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“About this will be a slightly higher number, but not much more than the first shipment received,” said A. Šukšta.
A spokeswoman for A. Dulkis said the vaccines in the second shipment promise to continue to be vaccinated by doctors.
“This shipment is likely to be for doctors as well,” he said.
It is not yet clear when the third shipment of vaccine could arrive in Lithuania.
“We still do not know the exact delivery time of the third shipment”, Delphi A. Šukšta speaks.
On Sunday, 2,270 medical workers were vaccinated on the first day of vaccination.
According to data from the Ministry of Health, 700 people were vaccinated until 5:00 p.m. in Vilnius, 440 in Kaunas, 160 in Klaipėda, 120 in Šiauliai and 850 in Panevėžys.
The procedure, according to the ministry, was carried out at 26 vaccination points.
On Sunday, the hospitals in Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipėda, Šiauliai and Panevėžys agreed to start the vaccination process at the same time, at eight in the morning.
Medical personnel were vaccinated with the COVID-19 vaccine developed by BioNTech and Pfizer.
The first shipment with 9,750 doses of vaccine arrived in Lithuania on Saturday morning and was stored in the warehouses of the Emergency Health Center. During the day, the vaccine was distributed to the top five hospitals in the country responsible for administering COVID-19 in the regions.
Vilnius and Kaunas counties received 2,925 doses of vaccine, Klaipėda counties – 1950, and Šiauliai and Panevėžys – 975 doses each.
It is planned to use all the vaccines received on Saturday when the first doctors are vaccinated. The second dose for these co-vaccinated personnel, who need to be vaccinated after 21 days, will be administered in subsequent shipments.
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