“Kosovo cannot rely only on donations for anti vaccines - CO VID”

Such statements are being seen with scepticism, since the country is said to have failed in the health sector so far, which will also have difficulty securing the budget for the purchase of these vaccines.

Representatives of doctors and patients are saying Kosovo should not rely on donations, since it may be a priority in the region, but not also on a global level.

While, from the Health Ministry, they say that now and how long they are discussing with international partners about securing the vaccine against COVID-19.

Days earlier, National Institute of Public Health director Naser Ramadani had declared that Kosovo would be among the priority places that the vaccine could approach. So he pledged that Kosovo would also be prepared for the second or third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

We hope that at the beginning of the winter season, the sensitive population will first be vaccinated, and according to epidemiological indicators for seasonal flu. And secondly, the COVID-19 vaccine is expected to emerge soon, and Kosovo is among the priority countries that the vaccine can approach. And we've also made the plan to vaccinate the population, along with the seasonal flu vaccine. And as a country, I believe we're prepared for the second or third wave of”, he stated.

But such a statement is being seen with scepticism by the chairman of the Kosovo Medical House, Plerat Sejdiu, which says health institutions should not be based on donations. He adds that Kosovo can be the priority for support in the region, but not in the world as well.

The great error of Kosovo institutions is if they think that they always bring us donations. Be prepared to have it, but it will come as they did despite the budgetary preparations we've had for the pandemic. But they're like helping, but not relying on us for Santa Claus. We can't hold back. Kosovo in the region can be a priority for support, but not on a global level... We dare not rely solely on donations”, he points out.

Sejdiu considers that Kosovo should have the priority of securing vaccines. Among other things, it mentions statements from O BSH, where it says vaccines can reach Kosovo after six months.

“has been an O representative statement The U.S. for Southeast Europe, where it says that Kosovo should now take place in autumn (the vaccine is discovered), at the end of spring, will arrive in Kosovo. If it's his statement, in six months he'll get to”, Sejdiu adds.

That Kosovo cannot be a priority in providing these vaccines, says the head of the Association for the Protection of Patients' Rights, Besim Kodra.

According to him, the health sector has always been put aside, and so it can hardly be budgeted for providing these vaccines.

With this bypass of the health sector, we can't expect us to have a budget to buy that vaccine. I don't know what sense it's said to be a priority, but how it's going to be a priority when we don't have a payment capacity. The state has not yet shared as far as I have seen a budget that will cover all citizens endangered by COVID. We also don't have any vaccines on the horizon that we can see ready to buy. Those countries that have been a priority for example Britain, the United States, have contracted with pharmaceutical companies for the moment the vaccine comes out they get the first. I don't know how Kosovo can be the first”, Kodra points out.

The first point of the Patients' Rights Charter says patients must have access to preventative measures. Kodra adds that the state has so far failed to provide protection for patients.

The “State has so far failed to provide a major safeguard. He has failed to provide masks for them, which have a much cheaper price than vaccines. But we can't always be a hostage to donations. But health should have a much higher budget, both in COVID and other health problems”, Kodra adds.

In a written reply, the Health Ministry's Information Office stresses that they are discussing with international partners about providing a vaccine against COVID-19.

“in this context, via O BSH and live contacts have developed with the COVAX alliance, which accounts for states to provide COVID-19 vaccines. The GAVI Board has listed states that are classified for donations. Kosovo is listed among them. This means that Kosovo will receive COVID-19 vaccines next year to cover 20% of the population, while the rest will buy it itself or provide it in other forms, said the answer to the MSH.

According to this response, Kosovo will reportedly commit to providing 20 per cent of vaccines as donations.

The word is for about 20 %s of vaccines. Kosovo will commit to providing about 1.2 million anti-Condivus vaccines. The MS aims at covering about 70% of the population with an anti-Convidian vaccine, in which all endangered groups are involved. Kosovo is part of the list of low- and medium-income states which will gain access to COVID-19 vaccines through the engagement of the advanced Gavi <x0 market. It was said that more will be purchased as necessary”, among other things in this response.

According to the Health Ministry, Kosovo has been the first country in the region to provide vaccines against AH1N1 or otherwise known as “Pork bribing”.

Currently, in the world over 100 potential vaccines are under way. 21 vaccines are in the phase of clinical trials, and all countries are trying to secure them.

The smallest and poorest countries generally try to provide vaccines through joint international schemes, such as COVAX, led by the OBS, the Coalition for Epidemiological Preparations (CEPI) and Gavi (The Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization).