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Serbia to begin producing Russian Sputnik V vaccine before the end of this year
On February 3, Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the vaccine production with his Serbian counterpart Aleksandar Vucic
BELGRADE, February 10. /TASS/. Serbia will begin packaging Russian Sputnik V vaccine in 2 to 3 months, and will establish its proper production before the end of this year, Serbian Health Ministry state secretary Mirsad Djerlek said in an interview Wednesday. Initially, the mix will be shipped from Russia, and we will pack it in bottles here; in practice, this can begin in two to three months, in my opinion. The second phase include establishment of production capabilities [in Serbia], and we expect big help from Russia, because the production technology is currently unknown to us, but [the Russian delegation] will present us this technology tomorrow, Djerlek said. It is also important that Serbia will become the first country in the world, besides Russia, to establish the p
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Today, the Minister of Health, Zlatibor Lončar, received Sinopharm s vaccine against COVID-19, and then he referred to the appearance of a new strain in Hungary. The new strain that has appeared in Hungary worries us. There are already 5 people infected with it. That is what we will talk about today at the Crisis Staff, Loncar said. As he added, it is not realistic for us to prevent it from coming to Serbia, but we can do everything so that it appears as late as possible. As for closing the borders with Hungary, Loncar said he did not think the five cases were reason enough to close the borders immediately.
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The Minister of Health, Zlatibor Lončar, said yesterday that the testing of the Russian vaccine in the Medicines and Medical Devices Agency of Serbia is nearing the end and that it is expected to be completed in the first days of the new year. Vaccination against coronavirus with the vaccine of the companies Pfizer and BioNTech started in Serbia on December 24. About 5.000 doses of the Russian vaccine are arriving in Serbia, and as soon as the Medicines and Medical Devices Agency of Serbia gives permission, it will be in use. Until then, additional amounts of Pfizer vaccine are expected.