Serbian President gets Covid vaccine, and reveals where he will go to receive the second dose

President of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic got vaccinated against coronavirus today at the Healthcare Station of the Health Center Dr. Veroljub Cakic in Majdanpek, eastern Serbia. The president received the Chinese vaccine produced by Sinopharm.

He was vaccinated by doctor Anita Repedjic, to whom Vucic first gave a bouquet of flowers.

"The vaccine is life and I am pleading with everyone to get vaccinated. The sooner we get vaccinated, the sooner we will save more lives. The Chinese sent us 500,000 (more) doses, and at this moment we received 6,000 new doses of Pfizer vaccines," he said after the vaccination.

He said that he would go somewhere in the south of Serbia for the second dose, in 3 weeks' time.

"The day Ana (Brnabic) was vaccinated, a 'campaign' was launched saying only politicians were getting the vaccine, so I decided to wait until a million people received the second dose," he said in reply to a journalist's question.

The president said that Serbia is investing a lot of money in healthcare and pointed out that construction of a Covid hospital near Novi Sad will start soon, followed by Tirsova 2 in Belgrade, as well as Dedinje 2.

"We are investing a lot in healthcare because it will be a symbol of the strength of states going forward," said Vucic.

Citizens who will be vaccinated today were also in front of healthcare center

Citizens had gathered in front of the Healthcare Station, some of whom will also be vaccinated today.

After getting the jab, the president spoke with citizens briefly, and according to announcements would use his visit to Rudna Glava to meet with representatives of the local self-government of the Bor District and entrepreneurs from Rudna Glava.

In the territory of the entire municipality of Majdanpek, which has 16,000 inhabitants, more than 5,000 people have been vaccinated, while in Rudna Glava itself 161 citizens received the vaccine so far.

150 citizens in Rudna Glava applied to receive the vaccine today, while according to the data of the Healthcare Station, more than 50 have done so since this morning.

Prime Minister Ana Brnabic was the first in Serbia to receive the vaccine against coronavirus, the one made by Pfizer, after which the same was done by Minister Darija Kisic Tepavcevic and member of the Crisis HQ of the Serbian Government for the fight against coronavirus, epidemiologist Predstag Kon.

The president of Serbia said at the time that he would receive a vaccine made by another manufacturer, so that citizens can see that all vaccines are good, and announced that he would be vaccinated precisely with the Chinese one.

(Telegraf.rs)