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The Chancellor of the Ministry of Health, Jurgita Grebenkovienė, announced this at the meeting of the Commission on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities of the Seimas.
He said the second and third shipments of the vaccine are scheduled to reach five major hospitals in the country on Tuesday and will continue to be vaccinated by doctors.
“With this second transport (distribution to hospitals – BNS) we will have around 30 thousand. vaccine dose. It is planned to vaccinate all hospitals, their employees, as well as ambulances, patients of higher risk, ”said J. Grebenkovienė.
According to her, it is planned to vaccinate doctors who work in mobile points, fever clinics, residents and employees of nursing and care institutions with other vaccines.
Vaccines for Nursing and Nursing Home Residents: Next Week, But After Antibody Tests
The vaccine for residents of nursing homes and care will arrive in Lithuania next week, says the Chancellor of the Ministry of Health.
However, according to Jurgita Grebenkovienė, these people will only be vaccinated against the coronavirus after the antibody test has been performed.
“Nursing, care … There is a vision that we should do tests before vaccination, because we know that there are really few vaccines. They are not enough for everyone. The idea is that we don’t get vaccinated after getting sick, we have to do antibody tests beforehand. With self-government, we begin to prepare for that. The plan is to vaccinate them (nursing home residents – BNS) next week. The vaccines will arrive at the infirmary and the attention next week ”, announced Monday the Chancellor in a session of the Commission of Rights of Disability of the Seimas.
According to J. Grebenkovienė, residents of the country, who have restricted movement and, as a result, will have difficulty entering medical institutions where they will be vaccinated, will be vaccinated at the place of residence of those people.
“It will be ensured that residents receive vaccination service in their places of residence,” said J. Grebenkovienė.
According to her, there are still no solutions, how and from what these mobile groups of vaccinators will be formed: “It has not yet been discussed with the municipalities.”
J. Grebenkovienė also reported that from now on the coronavirus vaccine will arrive in Lithuania every Monday for three months.
According to her, more vaccines are planned for Lithuania in March than will be received so far.
The first shipment was distributed to the five main hospitals in the country last weekend, medical vaccination began and the doses of this vaccine were used in the middle of last week.
The BioNTech and Pfizer vaccine is the first and so far the only one authorized in the European Union.
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