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“I call on everyone to unite, and it is not for nothing that it is said that the crisis removes the masks from all of us and shows who we really are, what our morals are and how we are prepared to overcome this.” crisis together, “A. Dulkys told LRT radio on Tuesday.
He stated that the Vilnius region was in a very difficult epidemiological situation, so the decision was made to allocate more vaccines to the capital.
“The vaccines were prescribed because the situation in Vilnius is currently particularly difficult,” the minister said, adding that morbidity rates in Vilnius were returning to December levels.
“We have seen resuscitations in Vilnius, resuscitations already reached the situation in December, when Lithuania was the first in the world in terms of morbidity,” he said.
The Health Minister says that two Lithuanians are currently training. However, A. Dulkys points out that Lithuania can be divided in two not because of the uneven distribution of vaccine quantities, but because of the different epidemiological situation in the different municipalities.
“I think other cities will probably see that yes, actually there are now two Lithuanians. There is a black Lithuania according to the epidemiological situation. This is the Vilnius region, this is what Kaunas is doing. There is another Lithuania where the morbidity is much lower , so apparently we should be in solidarity, “said the minister, ensuring that all planned doses of vaccines will also reach other cities.
Mayor of Vilnius: Minister was replaced
For his part, Vilnius Mayor Remigijus Šimašius says the way additional coronavirus vaccines are administered in the capital is unacceptable.
“The administration of additional vaccines will help to manage the deteriorating situation, but the way in which they were administered is unacceptable.” Some of the mid-level decision makers “changed” the Minister of Health and the Government, “said Tuesday the Mayor of Vilnius to BNS.
On Monday, the Ministry of Health announced that the vaccination centers in the capital have decided to allocate 46,000. 512 doses of vaccine. Part of this amount – 19.8 thousand. previously planned for other municipalities. The latter say they had to cancel the planned vaccination of some people due to the redistributions.
R.Šimašius told reporters earlier Monday that the city received an additional 19,000. dose of the vaccine, although he said he did not know why he decided. “If we are better prepared, because we are getting more vaccinated or because everyone is receiving it, it is difficult for me to say. Although breaking news, but very happy,” he said.
The Presidency also reacted
The Presidency also reacted to the situation. Simonas Krėpšta, the senior adviser to the head of state Gitanas Nausėda, claimed that the logic of the decision itself could be understood, but its implementation was not appropriate.
“The logic of this decision is understandable, but the implementation of this decision is definitely not appropriate. Because we have heard that the announcement of the reduction of vaccine volumes to the regions was made just hours before the fact, the cities had to cancel the planned vaccination and this, of course, does not really contribute to a fluid vaccination, ”he said, convinced.
The Chief Advisor to the President pointed out that these problems would be solved with a normal system and an explanation of why some municipalities receive more vaccines at the same time as others.
“Such a situation would be handled with a normal system where it is clear that black municipalities receive more vaccines for a certain period of time, and everyone knows clearly and transparently that if another municipality turns black and the number of diseases increases, so will will do. receive additional vaccinations.
Without a doubt, such a system and its smooth application would be much more meaningful and would not arouse additional passions, “summarized S.Krėpšta.
Mayors are outraged
On Monday, the Ministry of Health announced that the vaccination centers in the capital have decided to allocate 46,000. 512 doses of vaccine. Part of this amount – 19.8 thousand. previously planned for other municipalities.
Šiauliai is one of the municipalities where part of the doses went to Vilnius. According to the mayor of the city Artūras Visockas, as a result, the vaccination will have to be canceled by about 600 people already registered on Tuesday and Wednesday.
“Why didn’t you report earlier? Now I’m not sure what to say to that person. I have no answer when it comes to him. I hope he cancels that thing, because it’s completely nonsense, complete nonsense of logistics and logic,” said the city chief to BNS.
At the time, the mayor of Klaip Vda, Vytautas Grubliauskas, told LRT radio that “it was not a very fun and enjoyable event.” He noted that not only residents of the capital can register in Vilnius.
“I called two acquaintances in the capital who said they had searched their parents, one from Molėtai and the other from Ukmergė. Such decisions, especially on the last day, at the last minute, do not really bring a mutual understanding,” said the holder of the port city.
According to data from the Department of Statistics, the number of new cases in Vilnius is 100 thousand. The 14-day population currently stands at 992, while the Lithuanian average is 539. The weekly change in new cases in Vilnius is 6.5%. (In Lithuania: 2.3 percent), the proportion of positive investigations in Vilnius is 7.3 percent. (In Lithuania – 6.3 percent).
In Klaipeda, which was one of the cities from which the vaccine was redistributed to the capital, the rate of new cases reaches 188 and the weekly change in cases is 5.8 percent. The proportion of positive investigations in the port city reaches 2.1 percent. In Šiauliai, the indicator of new cases reaches 240, the change of new cases is 48.5 percent. The proportion of positive investigations in this city is 3.8 percent.
