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“The truth is what I have today and what I can say, the first vaccines will arrive in Lithuania three or four days after December 29, if something has not changed yet. There will be 9,750 doses, ”said the minister on Monday in the forum of the LRT discussion program. According to the minister, as it is necessary to vaccinate the same person twice, these vaccines will be enough for 5,000. people.
“I don’t know when the next party will be today,” he added.
Currently, the European Medicines Agency is testing coronavirus vaccines developed by pharmaceutical companies.
It previously announced that it would hold a special meeting no later than December 29 to decide whether to grant a conditional marketing authorization for the vaccine being developed by BioNTech and Pfizer.
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According to A. Dulkis, it will take two doses of the vaccine to vaccinate a person. Doctors, nursing and care workers, and people at risk will be vaccinated first.
“We only have more than 40,000 medical communities,” he said.
According to the minister, the vaccination process in Lithuania “will take some time”.
The European Medicines Agency should make a decision on the vaccine developed by Moderna before 12 January.
The supervisory authority is also verifying a vaccine developed by AstraZeneca in collaboration with the University of Oxford, as well as a preparation by Johnson & Johnson.
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A. Dulkys also stated that delivery of rapid antigen tests was delayed, which would allow for faster and more convenient tests. According to the minister, he learned that these tests will not be available in December or even in January. A. Dulkys stated that he had not yet been able to find out the reasons for the delay. Former Health Minister Aurelius Veryga said in the second half of November that such tests will not be available quickly and in large quantities.
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