A member of the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina with the initials A.A. died of the COVID-19 virus on Friday, August 14, 2020 at the Zenica Cantonal Hospital, Ministry of Defense stated on Monday.
The deceased member served in the Sector for Procurement and Logistics of the Ministry of Defense of BiH in Sarajevo and is the fourth member of the Armed Forces of BiH to die as a result of infection with the COVID-19 virus.
BiH Minister of Defense Sifet Podzic and his deputies Mijo Kresic and Mirko Okolic expressed their condolences to the family of the deceased member of the AFBiH.
From the very beginning of the pandemic, strict measures of protection against coronavirus have been in force in the Ministry of Defense and the Armed Forces of BiH, and activities are being carried out to help civilian institutions in the fight against the infection.