Tonight, the first 2,000 doses of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine are arriving in Montenegro. The batch of vaccines was donated by Serbia. Last night, Deputy Prime Minister Dritan Abazović thanked Serbia for providing the vaccine to Montenegro.
As of today, there is no information about the delivery dates for batches of the coronavirus vaccine that have been agreed directly with the manufacturer or the government of the producing country. It was previously expected that Montenegro would begin vaccination with the Pfizer vaccine. The estimated purchase cost is about 2,163,000 euros. The advance payment amounted to 646,000 euros.
In addition, in January negotiations were held with the China National Pharmaceutical Group regarding the supply of the Chinese vaccine Sinopharm to Montenegro at the end of January.
Sputnik V
Montenegro’s Minister of Health, Jelena Bojović, said that the 2,000 doses of Sputnik V vaccines that are due to arrive today from Serbia are the greatest achievement of “this government and herself.”
However, experts believe, that this is a political move ahead of the elections in Nikšić.
New coronavirus infection cases
In Montenegro over the past 24 hours, according to the results of 1,822 PCR tests conducted, 476 new coronavirus infections were detected. Another 11 people died. 446 patients were discharged from hospitals.
At present, taking into account all newly detected cases and the number of recovered coronavirus patients, the total number of new infections in Montenegro stands at 69,770, and the number of deaths has reached 910 since the beginning of 2020.
Entry rules for Montenegro
A mandatory PCR test no older than 72 hours is required for entry from the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland, Israel, India, Bahrain, Lebanon, South Africa, Brazil, the USA, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Malta, France, Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, Ireland, Belgium, Denmark, and the Czech Republic.
For entry from other countries a PCR test is not required.