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In the first week of 2022, Enis Restelica from Prishtina decided to be immunized with the boosting dose of the coronavirus vaccine.
Restelica told Radio Free Europe that he was disappointed with the organization of the citizens’ immunization process in this center.
Until December 20, 2021, vaccination for Covid 19 in Pristina was done in the hall “October 1”, which is dedicated to cultural and sports activities.
“I have been here for almost 40 minutes. The center there has been better, here there are irregularities. “It’s a pandemic, when there are crowds of people, the spread of coronavirus 9 is more dangerous,” he said.
Enis Restelica, who works at the power plant, indicated that his entire family is interested in getting immunized as soon as possible with the third or booster dose of the Covid 19 vaccine.
“My family will also come, but since this is an organization, I have to inform them so that they do not come once,” said Restelica.
Arsim Gashi, a psychiatrist from Prishtina, was waiting in front of the FMC to receive the third dose of the vaccine.
He said that for the delay, the official reasoning was the problem with the registration system of persons being vaccinated.
“There were a lot of people there, [na thanë] the system has crashed or I do not know what. “I have been here for half an hour”, said Gashi.
Halili: Temporary problems with the system caused chaos
Rrezart Halili, Deputy Director of the Main Family Medicine Center in Prishtina, considers the crowding and the waiting time for the citizens in the morning in this center to be normal.
Halili told Radio Free Europe that around 11:00 they had a technical problem that has slightly slowed down the vaccine administration process.
“In the morning we had a small technical problem due to the system after a new lot of vaccine was introduced, which has already been fixed. “It is a technical issue, of information technology, which we expect to happen to us in the future,” he said.
According to Halili, the Family Medicine Center where the vaccination is now taking place, is a suitable space for this service, while he said that he hopes that other vaccination centers will be opened.
However, according to him, there is a significant influx of citizens, as the interest in immunization by citizens has increased.
“The influx has started to increase for vaccination by all citizens. “Especially after the spread of the Omicron variant, there is a great interest in taking the third dose”, he said.
On the other hand, Vlora Restelica, a citizen of Prishtina who was accompanying her husband for vaccination, said that they are not able to understand why there are delays.
“A lot of people, once said that the system has fallen. There were many irregularities and crowds of people. “I left the children at home because the first dose had bothered me and I came with my husband,” she said.
In other cities of Kosovo, immunization against is also done in Family Medicine Centers.
The Ministry of Health told Radio Free Europe that the mass vaccination plan envisages that after December 15, 2021, the transition of the vaccination process will take place from centers such as “October 1” or similar, within the MFMCs.
According to the MoH, the municipalities have decided themselves in which locations the vaccination process will take place.
“This does not mean that municipalities will only vaccinate in one center, they can open other vaccination points, as long as they have the opportunity to have them functional. In this aspect, the Ministry of Health will support them so that they can perform the work without problems “, it is said in the response of the Ministry of Health.
In the Municipality of Prishtina, a mobile vaccination team is currently located in the Shopping Center in Albi Mall.
Importance of vaccination after the spread of the “Omicron” variant
On December 26, the first nine cases were identified in Kosovo with a new variant of the coronavirus called Omicron.
Since then, there has been an increase in the number of daily cases of Covid 19. On January 5, 107 new cases of coronavirus were registered, while on Monday, January 3, the daily infections were 38.
According to official statistics published by the Ministry of Health, 13,879 booster doses of Covid 19 and 2,099 third doses were administered in Kosovo as of January 5.
In the meantime, with two doses of the vaccine, 785,291 citizens or 43 percent have been immunized in Kosovo so far.
Coronavirus vaccines do not offer as much protection against Omicron as they do against previous variants of the coronavirus.
However, laboratory results show that at least two doses of the vaccine may not be enough to prevent infection, but a booster dose from Pfizer or Moderna, produces antibodies that fight the virus, enough to counteract Omicron.
In Kosovo, on December 9, the administration of the booster dose and the third dose of the coronavirus vaccine started.
The booster dose is given to citizens three months after receiving the second dose of the vaccine.
The third dose is given to people who have received two doses of vaccine against COVID-19, but who have not developed proper immunity, due to their weak immunity, or concomitant diseases, on the recommendation of a doctor .
The booster dose and the third dose will be available to all persons over 18 years of age.
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