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The World Health Organization, meanwhile, has warned of what is believed to be the alarming future global spread of new strains of COVID-19, making fighting the pandemic even more difficult.
The Municipality of Vilnius reported that in recent weeks, due to expired validity, 5 thousand. Modern vaccines against coronavirus doses. The ministry says that these vaccines were thawed, so it was the responsibility of the municipality to use them on time.
Last day, on Friday, 89 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in Lithuania, no person died, the Department of Statistics reported on Saturday. A total of 279,662 people have become ill with COVID-19 in Lithuania since the beginning of the pandemic (of which 269,365 were laboratory confirmed).
Since the start of the pandemic, 4,404 people have died from illness caused by the COVID-19 virus.
According to Statistics Lithuania, the average number of new cases per day in the last 7 days is 70.
The number of new cases in 14 days per 100,000 inhabitants currently stands at 28.2 cases. The proportion of positive diagnostic tests in 7 days is 1% and possibly 49.7% have already acquired immunity. people.
A total of 268,319 people have recovered so far and 746 are currently ill.
96 cases were epidemiologically examined per day. Isolate 157 people per day due to risk exposure. In total, there are currently 22,934 people in self-isolation.
A total of 1,097,759 people were vaccinated with two doses of the vaccine and 239,3559 vaccines were used.
Eight new people admitted to hospitals last day due to COVID-19 also fell ill. 5 new patients began treatment with oxygen therapy. Of the 310 COVID-19 beds, 46 were occupied.
Last day, 5,662 molecular tests (PCR) were carried out on the presumed coronavirus, for a total of 3,295,381 tests since the start of the pandemic. 4608 antigen and 117 antibody tests were performed daily.
How Vilnius will be vaccinated next week: the bus will reach 3 districts, another vaccination point has been opened
When the summer is so hot and the holiday season, vaccination in Vilnius is organized more conveniently, closer to Vilnius homes. The vaccination bus, which is popular with residents, continues its journey and will arrive at three locations next week: Doctors will work in Salininkai near Maxima, near the Akropolis shopping center and the BIG store. As before, vaccination on the bus will take place without registration.
On Wednesday July 21, those who wish to be vaccinated will be received in Salininkai, near the Maxima store (P. Žvirkos str. 1). The mobile vaccination bus will deliver 200 doses of Janssen (manufactured by Johnson & Johnson). The vaccination will be carried out from 16 to 20 h
On Thursday July 22, everyone who wants to get vaccinated will be invited again to the “Akropolis” shopping center (25 Ozo street) – a mobile vaccination point on wheels will be waiting between the 1st and 3rd entry. Vilnius residents will be offered 200 doses of the Janssen vaccine (manufactured by Johnson & Johnson). The vaccination will be carried out from 16 to 20 h.
On Friday July 23, everyone who wants to get vaccinated will be invited to the BIG shopping center (Ukmergės str. 369). The Moderna vaccine will be offered here. The mobile vaccination bus will deliver 200 doses of vaccine. The vaccination will take place from 16 to 19 hours.
The bus has already visited the districts of Naujininkai, Naujoji Vilnia, as well as Grigiškės and Šeškinė, near the Akropolis shopping center, and a total of about 800 residents have already been vaccinated in this way. We also remind you that mobile teams also go to companies where at least 50 employees want to be vaccinated. Thus, mobile teams have already visited 6 companies. If you want the mobile team to come to your company to vaccinate employees, please contact us by email. by email [email protected] or tel. 8 5 2112330.
Vaccination at the Lukiškės and Litexpo vaccination point
At the Lukiškės square point, COVID-19 is vaccinated I – VI from 10 a.m. M. at 8 p.m., and this Sunday from 10 p.m. until 3 pm Currently it is planned to vaccinate 150 people a day.
At the Lukiškės vaccination point: July 19-25 – Vaxzevria Vaccine (formerly AstraZeneca). The following vaccines will be administered at the Litexpo vaccination center next week: Vaxzevria (formerly AstraZeneca) on July 19. 1,400 people are revaccinated. Moderna – 1,250 people are scheduled to be vaccinated on July 19, of which 250 will be revaccinated and 1,000 will receive the first doses. Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines are scheduled for vaccination July 20-23, with 5,800 people, 2,600 of whom will receive the second dose and 3,200 the first.
Those who want to choose a specific time for the first vaccination (Moderna on July 19 and Pfizer on July 20-23) are invited to register here – vakcina.vilnius.lt
Residents can come to Litexpo next week from Monday to Friday from 10 am to 6 pm without registering. The following vaccines will be available without registration: July 19. – Moderna and Vaxzevria (formerly AstraZeneca) July 20-23 – Pfizer-BioNTech
July 24-25 (weekend) The Litexpo vaccination center will be closed.
Rezus.lt began vaccinating in the PC OZAS parking lot on July 13. Several new Vilnius residents can get vaccinated at this new vaccination point per day, which will be pre-registered on the website vakcina.vilnius.lt This point can be found in OZO outdoor parking, near the main entrance (in front of the station service VIADA), Ozo str. 18.
A third of Lithuanian municipalities have already vaccinated half or more of their population.
Neringa remains at the top of the list, where the proportion of the vaccinated population reaches 85.8 percent.
Alytus is the leader among large cities, 51.1 percent were vaccinated here. population. 50.4% were vaccinated in Kaunas, 50.3% in Panevėžys, 49.5% in Vilnius, 44.1% in Šiauliai and 37.6% in Klaipėda. population. The port city is the fifth least vaccinated municipality.
Vaccination rates declined slightly during the week, but remained low: From Friday to last Thursday, an average of 3,648 people received the first vaccine per day, compared with an average of 3,310 a week earlier. people, and a week before – almost 23,2 thousand. people.
Among age groups, 70% is recommended. the proportion of vaccinated is reached in only two groups: 65-69 years and 70-74 years. The youngest in the country are the least vaccinated.
The proportion of the vaccinated population in Lithuania currently stands at 46.4 percent.
The list of affected countries increases the number of countries to which more stringent requirements apply.
Following the update of the list of affected countries on Friday, which goes into effect on Monday, July 19, even more countries have been assigned to the red and gray areas. The same COVID-19 pandemic management measures for travelers remain in effect as last week.
The Ministry of Health recalls that it is necessary to bring a negative result of the COVID-19 test and isolate it for 10 days upon arrival from the countries classified as red and gray. The isolation cannot be shortened before the 7th day of isolation by PCR and negative.
Those who come from the countries belonging to the yellow zone are not isolated, but these people must bring a negative test result and perform a second PCR test within 3-5 days of arrival in Lithuania.
Arrivals from countries within the green zone are only required to present a negative test result.
Another 19 cases of the delta strain were identified.
This week another 19 cases of delta (Indian) varieties were detected in Lithuania, the National Public Health Laboratory (NSPL) reported on Friday.
Another 87 cases of the alpha (or British) strain were also identified.
In the laboratory of the Kaunas Clinics of the Lithuanian Health Sciences Hospital, 28 samples were examined, of which 20 cases belonged to the alpha variant and eight to the delta variant.
In the laboratory of the Santara Clinics of the Vilnius University Hospital, 82 samples were examined, of which 67 cases belonged to the alpha variant and 11 cases to the delta variant.
