-- The China-developed vaccines have showed reliability that "no one could have expected in difficult times and circumstances," Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic said at the reception of the latest batch of Chinese vaccines last week.

-- Support from China also included advice of the best Chinese experts and doctors who helped Serbia combat COVID-19 and technological equipment for Serbian hospitals, doctors, and nurses.

-- Official data shows that notwithstanding limited production capacity and enormous demand at home, China has honored its commitment by providing free vaccines to more than 80 developing countries in urgent need and exporting vaccines to 43 countries.

BELGRADE, May 31  -- For Nikola Stanojevic, a musician from Belgrade, life is getting back to normal after months of disruption due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

"My parents received China's Sinopharm vaccine in February, and that really made me less worried and tense," he said.

Like Stanojevic and his family, recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic is picking up pace in Serbia as the Balkan country continues to make headway in inoculating its people with vaccines from China.

As one of the first European countries to authorize the use of China-developed vaccines, Serbia has shot ahead of most countries on the continent in rolling out its vaccination program.