Giving vaccines against seasonal flu creates tollov at QKMF in Pristina

Only until 2: 00 a.m. at the main Family Medicine Centre in Pristina for Kosova Preress have over 2,000 people received vaccines.

Sometimes it was to get a seasonal flu vaccine, but today Shemsy Faith took it.

This elderly man says this vaccine he's been taking for years has positive effects on him against seasonal viruses.

I just got it two minutes ago. It was so successful. But there hasn't been a word yet, though, that citizen has yet to come.

The seasonal flu vaccine today was also taken by Nyazi Miftari, who said the citizens' interest in vaccinating was considerable.

“It was the great order, but it was well organized and it wasn't such a big reception and it wasn't okay... it's not the first time I've got a positive effect, and especially this age“, Miftari said.

The complaint for waiting had elderly Ali Mehmetaj, who had come to vaccinate, but because of the toll, he did not receive the vaccine.

According to him, since they have not taken over time, they have also lost their influence, since the flus have already already spread.

You can't come in line... The distribution had to begin in the autumn because they now have no effect but that the man who can barely say it saves me from”, he said.

The head of the Vaccines Unit near the main Centre of Family Medicine in Pristina, Nexmetin Hoti for Kosova Prees, said that today the application of vaccines against seasonal viruses has been launched, and by 2: 00 p.m., over 2 thousand people have been vaccinated at this medical centre.

According to him, the influx of people who want to be vaccinated is large enough and that there is no need to rush in, since the ideal period for taking the vaccine is until the end of December.

Hoti said 10,000 doses of this vaccine are available for the Pristina municipality.

We've started applying flu vaccines today, we need to say that the citizens' interest for today is extremely high by 2: 00 p.m. when we started work, that's over 2,000 people, extremely large numbers of people coming for flu vaccines, of course that's why the vaccine was delayed for a while, and citizens think that as soon as possible. The ideal time is to get even by the end of the month. There's nothing to hurry citizens to take for granted. The ranks are long I'm waiting for is only 10 minutes because we've organized the work that is vaccinated into three “units, Hoti said.

According to Hoti, this vaccine provided this year by 70 per cent is more effective against seasonal flu.

People with chronic illnesses as well as people over 65 can get this vaccine.

The flu “Vaxin which has been provided for Kosovo is provided for individuals designated for the group's age of over 65 years of citizens, as well as for persons regardless of the age of chronic illness...065056 This is the flu vaccine for seasonal flu A and B are two types of type A and two B”, he said.

On Saturday the National Institute of Public Health has launched distribution of anti-sermical flu vaccines, which in Kosovo had arrived on Friday.

The report says that the vaccines citizens are receiving this year are four tons and increases their protection against seasonal viruses.

In operation of seasonal flu prevention, the Health Ministry has ordered 100,000 flu vaccines (from them 500 pediatric doses), which were provided through U's procurement services. NICEPHU