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100,000 Doses of the flu vaccine will begin distribution to treatment facilities across the country this week. Patients are expected to be able to request the vaccination starting next week. The first shipment of influenza vaccines – 108 thousand. The doses, which arrived in Lithuania at the end of September, are already almost vaccinated.
“Seeing how actively people get vaccinated against the flu this year, what the great need for the vaccine is, the specialists at the health insurance funds have done everything that is up to them, I would say, and even more to accelerate delivery of the vaccine to Lithuania. Under the current conditions, it has not been that easy, but we have succeeded, “says Lina Reinartienė, Head of the Division of Centrally Paid Medicines of the State Health Insurance Fund of the Ministry of Health ( VLK).
In preparation for this difficult flu season this year, further exacerbated by the spread of the coronavirus, VLK bought a total of nearly 245,000. doses of quadrivalent influenza vaccine: up to 45%. more than last year. This required more than 2.3 million from the PSDF. euros. The third shipment of influenza vaccine – 37 thousand. doses should reach the country’s treatment facilities by mid-December. A total of 511 treatment institutions received the influenza vaccine purchased from VLK. The institutions that have a contract with the health funds receive these vaccines to the extent that they have ordered the doses.
Specialists note that the PSDF-funded flu vaccine is for those eligible for free vaccination. Currently, people over 65 years of age and patients of any age with chronic diseases (oncological, cardiovascular, respiratory, kidney, etc.), pregnant women, as well as those who live in care and nursing institutions and staff doctor, are vaccinated against influenza in Lithuania for free. who are particularly at risk for the flu when dealing with sick people. As has been announced many times, this year, for obvious reasons, vaccination is a priority for medical staff.
The importance of vaccines in difficult times is especially emphasized by the World Health Organization, renowned Lithuanian physicians and epidemiologists. Residents are invited to consult their family physicians about vaccinations.
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