Kosovo Albanians, abandoned by their leadership, go to Serbia to get vaccinated
Kosovo ranks low in terms of the number of its population vaccinated, and in addition to Serbs, a growing number of Kosovar Albanians are traveling to Serbia to receive the coronavirus vaccine.
It is reported GazetaExpress, PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
The publication notes that “thousands of Albanians from Kosovo, mostly elderly people, visit vaccination points in Serbia, most often in Raska, and that the Kosovo government has no answer or solution to this problem.” And, despite the fact that questions on this topic were sent GE There was no response from the Albin Kurti administration, the “ministries” of health and internal affairs.
Members of the “parliamentary” health committee also point out the problem, and member of this committee Bekim Haxhiu recalls that the Kosovo government at one time refusedb from Sputnik vaccines V"from Albania due to the fact that its manufacturer, Russia, did not recognize the independence of this Serbian region. And now, due to the lack of vaccines, Albanians are forced to travel to Serbia.
“While the government has refused vaccines from Albania, some residents of Gnjilane and Pristina are traveling to Presevo, and citizens of northern Kosovo are traveling to Novi Pazar in an organized manner. Citizens are finding alternative ways, and the Kosovo government is simply watching,” Haxhiu said.
The deputy added that although the situation with the pandemic is worrying, there is still no report from the “Minister of Health” Arben Vitia on this topic.
To date, Pristina has managed to receive about 29 thousand vaccines, which are primarily intended for immunizing medical workers.
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