Dozens of SPA Vilnius employees vaccinated against coronavirus in Anykščiai: minister and mayor see no violations

Mayor Sigutis Obelevičius says this was done in accordance with the order of the Minister of Health, after vaccinating other anticipated risk groups.

The head of the municipality says that the sequence of vaccinations provided by the central government seems illogical, but the municipality must trust it.

“The municipality is simply doing what the government allows us to do. And a priority list for us has been removed, where the first doctors and social workers go, and that list also includes” other employees of personal health care institutions. ” So if a spa or sanatorium has a license to practice medicine, they are on that list. 600 vaccinations were received yesterday, so some of those workers were vaccinated, “the mayor told BNS on Thursday.

Health Minister Arūnas Dulkys says that SPA Vilnius in Anykščiai has a license for healthcare activities, so no violations have been committed after vaccination of its employees with coronavirus (COVID-19).

“As has been the case with the whole set of priorities, we need to complete the entire health system. I know that SPA Vilnius Anykščiai really has that license, and you have been vaccinated, so you handle everything. I think even more of those groups priority will be vaccinated soon, “said A. Dulkys in a remote meeting with opposition factions of Seimas on Thursday.

The order signed by Minister of Health Arūnas Dulkis on January 5 first provides for the vaccination of doctors, high-risk patients, residents and employees of nursing and care institutions, followed by volunteers and “other employees of personal health care institutions” .

The Anšilas company, which manages Anykščiai SPA Vilnius, has a license for health care. However, this, like other healthcare facilities, is currently down due to quarantine restrictions.

According to the mayor, a total of about a thousand people have already been vaccinated in the district’s medical and social care institutions, and only half of SPA Vilnius employees, about 60 people, have received the vaccine when they no longer want to be vaccinated on the Wednesday.

“It just came to our knowledge then. And if we get the vaccines, we will begin to vaccinate the population in their eighties. Yes, all the other vaccinated, we finished yesterday. Clearly, the municipalities, when we are closer to the people, it seems to us that this list of priorities must be different. First I would vaccinate people who work with people. Now there is little logic, but we are the executors and we are doing what is written, “said the mayor.

According to him, there has never been a consultation with the Ministry of Health (SAM) about possible changes in priorities, since the incoming vaccines have been known for only half a day.

“It just came to our knowledge then. At night, you will find out that you receive 600 vaccinations, you need to collect 600 people, then how to vaccinate them: the elderly cannot be transported, they must go to the vaccination site. In principle, it is a state of war. ”Assured S. Obelevičius.

According to the Statistics Department, 31.5 thousand have already been vaccinated with the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in Lithuania. people.