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SARAJEVO, February 25 (FENA) - After articles in some media that Bosnia and Herzegovina will not receive the vaccine through the COVAX mechanism until April because it did not meet the required conditions, the BiH Ministry of Civil Affairs (MCA) announced that Bosnia and Herzegovina has fulfilled all obligations under the COVAX mechanism.
They point out that the payment of the complete amount for the ordered 1,232,000 doses was made within the requested deadline, and that in order to comply with the ultra-cold chain procedure, BiH currently has refrigerators to accept more than 1,100 doses of Pfizer vaccine. All refrigerators have been calibrated and mapped by accredited laboratories and are therefore largely ready for the arrival of vaccines.
The ministry emphasizes that Bosnia and Herzegovina's readiness to accept Pfizer vaccines has been confirmed by COVAX, UNICEF and the latest report of the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, which unequivocally states that BiH is ready to accept purchased and paid quantities of Pfizer vaccines. The fact that the amount of the first allocation for BiH has already been determined speaks in favor of that. All relevant reception institutions, the Council of Ministers, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the competent institutions of the entities and the Brčko District, institutes, the Agency for Medicines and Medical Devices of BiH, the Indirect Taxation Authority, Sarajevo International Airport as a point of entry into BiH are cooperating and are connected.
The Ministry invites COVAX, WHO, UNICEF and vaccine manufacturers to come to BiH and see the situation instead of re-setting additional conditions that only prolong the delivery.
“We remind you that the latest letter from the GAVI Secretariat refers to Pfizer's new requests regarding the distribution of their vaccine. The letter states that the vaccine manufacturer Pfizer requested additional and direct talks with all countries identified for receiving the vaccine in the first wave, on the topic of additional control of established cold chains and legal administrative procedures,” said the BiH Ministry of Civil Affairs.
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