Thousands of vaccine doses coming from Romania

Denmark has brought forward vaccinations by two weeks after securing a deal which involves purchasing 1.17 million Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine doses from Romania.

The deal was made possible because Romania is experiencing a low vaccination rate and wants to sell unused vaccines, Danish health minister Magnus Heunicke said in a press release.

The 1.17 million extra doses will be distributed across the Danish kingdom through a per capita distribution model, which means that the Faroes will be receiving some 10.500 extra doses (0.9 percent of the total for the Danish kingdom).

The first doses from Romania are due to arrive in Denmark tonight. It is not yet clear exactly when the Faroese allocation will arrive. Details on how this will affect the Faroese vaccination programme will follow soon.

Three new Covid cases

One new Covid case was registered on Tuesday and two yesterday.

Two of the three are linked to a known chain of infection, while the source of infection for the third remains unknown.

The daily numbers of positive tests over the past week have been as follows: 0, 1, 1, 0, 3, 1 and 2.

According to the latest vaccination figures on corona.fo, updated yesterday, 28,443 people (53.4 percent of the population) have received the first shot of the vaccine, while 18,861 (35.4 percent) have received the second shot.

For further information about Covid-19 in the Faroes, visit corona.fo.

Read the Faroese version of this article here.

Translated by prosa.fo

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