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STORY: SERBIA / REFUGEES VACCINATION
TRT: 0:51
SOURCE: UNHCR /RFE
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT RADIO FREE EUROPE (RFE) ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: NATS
DATELINE: 26 MARCH 2021, BELGRADE, SERBIA
1.Wide shot, Asylum Centre of Krnjača security checkpoint and gates
2.Close up, Asylum Centre of Krnjača sign
3.Various shots, migrants waiting in line to be vaccinated
4.Med shot, medical staff greeting a woman at a registration desk
5.Close up, medical staff registering patient
6.Various shots, migrants receiving COVID-19 Vaccine
7.Med shot, woman getting her throat checked by medical staff
8.Med shot, woman Receiving COVID-19 Vaccine
9.Various shots, children walking in the Asylum centre's courtyard
Serbia has extended its national COVID-19 vaccination rollout to include refugees and asylum-seekers, providing over 300 people residing in reception centres with AstraZeneca jabs.
On Friday (26 Mar), Serbia became one of the first countries in Europe to vaccinate refugees and asylum seekers. Fifty-three people at the centre in Krjnaca, on the outskirts of Belgrade, received the AstraZeneca jab in a day, and by Monday over 300 refugees and asylum seekers there had received their first dose of the vaccine.
Over 1.3 million people have received a first vaccine dose in Serbia since the programme started on 24 December and more than 860,000 citizens have received a second jab. Some 30 refugees and asylum-seekers in private accommodation in Serbia were vaccinated earlier in March, but Friday was a first for a reception centre. The country hosts around 4,883 refugees and asylum-seekers.
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, worked with authorities to ensure that refugees, asylum-seekers and migrants were included in the national immunization plan adopted in January.
It has also worked with WHO, other UN agencies and NGOs for the inclusion of refugees in COVID-preparedness and response plans.
