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Alma, who works as a school teacher in the capital, applied to be the editor of the portal tv3.lt. As the woman herself says, on February 15. she and her colleagues received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at the Vilnius Center Polyclinic. The teachers were vaccinated that day with Moderna’s vaccine.
As stated in the Summary of Product Characteristics, Moderna is administered twice daily with a second dose recommended 28 days after the first.
So, almost a month after the first vaccination and without any knowledge of the treatment center, Alma decided to find out for herself when the second dose would be administered. The response received shocked the woman.
“I have noticed that the manufacturer of the Moderna vaccine claims that after 28 days. You must vaccinate a second dose. I’m already worried, I’m doing a query there (Polyclinic Center – aut. last.). Call. They tell me “sorry, we do not have the vaccine, the shipment is delayed”. He doesn’t know when he will have it, ”Alma says.
The woman admits that the ignorance is already worrying, because she is scary both for her own health and that of her colleagues.
“It just came to our knowledge then. The fear is like this: it hardly will be when and if it will be. {…} Cheers, though. I’m afraid the vaccine won’t work. Inject the poison and you won’t get any. benefit, ”Alma shares.
Outpatient Clinic – We will strive to ensure the shortest possible time between vaccinations
After the news portal tv3.lt contacted the Vilnius Center Polyclinic, the institution’s chief nursing administrator, Aistė Raulušaitienė, confirmed that the shipment of the aforementioned Modern vaccine to the country was delayed, but not so much as to cause concern.
According to the doctor, the polyclinic of the Center is still on March 8. received a report from the Ministry of Health (SAM) about an interruption in the supply of vaccines.
“The Center’s polyclinic had presented the need for a modern vaccine to guarantee booster vaccination to the responsible representatives who organize the distribution of vaccines in Vilnius and to the Ministry of Health.
The delivery is scheduled for March 18 and 19. We inform the patients about the resumption of vaccination by means of an SMS message and we indicate that we would inform them about the new vaccination date by means of a new additional SMS message ”, explains A. Raulušaitienė.
According to her, as soon as she received the vaccines, the Center’s polyclinic is ready to organize the vaccination of patients as soon as possible, thus ensuring the shortest possible time between the first and second vaccines.
SAMe: Delayed vaccine will not adversely affect
Julijanas Gališanskis, chief specialist of the SAM Press Service, also confirmed to tv3.lt that we will receive the Moderna vaccine a little later than expected. However, J. Gališanskis does not reveal when exactly it should appear.
“According to the agreement with the manufacturer, the ministry cannot publish the schedule for the delivery of vaccines. The ministry notifies each shipment of vaccines on the same day it arrives in Lithuania,” says a SAM representative.
According to him, this was due to the fact that the manufacturer simply changed the delivery schedule for the vaccine. J. Gališanskis assures that this delay should not harm the health of vaccinators.
“The second dose of this vaccine should not be administered before 28 days after the first. If it is administered a few days later, it will not have a negative impact on the health of the patient or the efficacy of the vaccine, ”explains J. Gališanskis.
According to the Department of Statistics, Lithuania has already received more than 407 thousand. vaccine doses, of which 352 thousand were used. 533. March 15 According to the data, the first dose of the vaccine was 253 thousand. 609 people. The second dose has already been vaccinated 98 thousand. 924 inhabitants. More than a third of the Lithuanian population over the age of 80 has already been vaccinated.
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