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According to the Kaunas municipality, the vaccines will first be received by residents of social care institutions, patients of the nursing hospital, their staff, social specialists who provide assistance to people at home, as well as working doctors at the mobile point, the fever clinic and mobile teams.
Patients and employees of nursing and care institutions will be vaccinated by mobile teams from the Kaunas City Polyclinic. The first place is Kaunas K. Grinius Nursing and Supportive Care Hospital.
Meanwhile, doctors working at the mobile station, fever clinic and mobile teams will be vaccinated at the Central Post Office building on Laisvės Alley.
The first shipment of vaccines from the company “Moderna” was delivered to Lithuania on Tuesday, it is – 2 thousand. 400 doses. The vaccines were delivered to the warehouses of the Health Emergency Situations Center (ESSC) and from there to the Kaunas City Polyclinic.
According to Paulius Kibiša, director of this institution, the first batch of vaccine is expected to be used in the next five working days, vaccinating an average of 480 people each.
So far, only BioNTech and Pfizer vaccines have been used in Lithuania. His first shipment arrived in Lithuania at the end of December. These vaccines are given to doctors, other hospital staff, volunteers, critically ill people, residents, and nursing and care facility staff. 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.
Vaccination of patients and staff at front-line care facilities, nursing hospitals, social workers and physicians will continue to prioritize coronavirus testing laboratory personnel, National Center for Public Health specialists in outbreaks, and ultimately , to primary care physicians.
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