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“From now on, new shipments of Moderna vaccines will be delivered every week in January and February,” the ministry said in a statement.
The shipment arrived in Lithuania by van from Belgium at eight in the morning. It is delivered to the ESSC warehouses before noon and will be stored at -20 ° C.
“The vaccines will be transported from the ESSC storage facilities to the Kaunas City Polyclinic. The shipment of the vaccine will be transported at a temperature of 2-8 ° C, in special equipment that ensures the maintenance of the temperature and the traceability of the temperature regime throughout the transport ”, reports the Ministry.
According to the ministry, the Moderna vaccine doses should be used within 28 days.
These are the second manufacturer’s vaccines delivered to Lithuania.
In late December, BioNTech and Pfizer vaccines began shipping into the country, vaccinated by doctors, other hospital personnel, volunteers, and critically ill patients. Residents and employees of nursing and care institutions also began vaccination on Tuesday. In total, Lithuania has already reached just over 66 thousand. vaccination doses of these companies.
According to data from the Department of Statistics, so far in Lithuania almost 25 thousand have been vaccinated with the first dose. people.
Two doses are required for the BioNTech and Pfizer and Moderna vaccines.
After the first BioNTech and Pfizer vaccine, the second should be given three weeks later, and after the first Moderna vaccine, the second should be given four weeks later.
More information about coronavirus vaccines can be found on the Korona Stop website, in a specially designed section here.
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