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Three people over the age of 80 and two people over the age of 70 died.
One of the chiefs was fully vaccinated, the rest were unvaccinated or partially vaccinated.
The number of new diseases in 14 days is 100,000. the population increased to 329.4 cases and the proportion of positive diagnostic tests at seven days to 6.2 percent.
On the last day, 6221 molecular tests (PCR) and 6317 of antigens to the presumed coronavirus were carried out in the country.
706 COVID-19 patients are currently being treated in Lithuanian hospitals, 77 of them in resuscitation, according to data from the Department of Statistics published on Wednesday.
In addition, 595 people are supplied with oxygen, and 50 patients receive artificial lung ventilation.
110 people were hospitalized for COVID-19 per day. It was 66 the day before.
In Lithuania, since the start of the pandemic, COVID-19 has caused 304 thousand cases. 600 people, of which 8,141 are still ill.
A total of 4,630 people died from COVID-19, of which 46 were fully vaccinated. 9,351 deaths are directly and indirectly related to COVID-19.
The ministry legitimized the decision to vaccinate against COVID-19 with booster doses
The ministry legitimized the decision to vaccinate certain populations against COVDI-19 with a booster dose.
“The ministry has legitimized the decision,” Aistė Šuksta, a spokesman for the health minister, told BNS on Tuesday morning.
“Last night, we finished finalizing the document according to the comments and published it. This means that from today it is possible to register for the third, intensifying, both through koronastop.lt and by phone 1808”, he confirmed On Tuesday morning, the Minister of Health, Arūnas Dulkys, on radio lrt.
He told lrt television on Monday that vaccination would begin in mid-September.
The booster dose will be given to people who work in the health system, nursing and nursing facilities, as well as people over 65 years of age. Vaccination will only be possible at least half a year after vaccination according to the full schedule.
Residents will be vaccinated with the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines.
Revaccination of the population is initiated by scientific studies that have shown that the levels of antibodies against the coronavirus in the body decrease dramatically six months after vaccination.
According to A. Dulkis, it is considered that in the long run the entire population that can be vaccinated will be re-vaccinated.
“At the national level, three studies have been carried out, specifically on those groups of people who were the first to be vaccinated since December 27 of last year. It was these studies that showed a very marked decrease in protection six months after the second dose. This means that it seems that we can extrapolate this vaccination to other groups by analogy. We will consult with scientists and experts, maybe we need to do something else here, “said the minister.
Aurelija Žvirblienė, a professor at the Vilnius University Faculty of Medicine, said that in the future vaccinations against COVID-19 may become periodic and that people, especially young people, could be vaccinated again not necessarily every year, but every two or three years.
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