Haliti: I want to vaccinate with any vaccine my countrymen have vaccinated in Albania

Haliti, in a Facebook post, has written that opening vaccination centres for Kosovo citizens would be a necessary action at a difficult time the country is facing, writes Periscope.

“Work as soon as possible with health workers Kosovo, to save lives. I want to vaccinate with any vaccine that my countrymen in Albania are considering. And, like me, there are many in Kosovo. Prime Minister help us through this challenge that has hit humanity”, he said.

“Public Call for Prime Minister Edi Rama dear Brother Edi, prime minister of Albania, takes into account the serious situation in Kosovo with pandemic COVID-19, and on the other hand, the neglect of the country's institutions to provide the vaccine, calls for the opening of some vaccine centres for all Kosovo citizens. This action would be welcome and necessary in this wicked time. So act as soon as possible with health workers Kosovo, to save lives. I want to vaccinate with any vaccine that my countrymen in Albania are considering. And, like me, there are many in Kosovo. Prime Minister, please help us to overcome even this challenge that has hit humanity!

Otherwise, Kosovo at the end of March received 24 thousand doses of AstraZeneca, being the last country in Europe that had not yet started the vaccine against COVID-19. The second contingent of vaccines, according to the National Institute of Public Health, will have 108 thousand doses and is expected to reach within weeks.

Kosovo authorities have adopted a vaccine plan, which is divided into three phases.

In the first phase, high-risk groups, including health workers, residents and health workers for the elderly, 80+ age groups and a portion of the chronically ill population (dialized persons, diabetes people, cardiovascular diseases), will be vaccinated under this plan.

In this group, the total number of persons is estimated to be 54,000, or 3 percent of Kosovo's total population.

The second phase includes 65-79 age groups, the remaining population with chronic diseases, teachers and security forces that are involved in managing the COVID-19 pandemic. This group is made up of 306,000 or 17 percent of the population.

For the first and second phase, vaccines Kosovo will receive from the COVAX programme will be used. In the meantime, for the third phase, it is projected to be vaccinated by 50 percent of the population so that it can reach 900,000 people or 70 percent of total population coverage with a vaccine COVID-19.