The final shipment containing 18,720 Pfizer / BioNTech vaccines, which Bosnia and Herzegovina procured through the EU4Health programme, arrived in Sarajevo on Wednesday.

This means that so far 214,110 vaccine doses purchased through the programme have arrived in the country so far.

Of the € 13.7 million allocated under EU4Health to support vaccination against Covid-19 in Bosnia and Herzegovina, more than € 9 million remains for supporting the continued purchase of vaccines.

The EU will continue to work with the Ministry of Civil Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina and other authorities to facilitate further deliveries.

The EU and its member states have delivered a total of 1,302,110 doses of vaccines to Bosnia and Herzegovina so far.

The Wednesday delivery is part of a promise of 650,000 Pfizer / BioNTech EU-funded vaccines funded for Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia and Northern Macedonia. The last shipments of vaccines arrived at their destinations this week.

“As pledged in May, we now delivered 650,000 EU-funded Pfizer/BioNTech doses to Western Balkans in full. From the beginning of COVID-19 pandemic, the EU has acted decisively to support our Western Balkans partners as we battle this pandemic together,” European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, Oliver Varhelyi, tweeted.

As pledged in May, we now delivered 650,000 #EU-funded @BioNTech_Group @pfizer doses to #WesternBalkans in full. From the beginning of #COVID19 pandemic, the EU has acted decisively to support our Western Balkans partners as we battle this pandemic together. #WeCare https://t.co/EbRJkmsCkH

— Oliver Varhelyi (@OliverVarhelyi) August 25, 2021

The EU has provided a total of 95 million euros in grants to Bosnia and Herzegovina to help fight Covid-19. In addition to € 13.7 million from the EU4Health grant, the EU provided € 7.76 million to cover medical necessities (more than 6 million pieces of personal protective equipment, 66 ventilators, 75 ECG monitors, 20 portable ultrasound devices and other equipment). € 73.5 million has been allocated to support socio-economic recovery. In addition, the EU has provided € 250 million in macro-financial assistance to Bosnia and Herzegovina in the form of soft loans.