COVID-19 vaccination in Moldova

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COVID-19 vaccination in Moldova
Date2 March 2021 − ongoing
LocationNationwide
CauseCOVID-19 pandemic in Moldova
Organised byGovernment of Moldova
Participants33,885 people (26 March 2021)
Websitevaccinare.gov.md

COVID-19 vaccination in Moldova started on 2 March 2021. The first vaccines administered in Moldova, belonging to the Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, came from a donation of 21,600 of them made on 27 February 2021 from Romania.[1] The country had announced during a visit on 29 December 2020 by the Romanian President Klaus Iohannis with the Moldovan President Maia Sandu in Chișinău, the Moldovan capital, that it would give a total of 200,000 vaccine units to Moldova as part of a collaboration project on matters of the COVID-19 pandemic and other topics between both countries.[2][3][4]

On the day the Romanian vaccines were received, some 750 Moldovan doctors in COVID-19 hospitals were given it.[5] The first person in the country to receive a vaccine was Alexandru Botizatu, a member of the medical staff of the Timofei Moșneaga Republican Clinical Hospital at Chișinău, at 10:00 am.[6] Some 240 doses were to be used in the autonomous region of Gagauzia, but this traditionally pro-Russian region rejected the vaccines, declaring that it preferred to use the Pfizer–BioNTech or the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccines, the latter being from Russia and without authorization for its use in Moldova. This act was severely criticized by Moldovan health experts.[5]

On 5 March 2021, Moldova received 14,400 Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine doses through the COVAX program, which aims to equip poor countries with COVID-19 vaccine units. Moldova was the first country in Europe to receive vaccine doses through COVAX.[7] Through this process, Moldova has already secured vaccine units for some 1.7 million people, roughly half of its population.[8] Some of these are supposed to arrive in the second half of March, belonging to the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.[9]

Moldova also donated 1,810 vaccines from the Romanian donation to the authorities of the unrecognized state of Transnistria (internationally recognized as part of Moldova) to help them in the country's vaccination process on 5 March 2021.[10][11] Initially, the Transnistrian President Vadim Krasnoselsky said that the vaccines donated by Moldova "were from the humanitarian aid along the lines of the WHO (World Health Organization)" and not from Romania.[12] However, Krasnoselsky later rectified and said that the vaccines came from Romania, thanking the Romanian state for the help.[13]

On 13 March 2021, after a call for help to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan by the interim Prime Minister of Moldova Aureliu Ciocoi, it was announced that the UAE had donated 2,000 units of Sinopharm's COVID-19 vaccine to Moldova.[14][15] Later, on 27 March 2021, Romania sent a new batch composed of 50,400 vaccine units to Moldova. The Prime Minister of Romania, Florin Cîțu, reconfirmed Romania's intentions to fulfill its promise to send Moldova 200,000 vaccine doses in total.[16][17] This happened on 17 April 2021, when Romania sent Moldova another 132,000 vaccine units, the largest out of all these vaccine donations made by Romania to Moldova to date.[18][19][20]

As of 26 March 2021, at 17:30 EET, 33,885 people had been vaccinated in Moldova.[21]

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  1. ^ Marina, Georgiana (27 February 2021). "România trimite Republicii Moldova primele 21.000 de doze de vaccin AstraZeneca". Digi24 (in Romanian).
  2. ^ Pirv, Cosmin (29 December 2020). "Președintele Iohannis: România va furniza până la 200.000 de doze de vaccin Republicii Moldova". Mediafax (in Romanian).
  3. ^ "Klaus Iohannis: România va furniza Moldovei până la 200.000 doze vaccin anti-Covid / Maia Sandu: Mă bucur foarte mult să vă găzduiesc aici, la Chișinău, după mulți ani de îngheț / Ați fost alături de noi și la bine, și la greu". HotNews (in Romanian). 29 December 2020.
  4. ^ Călugăreanu, Vitalie (29 December 2020). "România anunță un nou pachet de sprijin pentru Republica Moldova". Deutsche Welle (in Romanian).
  5. ^ a b Călugăreanu, Vitalie (3 March 2021). ""Politicienii care promovează geopolitica vaccinurilor sunt ucigași cu acte în regulă"". Deutsche Welle (in Romanian).
  6. ^ "El este primul medic care s-a vaccinat în Moldova împotriva Covid-19". Pro TV (in Romanian). 2 March 2021.
  7. ^ "Moldova becomes first European country to receive COVID-19 vaccines under COVAX scheme". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 5 March 2021.
  8. ^ "Republic of Moldova prepares for COVID-19 vaccine deployment". World Health Organization. 4 March 2021.
  9. ^ "Primele doze de vaccin Pfizer ar urma să ajungă în R. Moldova în a doua jumătate a lunii martie". Radio Europa Liberă Moldova (in Romanian). 3 March 2021.
  10. ^ "Chișinăul a transmis la Tiraspol 1810 de doze de vaccin anti-COVID-19, oferite sub forma de donație din partea României pentru Republica Moldova" (in Romanian). Government of Moldova. 5 March 2021.
  11. ^ "Biroul de Reintegrare: Cele 1810 doze de vaccin, din lotul donat de România, au fost transmise la Tiraspol". Deschide.MD (in Romanian). 5 March 2021.
  12. ^ Dobrea, Vlad (6 March 2021). "Liderul separatist din Transnistria dezinformează în legătură cu vaccinurile donate de România". Pro TV (in Romanian).
  13. ^ "Separatistul Krasnoselski recunoaște că primele vaccinuri ajunse în Transnistria sunt donate de România și mulțumește Bucureștiului". Deschide.MD (in Romanian). 5 March 2021.
  14. ^ "Emiratele Arabe Unite au donat Republicii Moldova vaccin anti-COVID-19". Cotidianul.md (in Romanian). 13 March 2021.
  15. ^ "Emiratele Arabe Unite au donat Republicii Moldova un lot de vaccin împotriva COVID-19". TV8 (in Romanian). 13 March 2021.
  16. ^ Necșuțu, Mădălin (26 March 2021). "România trimite în Republica Moldova încă un lot de 50.400 de doze de vaccin". G4Media.ro (in Romanian).
  17. ^ Tobias, Andreea (27 March 2021). "România a trimis în Republica Moldova încă peste 50.000 de doze de vaccin anti-Covid". Ziarul Financiar (in Romanian).
  18. ^ "România ajută R. Moldova cu 132.000 de doze de vaccin AstraZeneca". Radio Europa Liberă România (in Romanian). 17 April 2021.
  19. ^ "România a trimis 132.000 de doze de AstraZeneca pentru Republica Moldova". Digi24 (in Romanian). 17 April 2021.
  20. ^ "132 de mii de doze de vaccin donate de România au ajuns astăzi în R. Moldova. Este cea mai mare tranșă primită până acum". Ziarul de Gardă (in Romanian). 17 April 2021.
  21. ^ "Campania de imunizare în Moldova: Circa 34.000 de persoane, vaccinate". Știri.md (in Romanian). 27 March 2021.

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