PRISTINA — Kosovo said on Friday it agreed to buy 1.2 million Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccines, the first shots bought by the government as it works to speed up inoculations.
Kosovo so far has received around 180,000 vaccines, mostly from an EU-funded program.
“Kosovo has secured 1.2 million vaccines in a deal with Pfizer,” Health Minister Arben Vitia told a news conference.
“We are determined to continue with a much faster process to vaccinate 60% of the population by the end of 2021.”
Vitia said the rollout would be launched on June 15 with the goal of getting some 300,000-400,000 people vaccinated every month.
The country of 1.8 million people has registered 1…
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