Vili Beroš (; born 13 December 1964) is a

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and neurosurgeon serving as Minister of Health since 2020. On 19 November 2020, it was announced that Minister Beroš had tested positive for the

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amid its pandemic in Croatia. His tenure as minister has been marked by efforts to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic in Croatia, which, as of March 2021, has affected over 150,000 people in Croatia. Croatia had also been presided over the

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between January and June 2020, which occasionally entailed holding meetings of ministers of health from all 27 member states of the

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, which are chaired by the minister from the presiding country.

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