Serbian Retirement home residents vaccinated voluntarily

N1 was told by a woman living at one of the retirement homes that they were vaccinated at the Bezanijska Kosa retirement home, adding that the vaccine was only given to people who requested it voluntarily.  

“We were asked a few days ago if wanted to get vaccinated and I said I did. Several of us did, about a dozen,” said the retiree, who asked not to be named.  

She said that they were given surgical gowns, gloves, caps and shoe covers on Thursday morning before they were taken to the doctor’s office to be vaccinated.

 The woman said that several people were brought by car to the Bezanijska Kosa retirement home for the vaccination. “Nurses took us in and we were given shots in the upper arm,” she said and added that none of the residents at her retirement home had any adverse reaction but that a few of them complained that their arms were painful.  

“We were told that the second dose would be administered in 28 days,” she said.

The retirement home administration confirmed that the residents received the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine and that they would get the next dose in January, 2021. Sources in the administration said that they had not received any instructions for the time after the second dose is administered.