Writing from Serbia. At this point we're at around 105 confirmed ill, 0 deaths. My fiancée is an MD directly involved in trying to contain the spread. In out of the ordinary conditions people just lose common sense. Just think about driving in the rain. That's relatively benign, but when raining I just can't fathom sometimes WTF I'm seeing. Imagine something like a pandemic with yet unknown consequences and spread trend. We've seen hoarding, conflict, disregard towards public health, panic, leisure, the works...
The current action items are: - No going outside for anyone older than 65 - Curfew from 20:00 to 05:00, with a possibility to prolong it - Closed borders - Airports shut down - No transportation between cities - Heavily limited public gathering - Military given law enforcement jurisdiction over civilians - Schools and universities shut down
And you know what, even with this measures (although I think they are late), it's still very hard to put sense into people and grab this thing by its neck.
Disclaimer: These measures are controversial in the country, because of the current (autocratic/oligarchic, opaque) political setup, which I am not fond of. There is a lack of transparency in this situation, also. But would I choose any different if asked ? Probably no.