https://balkaninsight.com/2020/07/03...res-in-serbia/
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Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on Thursday criticised the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network, BIRN, over its recent investigation into the number of COVID-19 victims in Serbia, saying the report, published on June 22, used data that was not authentic.
The report said the state COVID-19 database showed that more than twice as many infected patients had died than the authorities announced and that hundreds more people had tested positive for the virus in recent days than was admitted.
But in an interview for Radio Television of Serbia, RTS, on Thursday, Vucic said he was “completely sure that they [the data BIRN published] are not authentic”.
Questioned about the BIRN report, some members of the state Crisis Staff did not deny the information contained in it but said they had not seen the database and tried to blame the difference in numbers on methodology.
The report said the state COVID-19 database showed that more than twice as many infected patients had died than the authorities announced and that hundreds more people had tested positive for the virus in recent days than was admitted.
But in an interview for Radio Television of Serbia, RTS, on Thursday, Vucic said he was “completely sure that they [the data BIRN published] are not authentic”.
Questioned about the BIRN report, some members of the state Crisis Staff did not deny the information contained in it but said they had not seen the database and tried to blame the difference in numbers on methodology.
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