The Danish government will donate one million AstraZeneca vaccines against the coronavirus to four Western Balkan countries, including Albania. 

Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo and North Macedonia need vaccines, said in a statement Danish Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod. "The Western Balkans are part of our neighborhood and we have a great common interest in staying together - involved in the fight against the pandemic," he said. 

The donations consist of vaccines that Denmark bought and paid for from the Anglo-Swedish company AstraZeneca, but which have not yet been delivered. The AstraZeneca vaccine is not being jabbed in Denmark. 

Following reports that it could cause blood clots in vaccinated people, Danish authorities banned its use in March, while in April they removed it completely from the immunization program. The European Medicines Agency has recommended that the AstraZeneca vaccine be followed with the warning that it causes infrequent blood clots, but stressed that the benefits of the vaccine outweigh the risks. Even the World Health Organization has said that the benefits of the AstraZeneca vaccine outweigh the risks and has recommended that vaccination with it continue.