OV hopes anti vaccines will reach early in 2021 CO VID in Kosovo

At the beginning of this week, Kosovo applied to the GAV World Alliance I- COVAX to provide vaccine against COVIED-19, but at the Health Ministry, they still don't know when the first vaccines will reach to launch population vaccines. But they say the effort is making the vaccines reach Kosovo in the first months of 2021. E from the Association of Patients of Kosovo demand that anti vaccines come as soon as possible - CO VID in Kosovo.

Health Ministry spokesman Faik Hoti for Kosova Prees says it is already certain that during this year it will not be initiated inoculation against this pandemic.

As for when the vaccine will be accessible to the population and when the vaccine process will begin COVID-19, Hoti said it depends on the World Alliance of Vaccination.

Kosovo will benefit 20 per cent of free vaccines as a donation from this alliance, while the rest according to the needs it will define the National Institute of Public Health and the team of experts dealing with the vaccine issue Kosovo will eventually buy from its funds with any contributions of various donors or partners. As for the time when the vaccine will be accessible to the population and when the vaccine process will begin against COVID-19 depends on this alliance and the speed at which it will provide these vaccines that I will divide for other states... . The efforts are to secure these vaccines in the first month of 2021 and start the vaccine process, but that's the question that's under way because as you know only one vaccine was approved for use and we can't determine how fast the other” will have, he said.

Kosovo is expected to benefit about 360 thousand vaccines for free, while the rest intend to buy it.

According to the MSH spokesman with this amount, it is expected to be vaccinated first by population groups most endangered by COVID-19, such as health workers, elderly people and chronically ill people.

He for Kosova Prees, has stressed that Kosovo prior to official application for anti vaccine - CO VID has also applied for technical assistance to the World Alliance of Vaccination to gain access and security for the transport of these vaccines.

Among other things, the MSH spokesman declares that Kosovo has sufficient medical staff for the distribution of the vaccine, but stressing that treatment of health professionals is needed.

Kosovo's “remains to work with partners of course and at the same time work with health professionals and nurses and technicians so that the more medical personnel are trained and the moment vaccines are available to use them rationalally and the vaccine is done as soon as possible... because what we've seen of the vaccines from other countries like Great Britain is seen as simple with taking vaccines in this respect there are many health professionals who have the right experience because they do every day they have the vaccine against the flu group because they've had a few years before, even before, this is going to be a simple vaccine of swine, but it's always has to be a new administration issue, but it's always needs to be recognized.

Associations' representative Patients of Kosovo, Besim Kodra as it calls Kosovo's application for anti vaccine good news - CO VID, requires that these types of vaccines come to Kosovo as soon as possible, especially for groups that are endangered.

According to him, Kosovo institutions should make maximum efforts to provide this kind of vaccine for other citizens as well.

But he also requires that the medical staff receive needed instructions.

It's very important that we have the vaccine especially for these endangered groups then for others citizens... efforts should be maximum, even I consider that such a vaccine has no price, we shouldn't see any price that such vaccines in Kosovo are risking us because Kosovo is too small to die 22 people a day...360 thousand are so much more so when Kosovo doesn't have any evidence that there are patients with chronic diseases it probably knows that there are elderly but not even chronic diseases. So it's not knowing that these vaccines are enough that it's very important that other vaccines act as fast as we're supposed to achieve the artificial immunity of the mass“, Kodra stressed.

While, member of the Parliamentary Commission for Health and Social Goodness, Fittim Uka does not believe vaccines against COVID-19 will arrive in Kosovo at the beginning of 2021, as they believe in the Ministry of Health. According to him, even if the vaccine is late now.

Vetevendosje Movement MP declares that the state of Kosovo has not yet secured a contract for the purchase of vaccines for other citizens.

The fact that in the United Kingdom, but other countries, even if it happens tomorrow, is quite late. But with this trend of moving this government I expect delays, and unfortunately it has been proven even by the fact that so far they have not signed a contract to purchase these anti- vaccines. CO VID. There is simply a promise to take advantage of those given as donations of vaccines and given as symbolic doses and that does not necessarily cover the needs of Kosovo citizens... I remain pessimistic that they can provide the vaccine at the time mentioned, so even at the end of March”, he said.