The Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina has selected two companies to procure coronavirus vaccines, these are MGM Kakanj and Krajina Group.
In both cases, it is the Russian vaccine Sputnik V. The price of the dose is 17 euros, and the procurement contract with these two companies will be signed within four to five days, said the FB&H Prime Minister Fadil Novalić at a press conference today.
At today's session, the FB&H Government issued an order (instead of a recommendation) to the cantons to tighten epidemiological measures in accordance with the number of patients and the number of hospitalized persons with Covid-19.
Presenting the results of the work of the ad hoc commission for the procurement of vaccines, Novalić said that the commission sent a letter of intent to the addresses of 41 companies and that it received responses from seven or eight of them.
When choosing a supplier, the first criterion was the speed of procurement, and the second was the price. Given that the price of all offers was around 17 euros, preference was given to companies that promised the fastest delivery.
-We chose these two companies to do the job. One is the one that offers the fastest procurement. This is MGM Kakanj. It is a period of three days from the submitting of the letter of credit, and the same can be activated upon signing of the contract. The second company is Krajinagroup, which has direct communication with the Russian fund for Sputnik V, but they will need more time- said Novalić.
The vaccine will be procured in several contingents, provided that the first contingent must contain at least 100,000 doses.
Novalić added that the vaccines will be paid for after they are registered with the Medicines Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
We have secured from the FB&H budget the amount of 12 million KM for the purchase of vaccines, which is enough for about 350,000 doses, Novalić added.
At today's session, the FB&H Government issued an order to the cantonal authorities to tighten epidemiological measures in accordance with their epidemiological situation.
-This time we no longer give recommendations to the cantons, but we order them to declare stricter measures in accordance with their epidemiological situation. The cantons must now monitor their epidemiological situation and, in accordance with the number of Covid positive individuals and the number of hospitalized, must declare more restrictive measures. Everything else remains the same, a limit of 30 people in a closed space, mandatory wearing of masks and other measures- said the FB&H Minister of Health Vjekoslav Mandić.