At a session today, the Government of the Federation of B&H took note on the information of the FB&H Public Health Institute on the market research procedure, negotiations with vaccine manufacturers and/or authorized representatives for the purpose of procurement of coronavirus vaccines in the period from July 22, 2021 - July 28, 2021.

The information states that final preparations are underway for the delivery of a total of 500,000 doses of Sinopharm vaccine, under a Procurement Agreement concluded with China National Biotec Group Limited (CNBG) and the manufacturer Beijing Institute of Biological Products Co. Ltd (as suppliers) and Synopharm International Hong Kong Limited (as sellers).

Acting on the conclusion of July 26, 2021 by which the FB&H Government accepted the donation of the Republic of Austria of 483,947 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine, the Institute is taking all necessary activities to ensure the acceptance of this donation, which is expected in the next few weeks.

Today, the Institute also presented data on the current situation in the implementation of vaccination against COVID-19 in the Federation of B&H. Until July 25, 2021, a total of 537,525 were distributed to the cantons, and 334,479 doses of vaccine were administered. Therefore, the cantons have another 203,046 doses of vaccines, the Press Service of the FB&H Government announced.