The vaccination with the Moderna vaccine was started at the Kaunas central post office: 2.4 thousand. People are expected to get vaccinated within four days.

“We are glad that in the historic Kaunas building, the central post office, we are starting to vaccinate Kaunas residents: according to priorities, employees, nursing home and nursing home employees. We are starting to vaccinate with the “Moderna” vaccine, P. Kibiša told reporters on Wednesday.

Today, according to the head of the polyclinic, 200 people and 88 people are expected to be vaccinated at the Kaunas K. Grinius Nursing and Support Hospital in the post office building.

P. Kibiša also said 2.4 thousand. The priority vaccine dose groups are expected to be vaccinated within four days.

“The plan is – the first priority groups (people – aut.p.) should be 1455, which is still almost 1000 (vaccine doses – aut.p.). If that remains, we may start vaccinating another priority group: other health workers. These are all employees of both us and private medical institutions according to priorities, according to risk, “said the head of the polyclinic.

According to P. Kibiša, in the Kaunas City Polyclinic under his direction, 75 percent expressed their desire to be vaccinated. workers.

“It just came to our knowledge then. I think they will change their minds when they see that everything is in order and they will probably get vaccinated as well,” said P. Kibiša.

He also said that the logistics of the Moderna vaccine are simpler than those developed by Pfizer and BioNTech: it does not require very low temperature freezers, they can be stored in a normal refrigerator for 28 days after defrosting.

“Originally it was planned to have a decentralized vaccination. That is, if such a scheme were chosen, the ministry could divide it into all medical institutions and the burden on us would be significantly reduced; we would not have to vaccinate all of Kaunas, but only half ”Said P. Kibiša.

The director of the Kaunas City Polyclinic said the vaccine is very popular.

“If you are looking for ‘blats’, it means that the article is very popular. You can see that all the fears of the famous minority who scream about the dangers of the vaccine are empty: the majority of the population wants to be vaccinated, understand the based medicine in science, ”said P. Kibiša.

When asked how the transparency of the vaccination process will be ensured, the director of the Kaunas City Polyclinic stated that the lists of people to be vaccinated are compiled strictly according to the rules approved by the Minister of Health.

He also said that he had not yet been vaccinated against the coronavirus in person, but assured him that he would do so as soon as it was his turn.

Vaccination in booths installed in the post office building

Separate booths were set up at the Kaunas Central Post Office for vaccination. The vaccinated medical personnel address them one by one.

According to Algirdas Jančauskas, the first family doctor and employee of the fever clinic of the Kaunas Municipal Polyclinic who was vaccinated with the Moderna vaccine, there was anxiety before the vaccination, but assured that he was well.

“There is always anxiety, you always have to consider the pros and cons,” said the doctor.

“We are used to it, we know what to do, how to do, how to be careful, how to help. Now it will be safer, “said A. Jančauskas.

Saulius, another Kaunas doctor, said he was not afraid of vaccination and did not doubt that vaccines were safe and scientifically proven.

“When the opportunity arose, I immediately decided it was worth it,” said the doctor.

Rasa, a doctor at the fever clinic, also said she was delighted to be vaccinated against COVID-19 infection.

“It just came to our knowledge then. We read, we were interested, it will be fine,” said the doctor.

He said he works with a high flow of feverish patients.

“We will feel calmer, I think the work will be smoother, calmer, because there is really fear of going to that job,” Rasa added.

After vaccination, the person is asked to wait 15 minutes in the observation room. After that, if they feel fine, the vaccinated person can leave.

Lithuania to Buy Additional Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccines, Refuses to Supplement Modernos

The government on Wednesday approved the Health Ministry’s offer to purchase additional quantities of coronavirus vaccines developed by BioNTech and Pfizer, but is refusing to purchase additional vaccines from Moderna.

Health Minister Arūnas Dulkys stated that the European Commission (EC) has agreed with BioNTech and Pfizer an additional 200 million euros. dose of vaccine. According to the Ministry, taking into account the latest agreements, Lithuania would need LTL 1.24 million pro rata. additional doses of vaccine.

“We would offer what belongs to Lithuania proportionally through that opportunity, and we would use it to adjust our previous decision accordingly,” the minister said.

EC offer to acquire an additional 310 thousand. Modern vaccine doses have been rejected by the government. A. Dulkys emphasized that the pharmaceutical company had increased its price by a third, as well as the delivery conditions for unsatisfied vaccines in Lithuania.

“Because Moderna raises the price and does not want to distribute it in the same terms – it increases that price by 33 percent more than what is specified in the contract, and because it does not improve the terms, but forecasts them only at the end of the year, our group working amendments and not making this addition ”, said the Minister.

In Lithuania, more than 27,000 people have already been vaccinated against the first dose of coronavirus. population. As of Wednesday, only BioNTech and Pfizer were 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.