Serbia started on Friday (March 26th) to vaccinate migrants staying in its territory and also started a campaign to vaccinate foreign citizens, state television (RTS) reported.
Vaccinations of migrants staying in reception camps in Serbia have started in Krnjaca near Belgrade.
More than 500 migrants have registered to receive vaccines.
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From Friday, foreign citizens can be vaccinated in Serbia, at the Belgrade Fair where the main vaccination center is located, according to RTS.
Most come from countries in the region and also from EU countries, the RTS said.
National television did not give figures on the number of these foreign nationals, nor explained whether the decision to vaccinate foreigners was due to a drop in the interest of Serbian citizens.
AstraZeneca vaccine only
Migrants and foreigners only have the AstraZeneca vaccine available to them, the use of which was temporarily suspended last week by many European countries after reports of rare bleeding disorders and blood clots.
Most of them have resumed since vaccination with AstraZeneca after the opinion of the European regulator who deemed it "
safe and effective
".
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I am grateful to Serbia for this gesture on behalf of the citizens of Bosnia, it opened its doors,
" said in front of the camera a man whom the RTS did not identify.
“
A colleague came to try yesterday and got vaccinated and the news spread all over Sarajevo,
” said another.
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In North Macedonia, media report that thousands of citizens were called on Friday to travel to Belgrade for vaccination.
According to these media, the authorities called on these citizens not to leave for Serbia during the curfew in effect from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. local time.
During the weekend, Saturday and Sunday, RTS announces a vaccination campaign for business owners and their employees from Albania, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Kosovo.
10,000 doses of vaccines were made available to them.
Serbia, turned towards Russian and Chinese vaccine manufacturers and one of the leading countries in anti-Covid vaccination, has made vaccines to North Macedonia, Montenegro and Bosnia.
More than 1.3 million inhabitants of this small Balkan country of 7 million have received one dose of vaccine and nearly one million two doses.
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