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Vaccination in Vilnius and Klaipeda from 45 years of age
Currently there are no free vaccines left in Vilnius, says Lina Koriznienė, director of the administration.
According to her, the AstraZeneca vaccines were seized on Friday, allowing some 35,000 people 35 years and older to choose them. Pfizer vaccines will continue to be available to people 45 years of age and older.
“This week we will have about 23 thousand. Pfizer vaccines and only a few thousand AstraZeneca. Of course, part of Pfizer will be for the booster vaccination, but there will be a lot for the first vaccine. We plan to use all vaccines. That common system will be launched. in Lithuania, so we will vaccinate more than 45 next week and only next week: the group of more than 35 years. With the launch of the new system, we will no longer be able to improvise in this way “, said the head of the administration .
The Klaipėda City Municipality announced on Monday that it would also start vaccinating residents aged 45 and over, but Klaipėda residents who are older or suffering from chronic diseases are still invited to register.
“We do not want to keep the vaccines unused and we want the vaccination process to progress as quickly as possible. We must evaluate and implement all the options in a flexible, but at the same time and responsible way, so that there are no unused vaccines, which is a common goal for all. The vaccine will not protect against the disease in the warehouse, so we invite you to actively take advantage of the growing opportunities to get vaccinated, “said Mayor Vytautas Grubliauskas.
According to data from the Klaipeda municipality, there are still about 3 thousand people in the port city. AstraZeneca vaccines. On Monday night, it is expected to receive a little more than 5.1 thousand. Doses of the Pfizer vaccine will continue to be administered this week.
Kaunas returns with his elders
Kaunas, which began vaccinating people over 45 years old last week, will return to the group of people aged 55 and over on Tuesday, Paulius Keras, deputy director of the municipal administration, confirmed to BNS.
According to him, this will happen when Kaunas connects to the centralized system from Tuesday, which will only allow him to go back to vaccinating a group a decade younger next week.
“Starting tomorrow, more than 45 groups will not be able to get vaccinated because we are joining a common system. Starting next week, according to the general plan, it will be possible to receive more than 45 vaccines again.” At AstraZeneca, we have a Relatively small balance, less than 4,000, we will complete it today, we completely terminate Pfizer, “the chief administration officer said Monday.
P. Keras stated that the data provided by the Department of Statistics on vaccine residues does not correspond to reality, because part of the vaccines are destined for the Kaunas clinics, part of the data on vaccines already used, according to him, does not e-health system is included. At that time, a large part of the Pfizer shipment received in Lithuania on Monday, according to him, will be used for the booster vaccination.
“Today a new shipment arrives from Pfizer, today it is still possible to register for the 45+ group, until tomorrow (…), Kaunas usually receives an ideal 10 percent, that is, 10 thousand of that new batch of 100,000. 500, ”said Mr. Keras.
When Kaunas returned to the elderly group, the Kaunas District Municipality announced on Monday that it would invite all adult residents to get vaccinated with AstraZeneca. They are vaccinated on Fridays and Saturdays.
“The goal of the municipality is to use all the doses of Vaxzevria. We do not want them to stay in the refrigerator when there are many people waiting for the coronavirus vaccine,” said Raminta Grėbliauskienė, head of the Municipal Service for Population and Document Management.
Šiauliai is among the laggards
According to the mayor of Šiauliai, Artūras Visockas, Šiauliai will continue to be “partially behind Vilnius” due to the deficiencies of the previous vaccines and will continue to vaccinate the population from the age of 55.
“It just came to our notice then. But this week will be very sticky, confusing, there will be a new system and it will work with the old system, so we will probably not be able to send very clear messages; we will work in the usual way and gradually train people. Let them sign up. But I don’t even doubt that we will use all vaccines except the ones we reserve for booster shots, “A. Visockas told BNS.
It was asked if other municipalities that announced vaccines for younger and younger groups last week had the same AstraZeneca vaccine for the second vaccine. According to him, the municipality currently plans to use only about 400 free vaccines from this manufacturer.
“Are they calculating future booster vaccines or not? Since it is not known how much and when we will receive it, you must necessarily calculate, reserve the amount that will be needed for the booster shot. We have calculated it, said, and for that alone we have that balance, about 1.7 thousand. dose, “he said.
Panevėžys invited 35-year-olds
Vaccination of people 55 years and older also continues in Panevėžys, but on Monday the municipality allowed the registration of the unpopular AstraZeneca vaccine from the age of 35 for vaccinations.
“It just came to our knowledge then. We did not accumulate thousands, but we had 1,160 doses. So we hope to vaccinate AstraZeneca a little over 600 this day, thus reducing the balance of the vaccine that we keep for the second dose,” Kazimieras told BNS. Armonavičius, deputy director of the Municipal Administration.
According to him, on Tuesday Panevėžys will receive about 2.7 thousand. Pfizer vaccines, some of which will be left for the booster vaccination. And about 500 more doses of AstraZeneca are expected by the end of the week, but they are also expected to be used this week or stick around for the booster vaccination – teachers and high school graduates will be invited next week for a second early vaccination.
“Yes, anything can be, we will send that message, and educators and graduates will have to decide whether to get vaccinated earlier or wait for the appointed date,” he said.
Online registration for vaccination takes place in three cities: Vilnius, Kaunas and Klaipeda. The system used by them will be used throughout Lithuania from May 17.
By Monday, around 4 p.m., there were still more than 250 AstraZeneca, around 70 Moderna, 40 Johnson & Johnson vaccines in the Klaipėda registry system and 2.2 thousand in Kaunas. Pfizer and around 330 doses of AstraZeneca, there were no vaccines left in the Vilnius system.
According to the plan of the Ministry of Health, as of Monday the municipalities adhering to the central registry system will be able to vaccinate residents aged 55 and over, starting on May 17, vaccination will be allowed for those aged 45 and over, and as of May 24, people aged 35 or over. Mass vaccination of all adults should begin on May 31.
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