TIRANA, Feb 19 /ATA/- The head of National Vaccination Program, Erida Nelaj, stated on Friday that so far over 3 thousand COVID-19 vaccinations have been delivered at three vaccination centers set up in Tirana, Shkodra and Vlora, as well as in the nursing homes with the elderly and the staff of care-givers receiving the jab.
In a televised interview, Nelaj said that 2400 people have received the first jab and about 640 people have already received both doses.
She said that the process has gone very well and no worrying side effects have been so far reported. “Even in the elderly there were no side effects, beyond the pain in the injection area,” said Nelaj.
Also, she said that “currently vaccine supplies have been secured to inoculate 800 thousand people, with two doses, if referring to 500 thousand doses of Pfizer and almost 1 million 114 thousand of AstraZeneca that are insured through COVAX.”
She stressed that with the arrival of other batches of vaccine, the vaccination schedule will target younger age groups.
Nelaj said that “even if we have had COVID-19, it is important to get vaccinated to increase protection against the virus, appealing not to let the guard down after vaccination.”
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