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MOSTAR, June 10 (FENA) - Acting Director of the Public Health Institute of the Federation of BiH Siniša Skočibušić said today during the break of the FBiH Government session that they have directly started negotiations with Pfizer and that they are currently collecting documents for the conclusion of the contract.
"We are agreeing on the details with the Ministry of Civil Affairs of BiH. At this moment, we plan to procure 1.2 million vaccines, of which one million would go to the FBiH, and 200,000 to the RS," he pointed out.
Since many companies offered to secure the procurement, Skočibušić said that they were negotiating with everyone and that they were trying to meet numerous requirements, because this demands extensive documentation.
He expressed hope that the Federation of BiH would soon have a larger amount of vaccines in order to speed up the immunization process.
Skočibušić said that so far, 269,207 vaccines have arrived in BiH through the COVAX mechanism, the EU4Health program and donations and that a total of 164,780 vaccines have been administered from March 8 to June 6.
Of these, 130,299 people were vaccinated with the first dose, and 30,481 with the second. He said that the second dose will be secured for all those who were vaccinated with the first dose, and that everything will be finished as planned.
He also pointed out that the company Pfizer will give the exact delivery dynamic, but that it would not be convenient for the Federation of BiH to receive all 1.2 million vaccines immediately, because they need to be stored at very low temperatures.
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