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“It just came to our attention then. To measure the rate, the proportion of vaccines per 100 per population should be compared, rather than the percentage of people who have been fully vaccinated or not fully vaccinated, as it depends on the booster vaccination strategy used by countries. Those states that are subsequently vaccinated with the second vaccine have more vaccinated with the first vaccine naturally. Those who, like Lithuania, follow the instructions in the brochure, get more vaccinated with the second dose, ”I. Šimonytė told reporters at the Seimas.
Therefore, according to the Prime Minister, the number of people vaccinated with COVID-19 from the first vaccine does not reflect the rate of vaccination. I. Šimonytė emphasizes that this simply shows the determination of the status of vaccinating the population with the second dose of the vaccine after some time. The Prime Minister emphasizes that Lithuania remains the fastest of the five European Union countries to vaccinate its population.
However, I. Šimonytė admits that maintaining vaccination coverage at this stage of the pandemic is very important. He maintains that the government does not rule out the possibility of considering additional measures to encourage vaccination.
“The number of vaccines will be much higher next week than this week. We will probably see if any additional stimulus is needed here. I think people really need to take the opportunity to get vaccinated, because if not enough people have been vaccinated and some mutations Resistant vaccines spread along the way, all that work and all the results we’ve achieved so far will. go through nothing, “I said. Šimonytė.
“It is known that we will encourage it by various means, especially when it is already possible to declare the desire to vaccinate anyone from the Lithuanian population. I wouldn’t see a lot of drama yet, but I think those additional measures may be necessary, “he added.
The Prime Minister believes that both the Passport of Opportunity, which already operates in Lithuania, and the Green Certificate, which is being discussed at European level and will allow more freely travel between countries, are the main incentive for the population to get vaccinated.
Assessed the situation in Belarus
I. Šimonytė says Lithuania is calling for opportunities for states to end projects with Belarus without financial consequences.
“It just came to our knowledge then. The question here is whether they should continue. In my opinion, they should not continue and we have proposed to raise this issue in the European Council. (…) The projects involve the various institutions of the regime and obtain economic benefits from them. If the projects do not continue, then certain financial corrections are applied for the money that has already been spent, and these are really significant amounts, “I. Šimonytė told reporters in the Seimas on Thursday.
“Our request was to allow the states to terminate these projects without financial consequences, otherwise they would have to continue, and continuing is against conviction,” the prime minister added.
According to I. Šimonytė, “it is no longer a question of money”.
“These projects require some cooperation with state institutions and there are certainly those with whom cooperation is difficult to imagine,” said I. Šimonytė.
Discussions about applying broader sanctions emerged after the Belarusian regime forcibly landed an airliner flying from Greece to Lithuania in Minsk on Sunday to arrest opposition journalist and activist Raman Pratasevich.
