| Date | 12 February 2021 – present |
|---|---|
| Location | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Cause | COVID-19 pandemic |
| Target | Full immunisation of adults in Bosnia and Herzegovina against COVID-19 |
| Participants | 943,394 have received one vaccine dose 846,080 have received two vaccine doses 135,476 have received three vaccine doses |
| Outcome | 28.9% of the total Bosnia and Herzegovina population have received one vaccine dose 25.9% of the total Bosnia and Herzegovina population have received two vaccine doses 4.2% of the total Bosnia and Herzegovina population have received three vaccine doses |
The COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Bosnia and Herzegovina is a mass immunization campaign that was put in place by the Bosnian authorities in order to respond to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. It started on 12 February 2021. [1]
As of 29 January 2022, 943,394 people have received the first dose, 846,080 people have received the second dose and 135,476 people have received the third dose. [2]
There are five types of COVID-19 vaccines currently being used in Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 25 January 2022, 3,948,830 vaccines doses have arrived to the country. [2]
| Vaccine | Doses arrived | Approval | Deployment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sinopharm BIBP | 1.09 million |  Yes | Yes |
| Oxford-AstraZeneca | 1.05 million | Yes | Yes |
| Pfizer–BioNTech | 284,310 | Yes | Yes |
| Sputnik V | 199,300 | Yes | Yes |
| CoronaVac | 90,000 | Yes | Yes |
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