TIRANA, Feb. 1 /ATA/- The first doses of COVID-19 vaccine provided through direct agreement of the Albanian government with the “Pfizer” company arrived on Monday evening at Tirana International Airport.
The plane which landed at the “Mother Teresa” airport transported the first 1170 COVID-19 vaccine doses.
In his remarks, at the Tirana International Airport, the Albania’s Prime Minister Edi Rama accompanied by the Minister of Health and Social Protection, Ogerta Manastirliu and the Minister of State for Reconstruction, Arben Ahmetaj, said that, after the delivery of the first 1170 COVID-19 vaccine doses, the vaccination process involving the doctors, nurses and the elderly will continue to be carried out.
“The vaccine doses will be transported immediately to the Institute of Public Health within the safety parameters. Once the box is opened and all parameters and certificates are verified, they are stored at ultra-cold chain—consistent storage at about minus 80 degrees Celsius,” Minister Manastirliu said.
