout the day, and a curfew was introduced in entire brčko district every day from 21:00 until 05:00. on 7 may 2020, the curfew time was changed from 22:00 until 05:00. curfew in brčko district was in force until 22 may 2020. statistics cumulative number of cases, recoveries and deaths deaths per day source: daily reports of institute for public health of the federation of bosnia and herzegovina, institute for public health of republika srpska and department of health of brčko district municipalities and cantons affected as of 14 august 2020, people from following municipalities of republika srpska have been infected: entity municipalities affected cases deaths recoveries republika srpska banja luka, berkovići, bijeljina, bileća, bratunac, brod, čajniče, čelinac, derventa, doboj, donji žabar, foča, gacko, gradiška, han pijesak, istočna ilidža, istočni drvar, istočni stari grad, istočno novo sarajevo, jezero, kalinovik, kneževo, kostajnica, kotor varoš, kozarska dubica, krupa na uni, kupres, laktaši, lopare, ljubinje, milići, modriča, mrkonjić grad, nevesinje, novi grad, novo goražde, osmaci, oštra luka, pale, pelagićevo, petrovac, petrovo, prijedor, prnjavor, ribnik, rogatica, rudo, sokolac, srbac, srebrenica, šamac, šekovići, šipovo, stanari, teslić, trnovo, trebinje, ugljevik, višegrad, vlasenica, vukosavlje, zvornik totalonly totalonly totalonly total 50,816 2,550 37,924 as of 26 march 2021 as of 26 march 2021, people from following cantons and municipalities in the federation of bosnia and herzegovina have been infected: canton municipalities affected cases deaths recoveries canton 10 all municipalities affected: bosansko grahovo, drvar, glamoč, kupres, livno, tomislavgrad 3,819 89 3,590 bosnian-podrinje canton all municipalities affected: foča-ustikolina, goražde, pale-prača 1,473 49 1,096 central bosnia canton all municipalities affected: bugojno, busovača,dobretići, donji vakuf, fojnica, gornji vakuf-uskoplje, jajce, kiseljak, kreševo, novi travnik, travnik, vitez 5,001 377 3,982 herzegovina-neretva canton all municipalities affected: čapljina, čitluk, jablanica, konjic, mostar, neum, prozor-rama,ravno, stolac 21,154 288 18,598 posavina canton all municipalities affected: domaljevac-šamac, odžak, orašje 1,047 67 929 sarajevo canton all municipalities affected: centar, hadžići, ilidža, ilijaš, novi grad, novo sarajevo, stari grad, trnovo, vogošća 39,624 823 31,779 tuzla canton all municipalities affected: banovići, čelić, doboj east, gračanica, gradačac, kalesija, kladanj, lukavac, sapna, srebrenik, teočak, tuzla, živinice 15,525 705 13,273 una-sana canton all municipalities affected: bihać, bosanska krupa, bosanski petrovac, bužim, cazin, ključ, sanski most, velika kladuša 3,572 181 2,950 west herzegovina canton all municipalities affected: grude, ljubuški, posušje, široki brijeg 6,527 146 4,102 zenica-doboj canton all municipalities affected: breza, doboj south, kakanj, maglaj, olovo, tešanj, usora, vareš, visoko, zenica, zavidovići, žepče 8,349 739 6,705 total 106,152 3,464 87,002 as of 26 march 2021 as of 14 august 2020, 245 people from brčko district in total have been infected. cases deaths recoveries brčko district 3,401 193 3,214 as of 25 march 2021 impact empty shelves for flour in mercator store in sarajevo, as a result of panic buying members of the board of the tourism and hospitality group of the foreign trade chamber of bosnia and herzegovina have warned that the situation in tourism as a sector was sensitive to global disruptions and the emergence of a new coronavirus strain could lead to the collapse of all entities operating in the tourism and hospitality sector. macroeconomic simulations in the report "covid-19 analysis economic consequences for bosnia and herzegovina, measures and solutions" by admir čavalić, faruk hadžić and damir bećirović show that bih, ceteris paribus, will face a gdp decline in 2020 ranging from 3.97% to 9.53%. worst-case scenario foresees by the end of the year the rise in the number of unemployed to 96,767. applying measures indicated in the analysis in a timely manner, it would be possible to reduce this number to 33,284 unemployed. the analysis emphasizes current negative macroeconomic trends in bih (instability of pension systems, economic slowdown to 2.8% in 2019, migratory trends with estimated 50,000 people leaving bosnia annually) which makes the country very vulnerable to the current crisis. the strongest impact is expected in the healthcare and unemployment benefits sector. specific financial burden pertains to government intervention aimed at stabilizing the economy. it is estimated that at least two billion km (more than €1 billion) will be required for this purpose. from 21 march, most of the sports activities were canceled across the entire country, including all football matches in all categories. international assistance the countries and international organizations that have sent aid and funds to bosnia and herzegovina, to help fight the pandemic: azerbaijan — on 23 april 2020, azerbaijan sent to bosnia and herzegovina 10 tons protective and medical equipment, including 2 million protective masks. croatia — the government of croatia allocated 43,000,000 hrk to the hospital in mostar. european union — the european union is considering two ways to assist bosnia and herzegovina, including quick support in provision of up to eur 7 million worth of medical equipment and mid-term adjustment and enforcement of eu support in the amount of up to eur 50 million for the economic development programmes. hungary – on 16 april 2020, hungary sent a plane with medical help, including respirators, to banja luka as a help to republika srpska, and truck with protective equipment to sarajevo as a help to federation of bosnia and herzegovina. hungarian foreign minister péter szijjártó, who accompanied the shipment, met bosnian foreign minister bisera turković in sarajevo and was due to milorad dodik, serbian member of the bosnian state presidency, later on in banja luka. malaysia — government of malaysia will send two million protective masks to bosnia and herzegovina. in addition, on 8 april 2021, malaysia will also donate 50,000 doses of vaccines to bosnia and herzegovina. qatar – on 19 may 2020, qatari airplane carrying an urgent medical aid shipment arrived to sarajevo international airport, to help tackle the outbreak of the coronavirus in bosnia and herzegovina. russia – on 9 april 2020, russia sent three military planes as help to republika srpska. the help consisted in medical equipment, including protections masks and respirators, vehicles for disinfection, as well as in medical personnel. serbia — serbia is assisting republika srpska in medicines, protective equipment, and vital clinical machines, and also is assisting entire bosnia and herzegovina with food including wheat, corn and soybeans. slovenia – on 16 april 2020 slovenia sent humanitarian aid in total value of 133,000 euro. switzerland — on 23 march 2020, embassy of switzerland in bosnia and herzegovina informed minister of security that switzerland has allocate us$200,000 for assistance to bosnia and herzegovina. turkey — turkey sent humanitarian aid on 24 march 2020 that include protective masks, gloves, protective suits and goggles to red cross society of bosnia and herzegovina. turkey also send 30,000 doses of covid-19 vaccines on 28 march 2021. united nations — the united nations development programme in bosnia and herzegovina urgently financed procurement of 50,000 coronavirus test kits. united states — the us government on 23 march 2020 donated medical materials and other important supplies to the armed forces of bosnia and herzegovina. usaid is donating $1.2 million to bosnia and herzegovina to help its laboratory systems, activate case-finding & monitoring, support experts, bolster awareness & community engagement and strengthen prevention.