Serbian Parliament Speaker Ivica Dacic and Interior Minister Aleksandar Vulin were vaccinated against coronavirus with the Russian Sputnik V vaccine. This is reported by the Serbian edition of Telegraf.
Dadic stressed the importance of using safe and effective vaccines to fight the pandemic. “That's why we're here. The aim was to show that government officials are involved in the vaccination process and trust vaccines, ”the politician said.
Dadic told reporters that Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic will also receive one of the following vaccines that will go to Serbia. He added that he does not know if it will be a Chinese-made drug or some other.
On December 31, it became known that the Serbian Agency for Medicines issued a permit for the use of the Russian vaccine against coronavirus Sputnik V. The representative of the pharmaceutical regulator Pavel Delich said that the drug meets all the requirements and by-laws stipulated by the law, which confirms its quality, effectiveness and safety.