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“If this really becomes a large-scale problem, then of course the legislation will need to be changed,” the prime minister said.
The problem can also be solved using the “live” order principle.
Representatives of the vaccination centers have recognized in recent weeks that some vaccines simply have to be dispensed at the end of the day when not all residents of the municipality who sign up for the vaccine finally arrive on time.
I. Šimonytė noted that vaccines from some manufacturers, such as Pfizer and Moderna, have clear requirements on how many hours to vaccinate. According to her, many vaccination centers in the course of the day are looking for people who can come to be vaccinated instead of those who did not come, but in the future this problem can be solved “live”.
“After that number of hours, nobody can take responsibility for the quality problem. As far as I know, really many institutions are looking for those people who could come and get vaccinated if they see that there really are those leftovers. working hours, really trying to use those shots.
If we really see that the problem is getting bigger, it is the experience that it was in other countries, that is, in Israel itself, at the end of the day to vaccinate with some “live” line, considered I. Šimonytė.
However, the Prime Minister emphasized that the main priority now is to vaccinate people over 65 and the sick, since they are the people who are most at risk of becoming seriously ill and their vaccination allows them to manage their workload. and reduce mortality.
How many vaccines have already been shipped out?
In Kaunas, 31 doses of vaccines have been used since the start of vaccination, in Klaipėda, two, in Šiauliai, four, which are mostly Moderna vaccines, according to BNS. The Ministry of Health informed the BNS that vaccination centers are recommended to use vaccines of limited validity first, followed by vaccines that can be kept longer.
“Currently, we see that some vaccines are being discarded, but we want to remind you of how many vaccines have already been used and how many have been discarded,” said Aistė Šuksta, spokesman for the Minister of Health.
“The ministry, for its part, recommends that vaccination centers use the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines in the first half of the day, since they are valid for six hours after opening. At that time, we recommend using AstraZeneca in the second half of the day, because the opened bottle is valid for 48 hours, ”he said.
According to data from the Department of Statistics, 330.8 thousand patients were vaccinated with the first dose in Lithuania. people, both doses – 152.9 thousand. Lithuania has received more than 554.7 thousand so far. vaccines, of which more than 483.7 thousand were used.
