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The delivery of the 1.8 million doses of vaccine to Serbia during 2021 was agreed with the Pfizer branch in Belgrade, and no one can guarantee whether that quantity will be delivered according to the planned plan, but we hope to obtain enough vaccines to achieve herd immunity , said. is for the Secretary of State of the Ministry of Health, Mirsad Đerlek.
Mirsad Đerlek Photo: S. Župljanin He told Sputnik, claiming that half of all vaccine stocks globally have already been purchased by developed countries, that it would take time to see if Pfizer could produce enough vaccines.
“Will Pfizer be able to organize that much production and deliver 1.8 million doses not only to us, and the numbers for some other countries are certainly huge? We will have to wait to be able to give a concrete answer, because this time I have to go around that. It is a story I received from the Pfizer branch in Belgrade that the delivery of these quantities was agreed. “If that is true, I cannot confirm it at this time,” Djerlek told Sputnik.
Djerlek emphasized that the arrival of any vaccine to Serbia also depends on the position of the Agency for Medicines and Medical Devices (ALIMS), which is in charge of evaluating and approving vaccines, but that Serbia is expected to receive 350,000 doses in the first quarter. and at the end of January. and a third of 500,000 and a quarter of 450,000 doses of coronavirus vaccine.
According to him, mass vaccination in Serbia, according to that plan, could start in the spring, that is, in May.
Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic previously said that Canada had purchased so many vaccines in advance that it could vaccinate every Canadian five times, adding that she believed countries like Canada would show solidarity and give or sell vaccines to others, but that “they will not. they will “. they come until the richest countries get vaccinated for the first time and gain an additional advantage over the rest of the world. “
Serbia has been conducting bilateral and international negotiations on the purchase of the vaccine since the beginning, providing 1.8 million doses in early November with an advance of 8 million dollars, and according to the prime minister, it will probably have to allocate another $ 50 to $ 60 million for the coronavirus vaccine. Sputnik.
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