Health Minister Sasho Klekovski: 26,000 flu vaccines to be available by Monday

Health Minister Sasho Klekovski said that 26,000 flu vaccines that arrived in Slovenia last week are expected to be put into use in North Macedonia tomorrow or, at the latest, on Monday, after all paperwork has been completed.

Distribution and timing

According to Klekovski, the necessary documentation is finished so the shipment can be made available by Monday. He added that doses from the first procurement are still on hand, which allows the vaccination campaign to be stepped up with greater confidence.

"We have reached approximately 20,000 vaccinated in the recent period. The procurement of the other 30,000 flu vaccines will also be certain. I expect tomorrow or on Monday to decide whether part of the vaccines will be made available to non-risk groups, because with the final procurement of 30,000 vaccines there will be 86,000 vaccines available. Until now more than 80,000 have never been put at disposal, so we will assess requests for certain vaccines to be available outside risk groups, privately," Klekovski said.

The minister said the additional 26,000 doses arrived in Slovenia last week and, once customs and administrative procedures are complete, will be distributed to vaccination points across the country.

With the planned final purchase of 30,000 more vaccines, the total stock will reach 86,000 doses — a level higher than any previous offering, Klekovski noted — and authorities will evaluate whether to open part of that supply to people outside priority groups, including private access.

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