The United States is sending a contingent of vaccines against COVID-19 to Kosovo this week, a White House official told VOA.
He said the vaccines are delivered through the COVAX program and are part of the United States' commitment to play a leading role in the fight to end the pandemic around the world.
The doses for Kosovo are part of a half-billion-dollar purchase of the Pfizer vaccine provided by President Joe Biden earlier this summer.
The official said that the scientific teams and legal authorities of both countries have worked together to ensure the rapid and effective distribution of vaccines in Kosovo.
"We are proud to be able to deliver these safe and effective vaccines to the people of Kosovo. We are splitting these doses not to secure favors or issue concessions. Our vaccines do not come with a background. "We are doing this with the sole purpose - to save lives," he said.
The United States, the White House official said, is leading the world in a global vaccine strategy "because it's the right thing to do. "It's the right thing to do morally, the right thing to do from a global public health perspective, and the right thing to do for our collective safety and well-being."
The Biden-Harris administration, he said, is clear that ending this pandemic requires eliminating it worldwide.
In addition to the $ 2 billion donated to the COVAX program, the US government has purchased 500 million Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines to distribute throughout the year in the African Union and 92 low-income countries. This represents the largest purchase and donation ever of vaccines from a single country and a commitment by the American people to help protect people worldwide from COVID-19.
The announcement of the delivery of vaccines in Kosovo comes at a time when the country is facing an aggravated situation with the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to the data processed by the Voice of America, only during the 18 days of August, 12 new cases of people affected by COVID-276 were registered, which represents a much higher number than the previous three months combined.
Only on Wednesday, the authorities in Kosovo confirmed 2 new cases of those affected by COVID-110.
Since the beginning of vaccination in Kosovo, 622 doses have been given, while 215 citizens have also been vaccinated with the second dose./VOA
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