Deputy Minister: AstraZeneca will deliver some 50,000 tonnes to Lithuania in February. vaccine dose



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“Today, in a few hours, we have received your exact data for your next two deliveries scheduled for February (…) We are talking here about figures that will not reach 50 thousand. dose, “said the deputy minister on the program” LRT Forum “on Monday.

According to her, AstraZeneca vaccines should leave for Lithuania on February 7 and 19, so they will arrive in the country a few days after departure.

Ž. Simonaitytė says there is “talk” that the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, one of six with which the European Union has a supply agreement, could be approved in March.

According to the vice minister, it is planned to present to the Government this week the issue of another vaccine: Valneva.

No contract has yet been concluded with this company at the community level.

“There is also another new vaccine, for which we have not reached an agreement, but we are only planning to present another vaccine for consideration to the Government this week, which does not yet have an agreement at the level of the European Union”, Ž. Simonaitytė.

Valneva is currently negotiating with the European Union for up to 60 million. dose delivery.

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