World warmly welcomes Chinese vaccines (3)

Serbia

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic (C) and China's Ambassador to Serbia Chen Bo (L) welcome the shipment of China's Sinopharm inactivated coronavirus vaccines at the Belgrade Airport, Serbia, Jan 16, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]

Serbian health authorities approved the use of Sinopharm's COVID-19 vaccines on Jan 18, two days after a million doses were imported from China, enabling the country to start mass immunization of its population.

One million doses of Sinopharm's vaccine arrived in Serbia on Jan 16 and were welcomed at the Belgrade Airport by President Aleksandar Vucic, who confirmed that he will receive the vaccine himself.

Cambodia

A staff member displays a sample of the COVID-19 inactivated vaccine at a vaccine production plant of China National Pharmaceutical Group Co Ltd (Sinopharm) in Beijing, April 10, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]

Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Jan 17 that he will be the first in the country to be inoculated with a COVID-19 vaccine developed by China's Sinopharm to boost the public's confidence in the shot, CGTN reported.

On Jan 15, Hun Sen announced that he had accepted a donation of 1 million doses of the Sinopharm vaccine.

He said apart from the donation, the government will continue to seek more vaccine doses for 10 million or up to 13 million people if there is a need to vaccinate up to 80 percent of the country's population.