Kosovo capacity for mass population inoculation v. Avid-19

Authorities in Kosovo launched mass vaccine against COVID-19. So far more than 130 thousand doses of vaccine have been given in Kosovo, while the Health Ministry intends to carry out 320 thousand vaccines within a month.

And we still like it once again that all citizens apply to platform E-Kosovo and in parallel with the division of terms let them know that they have to have or respect the age group over 65, at the same time as the second criteria we have if it's the category of chronic patients we have indiscriminately old enough, I have to testify with the bearer documentation on the person's health in question, and as the third category we have teachers, KSF and Kosovo police”, said Niman Bardhi, manager of the centre for communication.

The World Health Organisation emergency official, Isme Humolli, in a conversation for the Voice of America says Kosovo has capacities for mass vaccine while stressing that a large number of the population must be vaccinated to reduce the risk of COVID-19.

“To minimize the number of cases COVIID-19 is desirable to achieve a degree of involvement of 60 to 70 percent of the population, which is also the objective of the health ministry in this regard, so I am stating that vaccines can prevent serious COVID-19 forms that this prevents the number of hospital hospital and death rates, but that we will probably have months and years to go on without interrupting COVI-19 but that we don't have a large number and we have a high September and last year. It means vaccine against COVID-19 protects from serious clinical forms of COVID-19”, she said.

Last week in Kosovo, a major drop of the affected by the Coronobritus is taking place. Health officials say Kosovo may have reached the population's communication stage without vaccines.

Humoll says he hopes general immunity has been achieved.

The duration of low-case periods depends on the preventive measures taken by a state, in the concrete case is the setting up of a mask, physical distance, and that has even given you vaccine. It's an extremely positive indicator that not only Kosovo but also in the countries of the region have this phase of the number of low cases, what's very good is that we're in the second week that we don't have serious cases, that means that they're located in the intensive treatment center”, she said.

Hummol says that combination of preventive measures, and also vaccines will be able to take control of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The risk definitely exists. We have the concrete case of England where, after vaccinating a considerable number of the population, there's only begun to come up with another option and to increase the number of cases, but the best of all is that the number of deaths has dropped. From the beginning of the pandemic, it's been a conversation and information has been shared that the possibility of cyclical showing COVID-19 and over the next few years exists. If we compare the flu, it's the same. That's how the danger exists, but the good of it is for the death to be reduced by”, she said.

So far in Kosovo by COVID-19, more than 107 thousand people have been affected, 2,000 and 250 of whom have lost their lives from the effects of this disease. Meanwhile, more than 105 thousand people have been announced so far. /voa