Once the mass vaccination begins, people will need to register to receive the vaccine.

However, the vaccination procedure will change: After the mass vaccination begins, people will have to register to receive the vaccine, writes Kauno diena.

“When we start mass vaccination, there will be a general registry for all residents, regardless of age, 45 or 21 years. Everyone on the esveikata.lt portal will be able to register for the vaccine in their free time, and if there is not such, queue and wait. Those who do not use a computer or do not know how to register online can do so by phone by calling the vaccination center, “explains Lukas Galkus, Chief Specialist of the Department of Information Resources and Electronic Health System of SAM.

“The sooner you register, the faster you will get the vaccine. Others may have to wait because the vaccine supply is not enough to meet everyone’s needs,” he added, asking if the electronic system would resist the flow of people who want to register for the vaccine.

According to him, when vaccinations for people over 65 are completed, vaccinations will start for younger people and those with chronic diseases.

According to a SAM representative, the list of chronic diseases, which are at increased risk of COVID-19 infection and more serious diseases, is currently being coordinated with the organizations of doctors and scientists and will be approved later.

“Once approved, it will be clear who will get the vaccine first and who will have to wait,” he said.

“Mass vaccination will start later. Until now, there is no decision by the Ministry that the population should be further reduced by age during mass vaccination; everyone who wants to be vaccinated will be able to register and get vaccinated,” explained L. Galkus, who asked around 1.79 million vaccinated the population under 65 years of age.

According to him, it is planned that mass vaccination can start in late spring, around May, but it all depends on the supply of vaccines and the way in which priority groups are vaccinated, that is, people over 65 years and later chronic patients.

“If these groups are active, there will be many people who want to be vaccinated, the start of mass vaccination will be later. But if these groups are vaccinated inactively, no one will keep the vaccines in storage and there will be a faster transition to mass vaccination, when everyone who wants to can be vaccinated, ”L. Galkus told Kauno Diena.

After the start of mass vaccination, according to a SAM specialist, all people over 16 years of age will be vaccinated, and the start of it will be determined by the Ministry of Health.