TIRANA, Oct 28 /ATA/ – The Parliamentary Committee on Economy and Finance approved Thursday the special calendar for the review of the 2022 state budget bill, as well as the Normative Act on the approval of some changes to the production and supply agreement between Pfizer export bv. and the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of Albania, the Minister of State for Reconstruction and the Institute of Public Health, approved by Normative Act no. 3, of the Council of Ministers.
The Normative Act was presented to the Committee members by the Minister of Health and Social Protection Ogerta Manastirliu, who said that the reviewed wording of the agreement previously approved by parliament is designed to increase the COVID-19 vaccine doses, without changing the price and their delivery schedule.
Health Minister noted that more than 2.4 million doses of the coronavirus vaccines have arrived in Albania so far, and more than 1.8 million people country-wide have received either one or both doses of the vaccines.
Manastirliu announced that the total of vaccine doses is set to exceed over three million within December, allowing for full vaccine coverage.
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