The government decides not to buy additional doses of Moderna vaccine: it will buy from Pfizer



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Previously, SAM offered to purchase additional doses of the Moderna vaccine, but now urged against doing so because:

  • Moderna has raised the price: 33% is requested for one dose. more than specified in the contract (without ESI grant);
  • Approved delivery is the same as BioNTech & Pfizer pharmaceutical company vaccines;
  • The pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca’s vaccine registration is scheduled to be approved in January.

SAM, for its part, offered 1.24 million. additional doses of COVID-19 vaccine from the BioNTech & Pfizer campaign.

“The European Commission has agreed with Pfizer 200 million additional dose package of which pro rata In principle, we can choose the right amount for us, ”said Health Minister Arūnas Dulkys during the Government meeting.

In Lithuania, more than 27,000 people have already been vaccinated against the first dose of coronavirus. population, writes BNS.

Until Wednesday, only BioNTech & Pfizer was used in the country, and the Moderna vaccine was introduced on Wednesday. In both cases, immunity to COVID-19 is acquired only after the second dose of the vaccine.



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