Citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and northern Macedonia were queuing up in front of immunization centers in Belgrade. There are even traffic jams on the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The most common is the Chinese vaccine
Serbia continues to be among the leaders in vaccinations in Europe. The country uses vaccines from four manufacturers – Pfizer / Biontech, AstraZeneca, Sputnik V and China’s Sinopharm, which has already delivered two million doses. Another million doses of this preparation are expected to arrive in early April.
Of Serbia’s 7 million population, 1.3 million received the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine, and about 900,000 received the second. However, neighboring countries are struggling with a shortage of immunizations. Serbia has already donated a number of vaccines to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and northern Macedonia. Critics have accused President Aleksandar Vucic of using the situation to reap political dividends.
The situation is not rosy
On Friday, Serbia became the first European country to vaccinate migrants. RTS television reported that in a refugee camp near Belgrade, more than 500 people had registered for vaccination with AstraZeneca. The UN refugee agency welcomed the decision. Serbian authorities also offer vaccination classes to people from neighboring countries such as Bosnia and Herzegovina and northern Macedonia.
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Against this background, Serbia has seen an increase in the number of new infections in recent days, and skepticism about vaccines has slowed the pace of immunization. Restaurants and shopping malls had to close after hospitals in Serbia began to suffocate.
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The fact that President Aleksandar Vucic has not yet been vaccinated in public, although he has already stated his intention to do so about ten times, is outrageous. “He seems to either not believe in vaccines or he is afraid of the syringe,” epidemiologist Zoran Radovanovic told TV channel N1.
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