President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic announced that another 250,000 doses of the Russian vaccine against COVID- 19 will arrive soon, as the country starts the mass vaccination today.
“Mass vaccination with the Chinese vaccine is starting today, and as far as I have seen, it has shown the least unwanted indications in the world,” Belgrade- based outlet B92 quotes Vucic.
Vucic made the statement while chairing the session of the state leadership and the Operational Team for Vaccination, alongside Prime Minister Ana Brnabic.
Vucic called for vaccination of police officers, educators, journalists and employees of public companies as soon as possible.
Prime Minister, Ana Brnabic appealed to citizens to apply for vaccination, announcing that a vaccination point is opening on Monday at the Belgrade Fair.
She said that the government will work on opening such checkpoints in other municipalities as well.
“The challenge all over the world is how to administer vaccines, that is, to enter them into the system. So far, everything has been done on paper. That system cannot be monitored. This new system allows us to monitor the vaccine from the point when it arrives to Serbia, when it is delivered to the two warehouses until the vaccine arrives at the health center, bottle by bottle, and when the citizen is vaccinated,” Brnabic stated.
Serbia has launched the vaccination campaign against Covid-19 on December 24, with Prime Minister Ana Brnabic becoming the first to receive one of the 4,875 BioNTech/Pfizer shots.
The country was one of the first five countries to sign a contract with Pfizer for their vaccine. It became the first in the region to start a vaccination campaign.
