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The minister said that he felt very good after the vaccination. When asked if he was hurt, he joked that “as they say in the video, it’s all there.”
When asked how long the vaccine will confer immunity, A. Dulkys did not rule out the possibility that it could become a seasonal vaccine.
PHOTO GALLERY. Health Minister Dulkys has been vaccinated with AstraZeneca
“This issue is still not entirely clear, but it is very likely that there is some seasonality and that this becomes a routine of life. (…) It is possible that, as with other vaccines, they have their own cyclicality, just as the virus has its own cyclicality, ”he said after the vaccination.
The next few weeks are a test
With the increasing incidence of the coronavirus in Europe and the spread of the British strain COVID-19 in Lithuania, the Minister called on people to get vaccinated.
“Today I am here and I am vaccinating, and I invite everyone who currently has the opportunity to be vaccinated according to those priorities, to do so, because it will be a test for Lithuania in the next three weeks,” said A. Dulkys. .
The minister added that the situation is deteriorating not only in Lithuania.
“In two thirds of the European Union countries, morbidity is currently increasing, in two thirds of Lithuanian municipalities the number has started to grow, in the Vilnius region we have returned to hospital development, because in the Vilnius region, Marijampolė our sequencing studies show the prevalence of the British variety.
According to A. Dulkis, the next two to three weeks will show what will happen next with morbidity.
“I wish we all had that historical memory. Let’s remember where Lithuania was in mid-December. We were the first in the world, in Europe in terms of morbidity rates, hospitals had reached 95%. and multiple employment. Today, a similar situation already exists in Paris, France. I don’t think we want to go back to that time. And we have to understand that we have to master all those things. Yes, it is difficult, ”he said.
A blow to reputation
The minister assured that such public vaccination of politicians should help restore confidence in the AstraZeneca vaccine.
“AstraZeneca’s rise in Europe, both the European Medicines Agency and recognized vaccine institutes have recommended that it stop, has not contributed to the reputation of the vaccine. But I think the pharmacovigilance system has worked, and the Ministry of Salud is not an advertising agency and the priority is human security, ”he said.
The minister said that the new studies only confirm the effectiveness of the vaccine, which reaches 100 percent. protection against serious complications of the disease.
President Gitanas Nausėda, Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė, President of Seimas Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen have already been vaccinated with this vaccine a little earlier today.
On Thursday, the Minister announced that the vaccination priority order had been changed to include the highest state officials, members of the Seimas and the Government. As A. Dulkys emphasized, the goal is to increase trust in AstraZeneca by example.
The portal tv3.lt recalls that vaccination with this vaccine was temporarily suspended in Lithuania last week, when final conclusions were expected on the possible links between blood clotting disorders and the vaccine.
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) said Thursday that the AstraZeneca vaccine was safe and was not associated with an increased risk of thromboembolic events or blood clots.
However, the head of the EVA pointed out that “the relationship between a rare type of blood clot and the vaccine cannot be definitively ruled out, so experts recommend encouraging doctors and those vaccinated to pay attention to the possible risks” .
318 new cases
On the last day, 318 new cases of COVID-19 were detected in the country, eight people died from this infectious disease, the Statistics Department reported on Monday.
Currently, the rate of new illnesses in the last 14 days is 100,000. The population in Lithuania reaches 246.6 cases. The proportion of positive diagnostic tests in the last seven days is 6.5 percent.
The first dose of COVID-19 was administered to 10 people last day and the second to 18 people. A total of 275 thousand people were vaccinated with the first dose in the country. 438 people, both doses: 124 thousand. 522 people.
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