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The Government Chancellor G. Balčytytė, evaluating the vaccine supply schedules, previously stated that the mass of about 1.5 million. Vaccination of the population against the coronavirus is likely to begin on June 1.
“I can’t say what will happen on June 1 yet,” he commented in early April.
Exactly when the mass vaccination will begin, I. Šimonytė said he could not say.
However, according to her, the goal is for it to start in the municipalities around the same time.
Photo by Julius Kalinskas / 15min / Ingrida Šimonytė
“We will try to achieve such a result that it does not start with a very large difference. A person should not be privileged according to the municipality in which he was lucky enough to declare his place of residence. When distributing the quantities of vaccines, we will definitely try to maintain the greatest uniformity possible, ”the prime minister told reporters in the Seimas on Thursday.
True, speaking of vaccine shipments coming to the country in the near future, he said that the vaccines will be used primarily for revaccination.
“It just came to our attention then [vakcinų], which will arrive in the next few weeks, will be dedicated to vaccination. This means that development will not be as great as the number of available vaccines will appear.
If Lithuania receives, say, 450 thousand. vaccinations, revaccination should delay more than 300,000 vaccinations for the next three weeks. This is a very important part, which means that the balance for development will not be as large as the impressive amount, ”said I. Šimonytė.
The complete COVID-19 vaccination plan is available here.
According to data from the Department of Statistics, 594.3 thousand people in Lithuania have received the first vaccination against COVID-19. people or 21.3 percent, both – more than 227 thousand. or 8.15 percent.
Lithuania has received more than 919 thousand. doses of vaccine used – about 822 thousand.
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