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“No, so it is not the first vaccine in my life,” replied I. Šimonytė when she was concerned, just before the vaccination process.
I had no doubts
The vaccinated prime minister, I. Šimonytė, pointed out that even if the Lithuanian leaders had received the vaccine earlier, they would not have avoided certain discussions. She regretted that the AstraZeneca vaccine “for some reason lacked confidence”, but I. Šimonytė herself assured that she really had no such doubts and trusted the decision of the European Medicines Agency (EMA).
“I am very sorry that this happened and that this vaccine was not trusted for some reason. We can certainly see that objectively from the vaccination data. I think the decisions that have been made so that those who trust the EEA decision to register all vaccines currently used in Lithuania, and after the additional guarantees that have been announced, have the opportunity to get vaccinated perhaps faster than in line.
For someone with those doubts, sorry, but it will stay. But I don’t have those doubts, I’ve always said that I’m confident and I’m really ready for my turn. And I would have gotten this line protecting myself.
But after the stress of last week, we made a decision that would be valuable, apparently, to dispel doubts and some beliefs that managers could stick with a more palatable vaccine, choose this vaccine and get vaccinated with it, “said I. Šimonytė .
When asked if the decision to stop vaccination with AstraZeneca was a good one, the Prime Minister emphasized that it was better to lose two days than to rely on the manufacturer’s vaccine in general.
“I had no doubt that EVA’s decision would dispel those doubts, it was. Now, along the way, we had the opportunity to make some logistical decisions, which I hope will speed up the vaccination process,” he hoped.
Previously, the head of the country, Gitanas Nausėda, vaccinated the AstraZeneca vaccine at the Naujamiestis branch of the Polyclinic Center. In the afternoon, Seimas spokesperson Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen, who is already infected with COVID-19 but still intends to get vaccinated, will also be vaccinated here.
After that, the Minister of Health Arūnas Dulkys will receive a vaccination at the AstraZeneca Polyclinic in Naujoji Vilnia.
The opportunity to show confidence in the vaccine and get vaccinated for the top leaders of the country came after the entry into force of the order of the Minister of Health, which included the President, members of the Seimas and the Government in the order of priority of people. be vaccinated.
In Lithuania and the European Union, vaccination with AstraZeneca has been stopped due to identified cases of thromboembolism in vaccinated people.
On Thursday, the European Medicines Agency announced that this COVID-19 vaccine is safe and effective, so vaccination with it has been resumed in Lithuania.
