Presidency: We will have several hundred thousand shots each week in the spring.

“Vaccines will increase in February, obviously there are 50 thousand. “New vaccines from AstraZeneca, which will arrive in the second week of February, which will mean that we will have twice as many vaccines in the last weeks of February than we receive on average each week in January,” S. Krėpšta told Radio Noticia .

S. Krėpšta said that it is realistic that in the second half of February there will be days when 10,000 people will be vaccinated per day. and more people per day. According to him, the AstraZeneca vaccines should only increase to 200,000, as should the BioNTech and Pfizer vaccines.

“Obviously, the growth will be several times higher in March compared to February and this will increase the vaccination rate. Right now, we are probably moving in the first march by vaccinating people, but in February we can expect to enter the second march, and in March, already in the third march, ”said S. Krėpšta.

According to the President’s Advisor, for the process to run smoothly, not only the quantity of vaccines itself is important, but also the preparation for mass vaccination, the registration system, and information to people. According to S. Krėpšta, it is necessary to think about mass vaccination centers, in addition, to reach the widest possible group of people, not only the digital system, but also the telephone lines must work.

“In March, April, when we will have several hundred thousand vaccinations every week, it will be necessary to invite exactly the same number of people to vaccinate, inform them, register them, create a queue, which will definitely be challenging enough,” said S. Krėpšta .

On Monday, the seventh shipment of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by the pharmaceutical companies BioNTech and Pfizer arrived in Lithuania. 230 doses. They will be used to revaccinate previously vaccinated people. On Sunday night, the second shipment of the COVID-19 vaccine from the pharmaceutical company Moderna was delivered from Belgium to Lithuania: 3.6 thousand. dose.

Furthermore, it was reported that the British and Swedish company AstraZeneca will deliver some 50,000 tonnes to Lithuania in February. COVID-19 vaccine dose.