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Doctors working on the frontal coronavirus (COVID-19) lines can be expected to be too dry, says Deputy Health Minister ivil Simonaityt. At that time, mass vaccination of the population, according to her, cannot be expected in the first quarter of next year.
Based on what we see as the arrival times of the only approved Pfizer vaccine, I want to emphasize that they are changing, so in January we can expect to vaccinate all doctors who work on the so-called front line, that is, those who work directly with COVID-19 patients. , during the meeting of the Committee of Defense and National Security of the Seimas on Monday. Simonaityt.
According to her, not only the doctors, but also the nurses, nursing assistants and volunteers who help in hospitals are counting.
The deputy minister also stressed that before 2021. quarter, a mass vaccination cannot be expected. He recalled that the vaccination of doctors who work directly with COVID-19 would continue to vaccinate nurses and residents as a priority issue.
The next group for which vaccination will begin will be the staff and residents of nursing homes, because here we only have the highest risk groups, we have a very high incidence and a very terrible statistical indicator, because even around 50% Of these groups, if they are already sick, the disease ends with death. This is a risk group that not only affects infections, but their forms of the disease are very complex, he said. Simonaityt.
After the medical and nursing facility staff and residents moved to the 65+. and vaccination against chronic diseases. And only after tobt can a mass vaccination be expected. Apparently, it won’t be before next year in the second quarter.
The first batch of 9,750 doses of the coronavirus vaccine developed by BioNTech and Pfizer arrived in Lithuania on Monday morning. During the first day of vaccination, 2,270 medical workers were vaccinated in Lithuania on Sunday.
It is planned to use all the vaccines received on the day of the first vaccination from the doctor. The second dose will be administered to co-vaccinated personnel who must be vaccinated after 21 days in subsequent shipments.
The second shipment of vaccine arrived in Lithuania on Monday morning.
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