Published 12:58 IST, March 1st 2021
Serbia receives 100,000 doses of Russian vaccine
A plane carrying 100,000 doses of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine landed late Sunday at Belgrade airport.
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A plane carrying 100,000 doses of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine landed late Sunday at Belgrade airport.
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Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Russia's ambassador to Serbia, Aleksandr Botsan-Kharchenko, were present on the tarmac to oversee the arrival.
Serbia has received 293,000 doses of the Russian COVID-19 vaccine so far, and Vucic thanked Moscow during brief remarks following the event.
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Most Serbian citizens have received the Chinese Sinopharm vaccines, followed by Russia's Sputnik V, Pfizer-BioNTech and Oxford-AstraZeneca.
Serbia's populist government has close relations with both China and Russia, while formally seeking European Union membership.
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The state RTS television on Sunday reported that government data showed that a total of 1,436,498 jabs have been administered.
12:58 IST, March 1st 2021