A mobile vaccination center starts operating in Kaunas, the first stop is near the Žalgiris Arena



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The vaccination site is equipped with a city bus. Those who want to get vaccinated here should arrive at 15-19.30. and have an identity document. There are waiting areas after the vaccination next to the bus.

“It just came to our attention then. During the competition of this team (FIBA Olympic team tournament), the bus will be here and the needs of all those who want to get vaccinated will be ensured,

Later, the bus will head to other popular hangouts: access to supermarkets and other shopping venues, and to the beach. The municipality agrees to publish information about its specific locations later.

The Pfizer vaccine will currently be vaccinated on the bus. It is planned to offer other popular vaccines to people in the future.

As this vaccine is two doses, the location of the second vaccine will be determined automatically at the Kaunas Vaccination Center in the Ice Palace, but people will be able to change the time and place later by joining the vaccination system.

“Everyone who has been vaccinated with the first dose of the vaccine has the opportunity to change the location of the second vaccine: the city, the district and will be able to reach the place that is convenient for them at any time”, J. Dzizdevičius emphasized.

It takes three to four minutes to vaccinate a patient on the bus. Until now, it is planned to use a city bus for this purpose, but if necessary, it will be possible to extend both its working hours and the number of mobile teams.

“We seek maximum mobility to be able to move not only to massive concentrations, but also to companies, large teams, where you can find a large number of people to be vaccinated,” said Paulius Keras, Head of the Emergency Operations Center of the Municipality of the Kaunas city.

This week, the municipality is preparing to register companies that want a mobile vaccination team to attend them.

According to P. Kero, in Kaunas, as in the whole country, there is a slowdown in the vaccination process.

“Vaccination with the first dose slows down a lot. Most of the people currently vaccinated at the vaccination center are boosters. As a result, we are looking for ways to reach out to city residents,” he said.

The municipality is also preparing to launch a program of calls and contact and invite those who have not yet done so.

According to P. Kero, the flow in the vaccination center installed in Kaunas Ice Palace is provided by the people who arrive for the revaccination, but it is not ruled out that if the first dose is not intensified, this center will close at the end of summer. and it will move to smaller vaccination centers.

According to data from the Department of Statistics, 44% were vaccinated in Lithuania. population. In Kaunas, this percentage reaches 48.4 percent.

Kaunas receives between 3 and 4 thousand people a day. vaccinations per day, but up to 500 of them are newly vaccinated.



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