Milosavljevic said at a press conference held in the Serbian government building that the declaration of an emergency outbreak involves immunisation, and priority will be given to people with chronic health disorders, children older than six months, pregnant women, health workers and employees in public services.
He explained that the declaration of the epidemic aims at creating legal conditions for emergency immunisations and pointed out that the order of the Minister for the declaration of the epidemic includes special epidemiological surveillance.
He pointed out that it applies to the prohibition of gatherings in public places, including schools and preschool institutions throughout the country or in some parts of the country, in accordance with the evaluation of the relevant district health institutions and local governments.
According to him, 23 public health institutes in 25 districts of Serbia will consider concrete measures for each district.
Milosavljevic said that this means that at this moment there is no general ban on public meetings, and that vaccination will begin in early December.
He stressed that Serbia is not late with immunisation, since we will be one of the first countries outside the EU to start vaccinating against the new flu.
Milosavljevic explained that the procurement of vaccines will be a big challenge for all countries, bearing in mind that the capacity of the pharmaceutical industry is between 700 and 800 million vaccines, while the world will need two to three billion vaccines.
The Minister appealed to citizens to be vaccinated as soon as possible, because it is the only way to limit the spread of the virus and prevent a possible fatal outcome.
The declaration order for the epidemic comes into force upon publication in the Official Gazette.