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Millions mark Easter under coronavirus curbs

Vaccine tourists welcome as Serbians say 'no thanks' to jabs Issued on: 04/04/2021 - 06:24 With jabs in abundance, last week Serbia took the highly unusual step of offering foreign citizens the chance to apply to have the shot. Migrants have also been offered the vaccine OLIVER BUNIC AFP 4 min Belgrade (AFP) While most of the world struggles to secure enough Covid-19 vaccines, Serbia faces a different battle -- how to persuade its citizens to get the life-saving shot. The small Balkan country has so many vaccines available it has even offered jabs ...

The small Balkan country has so many vaccines available it has even offered jabs to any foreigner who can get themself there.

Millions mark Easter under virus curbs as Pope urges jabs for poor Issued on: 04/04/2021 - 13:48 Pope Francis said vaccination was an 'essential tool' in the fight against coronavirus Filippo MONTEFORTE POOL/AFP 4 min Rome (AFP) Millions of Christians around the world celebrated a second Easter under coronavirus restrictions on Sunday with Pope Francis calling for vaccines to be shared among the poorest nations as Covid-19 surges. Despite vaccine rollouts gathering pace in many richer countries, dramatic spikes in cases have seen deeply unpopular r...

Inside the country’s Covid-19 crisis headquarters, a rift has emerged between medical experts and others within the body. One of the doctors, Predrag Kon, called the most recent measures “constructive” but noted that the medical part of the body still considered them “lacking”. In addition to lack of compliance with previous measures — there have been noted cases of corona parties, with hundreds of people illegally gathered in clubs — the emergence of the British strain of the virus is also playing a part, according to Dr Kon. According to official data, on March 16 there have b...