Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure Zorana Mihajlovic said that the crisis caused by the coronavirus will last and that citizens must learn to live with it.
She told Sabac television As that, in addition to the health crisis, it is also a severe economic crisis, stating that it has never happened in the world that the gross domestic product and economic development are falling at that speed.
“It cannot but affect us as well, but according to the IMF and the World Bank, Serbia will have a lower decline than many countries in the region, because we are a small country and quite elastic in the economy. The state will do as before.
“Everything should save the economy, and everyone who can work now should work,” she said.
Mihajlović reminded that no construction site in Serbia has been closed during all this time and that there are 59,000 active ones.
“To date, 5,700 workers have been hired on our construction sites. We are building about 630 kilometers of roads, 300 kilometers of railways, 2,500 apartments for members of the security services. This is extremely important, because in this crisis situation, construction and agriculture are two activities that will help the economy survives,” Mihajlovic said.
The Deputy Prime Minister also reminded that personal responsibility is very important in preserving health.
“Anyone who is serious has to think that way. I also think about my family and my 77-year-old mother, as well as the people I work with in the cabinet. I realized during all this time that personal responsibility is very important. We as people, we have that kind of unity when there are crises and problems, and that’s how it should stay. There is fear, of course, but if we take care of others, I’m sure we will pass everything in the next few months. By taking care of ourselves, we take care of others,” said Mihajlovic, Kurir reports.
