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On November 12, President Gitanas Nausėda requested urgent information on the reserve of measures to handle the spread of COVID-19. As its representative Antanas Bubnelis told BNS on Wednesday, after receiving this information last week, it was clear that there are measures for several weeks.
“Evaluation of the information received by the assessors identified the risk of shortage of test materials over several weeks,” he said.
According to A. Bubnelis, D. Bakša was asked for more detailed information on the situation at the meeting held this Monday.
During the meeting, he explained that he intends to start purchasing the missing materials and fill this gap. During the meeting in the Presidency, the advisers expressed a strong expectation that the acquisitions will be implemented in a timely manner and in compliance with all legal requirements, ”says the response.
According to the president’s representative, other possible ways to obtain means were also discussed, such as debt.
The lab itself said Wednesday that most of the materials needed for COVID-19 testing would not be enough by Christmas with current testing scopes.
He said this would lead to the acquisition through better undisclosed negotiations.
“I am committed to the method of undisclosed negotiations, which is the only one that allows us to acquire the media on time, to add maximum transparency and openness,” Bakša said in the report.
According to him, it was decided to invite all suppliers who wish to participate in the procurement to unprecedented negotiations.
According to NVSPL, it is expected to acquire 156 thousand. PCR reagent units, 840 thousand. swabs, 420 thousand each. tubes and media.
Such a decision, according to the NSPL, was made due to the fact that, under normal public procurement procedures, the measures are likely to be delivered only in early 2021.
Swabs, tubes, and media are required at mobile and other test sites for sampling.
According to the laboratory, there are currently 514 thousand swabs left. units, and virological medium, of which 327 thousand remaining. Units will be sufficient until mid-December.
The remaining 534.5 thousand tubes. units should be sufficient by the end of December, and the necessary PCR reagents for the units will be sufficient until the beginning of January.
There are also almost 363.5 thousand left. units of RNA reagents, it is indicated that they should be sufficient by mid-February and no further purchases are planned.
The reagents are used in laboratories. According to NVSPL, both PCR and RNA reagents are commonly required for a single human assay.
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