Cvetković, V., Nikolić, N., Nenadić, R. U., Ocal, A., & Zečević, M. (2020). Preparedness and preventive behaviors for a pandemic disaster caused by COVID-19 in Serbia. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(11), 4124. Article Preparedness and Preventive Behaviors for a Pandemic Disaster Caused by COVID-19 in Serbia Vladimir M. Cvetkovic´ 1,*, Neda Nikolic´ 2, Una Radovanovic´ Nenadic´ 3, Adem Öcal 4, Eric K. Noji 5 and Miodrag Zecˇevic´ 6 1 Faculty of Security Studies, University of Belgrade, Gospodara Vucˇic´a 50, 11040 Belgrade, Serbia 2 Faculty of Tehnical Science in Cˇ acˇak, University of Kragujevac, 32000 Cˇ acˇak, Serbia; neda.nikolic@ftn.kg.ac.rs 3 Scientific-Professional Society for Disaster Risk Management, Dimitrija Tucovic´a 121, 11040 Belgrade, Serbia; una.radovanovic@gmail.com 4 Independent Researcher, Ankara 06500, Turkey; ocadem@gmail.com 5 King Saud University Hospitals and College of Medicine, Riyadh 11564, Saudi Arabia; nojie@alumni.stanford.edu 6 Faculty of International Engineering Management Belgrade, European University, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia; misko.zecevic@gmail.com * Correspondence: vmc@fb.bg.ac.rs; Tel.: +381-6-0373-8606 Received: 30 April 2020; Accepted: 3 June 2020; Published: 9 June 2020 check for   updates Abstract: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The disease was first detected in Wuhan, the capital of China’s Hubei province, in December 2019 and has since spread globally, especially to Europe and North America, resulting in the ongoing global coronavirus pandemic disaster of 2019–2020. Although most cases have mild symptoms, there is some progression to viral pneumonia and multi-organ failure and death. More than 4.6 million cases have been registered across 216 countries and territories as of 19 April 2020, resulting in more than 311,000 deaths. Risk to communities with continued widespread disease transmission depends on characteristics of the virus, including how well it spreads between people; the severity of resulting illness; and the medical or other measures available to control the impact of the virus (for example, vaccines or medications that can treat the illness) and the […]