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Corona vaccination: Serbia is suddenly becoming a role model - digital, simple, fast

2021-02-15T10:16:17.932Z


Serbia is increasingly becoming a role model when it comes to corona vaccination. The strategy in the Balkan country gives it a good lead over many EU countries.


Serbia is increasingly becoming a role model when it comes to corona vaccination.

The strategy in the Balkan country gives it a good lead over many EU countries.

  • Europe is generally making slow progress when it comes to Corona * vaccination.

  • EU accession candidate Serbia is increasingly becoming a possible strategy model.

  • The country is one of the vaccine leaders in Europe.

Belgrade - In Germany and in most European countries, long faces are currently being pulled when it comes to Corona * vaccinations.

Too little vaccine - it is usually said.

That is obviously different in Serbia.

The EU accession candidate has now vaccinated well more than 500,000 people with a first dose - with a total population of just under seven million.

In Europe, Serbia is in second place behind Great Britain if you compare the corona vaccination rate with the population.

Corona vaccine primus Serbia: China vaccine advances the Balkan state

This is mainly due to the fact that the Chinese vaccine * Sinopharm is also inoculated in Serbia.

And the Russian preparation Sputnik V is also in use.

Both vaccines have not yet been approved in the EU.

The Chinese remedy is particularly helpful in Serbia.

According to a report by the MDR, the Chinese manufacturer Sinopharm has already delivered one million doses to the Balkans.

Serbia has always had good relations with China.

According to the report, little vaccine has so far been received from Western and Russian manufacturers.

But it is not just the sheer mass of vaccination doses that makes Serbia a leader - it is of course the basis of success. According to the MDR report, the vaccination system is also much simpler than elsewhere.

Serbia becomes Corona vaccination leader: Simple ranking - digitally networked

According to this, you register with your personal data via the Internet or by phone and then select the desired vaccine.

A media campaign prevented a race for the most sought-after vaccine in Serbia.

For example, President Aleksandar Vucic announced that he would have the Chinese substance injected.

That reports the Tagesschau.

However, in Serbia too, priority is given to who can be vaccinated first.

The system seems simpler than elsewhere: Differentiation is not only made according to age.

Rather, in addition to people over 65, priority is also given to all people who have a lot to do with other people professionally, according to the MDR report.

In addition to doctors, teachers, police officers and soldiers, this also includes theater makers and journalists.

But digitization also plays a major role in the Balkan country.

According to a report by ORF, from which the

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quotes, Serbia is based on vaccination champion Israel *.

Prime Minister Ana Brnabic is quoted as saying that they have worked intensively on an information system in order to be able to follow the vaccinations on site in real time.

In addition, the distribution of the vaccine is recorded digitally.

Every resident of Serbia - including foreigners - can register for the vaccination and receive an appointment via email or SMS according to the vaccination ranking.

According to a Tagesschau report, other EU countries are now also interested in this vaccination strategy.

Hungary and the Czech Republic are mentioned.

(rjs) * merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editorial network.

Source: merkur

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