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“If this becomes a large-scale problem, of course, the legislation will need to be changed,” the prime minister told reporters on the Seimas on Tuesday.
Not all residents who sign up for COVID-19 come to get vaccinated. Then, instead, they are invited from the reserve lists in order of priority, but there are cases when they do not come: the prepared vaccines must be dumped.
AFP / “Scanpix” nuotr./Vakcina nuo COVID-19
“Vaccines have very specific requirements, like Pfizer and Moderna, when they are made, they have the number of hours that they have to be vaccinated. After the number of those hours, no one can take responsibility for their quality, ”said I. Šimonytė.
“As far as I know, as far as I am informed, many institutions are really looking for people who can come and get vaccinated, if they see that there really are leftovers, someone is getting vaccinated after working hours, really trying to consume.
“If we see the problem getting bigger, there is experience in other countries, in Israel itself – at the end of the day, live vaccines,” he added.
According to the LRT program “Panorama”, since the beginning of vaccination in Vilnius of 100 thousand. 70 of the vaccines received were discarded, in Kaunas 64 thousand. – 32, in Klaipėda one or two doses are released every night, the Alytus Polyclinic threw out a total of 7 unused doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.
The priority is to reduce mortality from COVID-19
I.Šimonytė agreed that the general immunization of the entire population against COVID-19 is important, but according to her, the most important vaccination for the elderly and patients with chronic diseases.
This, according to her, will affect a lower mortality, the burden on the health system.
Photo by Lukas Balandus / 15min / Ingrida Šimonytė
“The top priority is to vaccinate people at risk. There are about 300 thousand. people 65 years and older are at risk, and others about 300 thousand. people with a variety of diseases that put them at greater risk to their health than others.
All the main priority is now for these groups because it allows to reduce the risks for the health system: hospitals, resuscitation ”, said the Prime Minister.
“Reducing mortality is one of the top priorities now. Vaccination can reduce mortality in those groups of people who are most at risk,” he added.
According to the Prime Minister, the size of COVID-19 vaccine shipments arriving in Lithuania will only increase.
During April, Lithuania will receive as many vaccines as it received during the first three months after the vaccine supply starts.
“Basically, in April, Lithuania will receive as many vaccines as it received in the first three months after the vaccine supply started. This will be the main challenge to use those vaccines to the greatest extent and as quickly as possible, especially in those municipalities where the situation is worse, ”said I. Šimonytė.
It’s awkward that vaccines arrive before Easter
According to her, we will receive larger shipments already this week: “Yesterday, around 45 thousand were already delivered. Pfizer [vakcinų], today, if I’m not mistaken, about twenty several thousand – “Modern.” Some of them will be used for the booster vaccination, as many have already reached the date of the second dose. In the second half of the week, sixty several thousand should arrive in Lithuania, if I am not mistaken. [dozių] shipping to AstraZeneca “.
The largest shipments of vaccines arrive in Lithuania before the holidays and this, according to I. Šimonytė, causes inconvenience.
“It is uncomfortable that before Easter, the holidays, of course, complicate the process a bit,” he admitted.
The Prime Minister doubted that the COVID-19 vaccination will take place on the first day of Easter, Sunday.
“To some extent, this will be possible on holidays, like Saturday. But I would really have some doubts about the realism of Sunday,” he said.
I.Šimonytė pointed out that the plan is for the vaccination to take place on Easter weekends.
According to data from the Department of Statistics published on Tuesday, 554,765 doses of COVID-19 vaccines were delivered to vaccination centers throughout Lithuania, of which 483,740 were used.
The proportion of people with possible immunity is 12.9 percent. population of the country.
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