Bosnia and Herzegovina received the first batch of Covid-19 vaccines through COVAX system.
The first shipment received on Thursday contains 23,400 Pfizer/BioNTech doses, N1 reported. Another 26,400 AstraZeneca vaccines are expected to arrive later during the day.
COVAX is co-led by Gavi, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) and World Health Organization (WHO). Its aim is to accelerate the development and manufacture of COVID-19 vaccines, and to guarantee fair and equitable access for every country in the world.
Bosnia and Herzegovina allocated around $13 million for the vaccines against COVID-19.
In addition to the 42,000 Sputnik V vaccine doses that Bosnia and Herzegovina secured, it received 10,000 AstraZeneca doses from Serbia.
