This article should newer be published without some fact checking. It's very misleading when presented this way. Especially "spreading to the kids" angle. PCR

This article should newer be published without some fact checking. It's very misleading when presented this way. Especially "spreading to the kids" angle. PCR tests in Serbia are processed in just few official labs. Private labs are not allowed to do PCR testing. Results are typically completed after 24h (sometimes later), and you have to login on government portal (euprava.rs) to check them. There should be an email when results are ready, but email usually comes few hours later. Few days ago my wife got both email and SMS exactly on midnight, looks like there's a cron job. So if you don't refresh page on portal every now and then, you'll get notified even later. It's very realistic that Novak was tested on 16th but didn't find out results until later on the 17th or even on midnight. I'd like to emphasize these are not exceptional circumstances in his case but quite typical how it works around here. Also, there's an official possibility to get released from isolation after 7 days with a negative PCR test and if you don't have symptoms. That would explain his movements afterwards. Again, this option to break quarantine is official and available to all Serbian citizens. Btw. we also have rapid antigen tests which are quicker and more often used, but since they're less reliable you'll typically need a PCR when leaving country, depending on destination. My guess (just guess) is that Novak took a routine PCR, maybe for planned flight or something similar. When you're taking tests every few days without any symptoms it's not reasonable to be isolated while you wait for results.