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According to the minister, not only residents but also employees will be vaccinated. Most of them will be vaccinated on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. All are scheduled to be vaccinated in five days.
In total, according to M. Navickienė, there are 203 institutions dedicated to care in Lithuania, 35 of which are subordinate to the Ministry of Social Affairs.
“It is worth mentioning that the number of care institutions is very high, both for staff and residents,” he emphasized.
“About 20 thousand vaccines will be needed, if we count two doses, those who agree and have not been sick in the last 3 months will be vaccinated,” he said. According to the minister, a coronavirus test will be mandatory before vaccination.
The Ministry of Social Affairs estimates that 8.2 thousand have not been infected by coronavirus in the last 3 months. residents of residences and 6.2 thousand. workers.
How many wards and staff refused to be vaccinated?
According to the Minister, so far only preliminary information is available from subordinate institutions. According to her, about 20 percent did not express an opinion or did not tend to vaccinate. population and 8 percent. workers.
He hoped that the process he had started would help persuade people to get vaccinated and that the benefits of the vaccine would be explained to the staff and residents of the nursing home.
Will those who do not want to be vaccinated be able to continue working in a nursing home ?, said Ms Navickienė, who will consult a council of health experts.
The minister trusted that there will be no cases in which those who do not belong receive the vaccine.
“We ask all subordinate care institutions to follow only the planned vaccination schedules, not to involve absolutely any additional person.” Consult with SADM for each situation if the need arises. I hope that the unequivocal message we convey has been correctly understood. Clearly, the human factor doesn’t promise that I can’t, people are people. But I really believe that these situations, which have been widely discussed in the media, have done a positive job, “he said.
The minister said that the tolerance of the ministry she heads for similar cases would be zero.
According to M. Navickienė, it is still difficult to say how the wards of private institutions will be vaccinated.
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According to the data provided by the Ministry, the vaccination against COVID-19 will be carried out in the social care institutions themselves, and the employees and rooms will be vaccinated by specialists from the primary health care centers. COVID-19 testing will be done on everyone prior to vaccination. People who agree to be vaccinated will be tested for the presence and absence of COVID-19 for 3 months before the vaccination date.
According to the ministry, COVID-19 is currently established in 124 care centers, with almost 600 employees and more than 1,300 rooms.
More than 5,000 people have been infected with coronavirus in social care institutions since the beginning of the pandemic. – almost 40%. – all rooms.
Experts will be consulted on the work of unvaccinated workers
Residents and employees of the special social assistance house “Casa de los Deportados” are among the first in the country to be vaccinated.
According to the director of the BNS Artūras Melianas, it is planned to vaccinate all people who have not been infected by the coronavirus and agree to be vaccinated on Tuesday.
“We have carefully prepared the lists and consents. We had a work shift, it was only necessary for people to leave during work, some live in Tolok, but everything is in order, we have solved it,” he said.
According to the head of the institution, several people have the intention not to vaccinate.
“It just came to our attention then. (…) They want to consult with doctors, relatives and the like,” said A. Melian.
At the time, Silvija Gružauskienė, director of the Kaunas Panemunė Social Assistance Home, stated that residents and employees would be vaccinated in the coming days, but she does not yet know exactly when.
“We will be vaccinated this week, we have that information. Today, not yet, I still do not have information about tomorrow, “he told BNS on Tuesday, adding that the institution is ready for the vaccination process.
According to S.Gružauskienė, more than half of the wards and employees of the institution contracted the coronavirus.
To date, we have 15 people who are healthy and could be vaccinated, and we have about 23 such employees, – said S.Gružauskienė.
“To date, we have 15 people who are healthy and could be vaccinated, and we have about 23 such employees,” he said.
According to the director of the residence, several people rejected the vaccine. According to S.Gružauskienė, it is still unclear how his job will change as a result.
“It just came to our knowledge then. (…) We will think, we will see how we do it here, because we still do not have vaccines for the population or for the employees, everything is still at such a hot level, we are constantly updating the lists, the employees they are changing their minds, ”he said.
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