Romania has sent several hundred thousand doses of vaccine to Romanians in the Republic of Moldova, but it is sending one million doses to Denmark. Prime Minister Florin Cîțu announced that numerous doses of anti-Covid vaccine purchased by Romania will be sent to other countries. The doses will either be donated or sold, among the countries listed by the Prime Minister being Denmark.
Romania will give up some vaccines as interest in vaccination is declining and some doses will expire soon. An important amount will go to Denmark, said Florin Cîțu.
“We have these statistics. Some of the doses were exported. Not of those that were going to expire now on the 30th, maybe also of those that were going to expire now on the 30th, but there is an analysis of all of them, we have a contact with several countries to export, to donate. We receive requests every day. You know very well that we will send more to Denmark. In Denmark we sell. We sell in several countries. I think a million doses in Denmark. The Ministry of Health has all the figures “, explained Florin Cîțu.
This is the Pfizer vaccine, which will be sold at the purchase price.
“When the strategy was made for the EU, all the countries had the same strategy. More were contracted because we had to arrive at the same time we were selling in other countries and the strategy is to sell at the purchase price,” he said. the prime minister.
The goal of vaccination, according to the head of government, is to eliminate the pandemic.
“We have reached the most important target. You know very well that yesterday, in Bucharest, no one was infected in 24 hours. The target of the vaccine is to eliminate the pandemic and the target is reached,” the prime minister said.
Valeriu Gheorghiță, the president of the National Committee for the Coordination of Activities on Vaccination against COVID-19 (CNCAV), announced that approximately 35,000 doses of vaccine will expire at the end of the month. These are AstraZeneca doses, manufactured six months ago.
“We have no problem storing vaccine doses. However, we have about 35,000 doses distributed in the regional storage centers and in the vaccination centers that expire on June 30 “, revealed Valeriu Gheorghiță.
Because there are only a few days until the doses expire, the authorities no longer have time to use or donate them.
“It is unlikely that we will be able to use them until the end of the month, it is unlikely that we will be able to donate them. Probably a destruction mechanism will be used, there are many countries that have this problem “, Valeriu Gheorghiță also said.
As interest in immunization is declining, Romania has given up some of the vaccines it would receive from manufacturers this summer. However, the prime minister is pleased with the results of the vaccination campaign.
“We have reached the most important goal. Yesterday, in Bucharest, there were no infected people. The goal is to eliminate the pandemic and we have reached it “, stated the Prime Minister Forin Cîțu.
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