Albania Speeds Up Vaccination: 90k People in 5 Days, 155k since January

Albania Speeds Up Vaccination: 90k People in 5 Days, 155k since January - 2021-04-02

In the last five days only, Albania has vaccinated 90 thousand people, which amounts to 150 percent of those vaccinated in the previous three months.

Minister of Health Ogerta Manastirliu announced on Thursday that 155,463 have been vaccinated in total. She added that half of vaccine doses received so far by the government have been administered.

The government launched the mass vaccination campaign one month ahead of the April 25 elections, while it had kept the process slower during the previous three months.

The speeding up was announced after the government purchased 192,000 doses of the Sinovac vaccine from a Turkish company in late March, which was roughly twice the number of doses received before. 

Prime Minister Edi Rama has promised to vaccinate 500 thousand people in two months.

Albania has received about 290 thousand vaccine doses by Sinovac, Pfizer, AstraZeneca and Sputnik V.

It is now vaccinating people over 70, following priority groups of medical staff, teachers, and those over 80.

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