The Sarajevo Canton (KS) expects the first shipment of Sputnik V vaccines it managed to secure to arrive in June, KS Prime Minister, Edin Forto, said on Wednesday.

He noted that there were numerous problems in the negotiations because the Government of KS has no authority to negotiate on vaccine procurement so it managed to reach the manufacturer of vaccines against Covid 19 through wholesalers, TVSA reports.

Together with the Bosnian pharmaceutical company Bosnialijek, an agreement to procure the vaccines for a price of 9.95 USD per dose was reached.

Forto requested an urgent session of the KS Assembly, asking it to approve the agreement. He also asked the Government of Bosnia’s Federation (FBiH) entity to co-sign it.

Forto said the Sarajevo Canton will procure a total of 200,000 vaccines, while 300,000 vaccines are expected for FBiH.