Osman's proposals for purchasing masks and vaccines do not pass, Bajrami: We have plenty of masks.

Parliament Speaker Vjosa Osmani said that since it is not yet known how long the pandemic lasts, it is necessary to divide tools for distributing free masks to citizens.

Nor has the 43rd amendment for the purchase of vaccines for elderly people over 65 been passed.

The overwhelming amount of amendments that we passed so far concerned asphalt or other expenses that are not actually related to pandemic. Given that the number one priority should be to protect the lives of citizens, I have proposed since the government has decided despite the legal basis questions that it has decided to be obliged to carry masks so we can help our citizens the way many states have around the world. To cope with this cost as much as anyone might seem small, but given the percentage of citizens living in extreme poverty in Kosovo, we should also help cope with this” spending, Osmani said.

While Finance Minister Hykmete Bajrami has reacted, he says there are enough masks in the health ministry stocks.

On behalf of the Health Ministry, I'm going to tell you here that there are 500 thousand masks the Ministry of Health has in place at the moment and is distributing in the municipalities, while there are another 600 which come on September 1st. Thus, there are sufficient%x1> quantities, Bajrami said.

She has added that with reviews for the Ministry of Health, three million euros more are earmarked for pharmaceutical products, even vaccines.

MP Memli Krasniqi's PDK has reacted to the purchase of vaccines, saying there are no specific costs, even though he said it is a shot idea.