4 hours agoDenmark to donate Kosovo AstraZeneca vaccines, itself banned their use
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)Denmark's government will donate one million AstraZeneca vaccines against the Coronavirus for four Western Balkan countries. Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo and Northern Macedonia need vaccines, Danish Foreign Minister Pojpe Kofod said through a statement. The Western Balkans is part of our neighborhood and we have great interest in [...]
Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo and Northern Macedonia need vaccines, Danish Foreign Minister Pojpe Kofod said through a statement.
The Western Balkans is part of our neighbourhood and we have a common interest in staying together, including in the fight against pandemic”, he said.
Donations consist of vaccines Denmark has purchased and paid by Anglo-Swedian company AstraZeneca, but have not yet surrendered.
AstraZeneca vaccine is not being given to Denmark.
After reports that it may cause blood clots in the vaccinated people, Danish authorities have banned its use in March, while in April they have completely removed it from the communication programme.
The European Barnas Agency has recommended that the AstraZeneca vaccine be conveyed with warning that it causes rare blood clots, but has stressed that the profits from vaccine exceed the risks.
The World Health Organization has also said that the benefits of AstraZeneca vaccine exceed the risks and recommended that the vaccine with it continue.
Kosovo has launched the vaccine campaign against the Coronavirus at the end of March, while on 15 June mass inoculation of citizens has begun.
Immmunism has been done with vaccines donated by the World Health Organisation's COVAX programme, the European Union and individual states.
This week, the first Pfizer vaccines/ BioNTech, ahead of the contract the Government of Kosovo signed with the American pharmaceutical company Pfizer. /Rel
