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“On Friday the ministry received the Vaxzevria delivery schedule scheduled for May and the municipalities were informed on the same day. Although the expected quantities are relatively small, less than 40 thousand. The number of doses of vaccine, already available and doses planned. , allows to continue vaccination with this vaccine, reserving a certain number of doses for vaccination with the second dose “, says the response provided by the BNS of the Ministry.
Šiauliai Mayor Artūras Visockas told BNS on Monday that the municipality will not be able to use the majority of the 3,000. received vaccines from AstraZeneca, as they must be stored for the booster shot.
“It is not known how fast we will be able to get AstraZeneca two, three or four weeks in advance, so we will not be able to actively vaccinate it and we will have to maintain the guarantee of the second vaccine,” he said.
According to data from the Department of Statistics, in Lithuania at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine has been vaccinated in more than 702 thousand patients. people. On Monday, more than 8.7 thousand people in Lithuania received the first dose of the vaccine. population.
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