“There are no new measures, only more rigorous implementation”

So said today at the virtual meeting of the Anti - Committee CO VID, called by Health Minister Arben Vitita, with mayors, in which they discussed the process of vaccination in municipalities and respect of anti-communication measures. CO VID after the arrival of the first anti vaccine contingent CO VID-19 in Kosovo.

Sazan Ibrahimi, executive director of the Kosovo Commission Association, said after the meeting for KosovoPress, that the mayors were notified about the division of the first 24,000 doses of vaccines, where 13,000 will be for health workers, while 11,000 for citizens over 80 years old.

The “was discussed about the course of the vaccine process in the municipalities of the Republic of Kosovo and the Minister Vitita mayors were announced from the first contingent, which is 24,000 doses, 13,000 doses will be for health workers, and 11,000 doses for Kosovo citizens, who are over 80 years old and who have accompanying diseases. All municipalities in Kosovo are ready to begin the vaccine process and all family medicine centres are ready, health personnel are ready and only are waiting for vaccines to come from the central level to the local level”, he said.

Ibrahimi said the mayors and the Association of Kosovo municipalities are not about returning last year's measures because of the pandemic situation.

“also discussed anti measures CO VID. It was a joint agreement that more rigorous implementation of current measures should be implemented to have a more rigorous monitoring of the implementation of current measures, while in terms of the possibility of new measures, Minister Vitita pledged that new measures would not be without preliminary consultations with the Kosovo Commission Association, respectively, with the council of mayors and everything would happen after a proper analysis and recommendations by I The SKP, the Kosovo municipal association, is and will be for respecting the current measures. In any case, the mayors have expressed willingness to support the measures that save the lives of the citizens, but they have asked in advance to consult since March 2020 the mayors have respected any recommendation that has come from the IKSHP in order to save the lives of the citizens, but have always sought to find a balance between the economic health and the public”, Ibrahim said.