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“When the first batch of one or another vaccine arrives in Lithuania, we hope that it will be, as the European Commission promises, by Christmas, perhaps by the end of December, all member states will receive at the same time, Lithuania as well,” S said in a press conference on Wednesday. Skvernelis.
S. Skvernel confirmed that the maximum number of vaccines could reach 125 million. but the possibility of payment, according to him, would be provided within a few years. However, the exact amount, according to the prime minister, will be known only after receiving the vaccines.
“And that amount will have to be covered with borrowed funds, according to the legislation. In cases where the costs are unknown, what will be the necessary ones, the borrowed funds are used, and then it will be done, there is simply no other option,” said the Prime Minister.
The Cabinet of Ministers has decided that Lithuania, together with other European Union countries, will participate in the purchase of all COVID-19 vaccines under development, which are being negotiated by the European Commission, and the surplus, if any, will be would sell to the Eastern Partnership countries.
The government is determined to buy enough COVID-19 vaccine to vaccinate 70 percent. population of the country.
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