2009-12-16 05:42:11 - Belgrade, Dec. 16,2009 (Serbia Today) - In his statement to the press on Tuesday, the Serbian Minister of Health Tomica Milosavljevic confirmed that vaccination against H1N1 flu virus will begin on Thursday (Dec. 17) , and that he will be the first one to be vaccinated in the Community Hospital in Rakovica Borough of Belgrade.

The Ministry of Health purchased 620,000 vaccines for December and according to Milosavljevic that will be enough to cover needs of the parts of population that are most at risk like elderly, babies, people with chronic illnesses, those working in public sector and health professionals.

In spite of many suspicions as to the side effects of the new vaccine, the Minister added that it is still the best protection against this type of flu and to prove his point he will be the first one to receive that new vaccine.

According to last reports by Beta News Agency, the condition with the H1N1 virus infection is worsening in the Nis Region of Serbia. In last 24 hours 48 people were examined in

the Medical Center of Nis and half of them were infected. Yesterday, one more patient died because of the complications related to the H1N1 virus. So far, 12 infected patients died at the Medical Center of Nis, five from Nis and seven from other parts of southeast Serbia.
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