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The head of the World Health Organization Office in Serbia, Marjan Ivanuša, says that the results Serbia has achieved in the fight against coronavirus are impressive.
Source: Tanjug
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He said he hoped that some quantities of the vaccine, through the Covax program, would arrive soon in Serbia.
Ivanusa told RTS that the WHO is helping the Serbian authorities and emphasized that vaccination is a safe way to achieve herd immunity and stop the epidemic.
However, he noted that we are just getting started, but that Serbia’s results are impressive and that he hopes it will continue.
He added that he is not concerned about Serbia and its willingness to carry out vaccination, but about the situation worldwide because there are not enough vaccines.
Ivanuša emphasized that the Kovaks initiative foresees that around 150 million doses of vaccines will be delivered to countries around the world in the first quarter. As he stated, the first doses should arrive in February, and then March, and an additional 500 million doses are expected from April to June.
In the second half of the year, he added, even more is expected.
Ivanuša said that he hopes that some quantities of the vaccine will soon arrive in Serbia through the Kovaks program, because the interest in vaccines in the world is great.
Commenting on the announcements about the introduction of covid passports, he emphasized that the WHO is against it for several reasons.
First, he stated that the position of the WHO is that the vaccine is mainly intended for those who really need it, for health reasons, and not for tourists.
He also noted that the vaccine is not available to everyone, and that it is known to prevent a serious course of disease and mortality, but its impact on the spread of the pandemic remains to be seen.
Ivanuša said that a vaccination certificate is needed so that a person knows when the revaccination deadline is and that it should be part of the medical documentation and not a travel document.
The director of the Trampoline Institute, Verica Jovanović, said that tomorrow’s session of the Crisis Staff will analyze the epidemiological situation in the country, by districts and regions, as well as the downward trend in cases, but also capacities in hospitals.
When asked if there could be an audience at the Red Star-Milan match on February 18, Jovanovic said “we cannot be imprisoned for life.”
He added that it is of great importance to control all the measures that are applied, estimating that there is still time until February 18.
However, Ivanović stressed that the risks are still present and that it is not known how the course of the epidemic will continue.
He also confirmed that more than 400,000 citizens of Serbia have been vaccinated so far, and said that vaccination, regarding measures, is the only way to achieve herd immunity and stop the epidemic.
As you have said, the interest of citizens in vaccination is great and, first of all, the population groups with the highest risk are vaccinated.
The director of the Government Office for Electronic Administration, Mihajlo Jovanović, said that more than 780,000 citizens applied for vaccination through the electronic administration portal or call center.
Jovanovic noted that when it comes to the target groups, half of the applicants are over 75 years old and the 65-74 age groups.
He also noted that the interest of citizens in certain types of vaccines was changing as vaccines reached Serbia.
KC Nis deputy director Radmilo Janković said that vaccination at that institution began on January 5, and 1,100 health workers have been vaccinated to date.
He noted that there are still those who are waiting for the “Sputnik sees” vaccine.
Jankovic emphasized that a few days ago, at the meeting of the director of the Kovid hospital with the Minister of Health, the conclusion was that hospitals must return to normal as soon as possible, in order to treat other patients, especially those awaiting surgery.
When asked about new strains of the virus, he assessed what was expected and that it is important that vaccines are uniformly distributed globally.
Jankovic cautioned that it is not good for hotspots to appear in third world countries, because that allows mutated strains to develop there, which could then merge again in Europe.
He reiterated that it is important that immunizations are as complete as possible and that third world countries are not forgotten.
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