More than 288 thousand doses of coronavirus vaccine will arrive in Moldova.
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Social Protection, 24,570 doses of Pfizer / BioNTech (Comirnaty) vaccine will be sent to Moldova in mid-February, and the first tranche of 264,000 doses of Oxford (AstraZeneca) vaccine will be delivered at the end of February. The Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine will be stored at the National Public Health Agency, which will provide the necessary storage conditions (-60 ° C -90 ° C), the vaccine will subsequently be distributed to vaccination points. Oxford / AstraZeneca is stored at a temperature of + 2 ° C + 8 ° C, it is planned to import it into Moldova in several lots and use it in the 1st and 2nd quarter of 2021. According to the Ministry of Health, Moldova gained access to vaccines through the COVAX platform, created in April last year by WHO, EC and France. COVAX has received bids for the COVID-19 vaccine from 72 countries. However, in the first stage, only 18 countries were selected, including Moldova. It is expected that Moldova will receive free doses through COVAX, sufficient to vaccinate 20% of the population. Subsequently, our country will purchase vaccines through COVAX at a reduced price. Moldova joined COVAX in August 2020 based on a letter of intent signed by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Social Protection. The COVID-19 vaccine application was submitted on December 7. // 01.02.2021 - InfoMarket.
