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The first doses of the BioNTech and Pfizer vaccines will be delivered to the ESSC warehouses; their location, delivery time and exact number of vaccines will not be published for security reasons.
Subsequently, the vaccine will be distributed to five central medical institutions in Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipėda, Šiauliai and Panevėžys, which are responsible for the management of COVID-19 in the regions.
This first batch of coronavirus vaccine will be delivered to doctors. By consensus, all clinics will begin vaccination simultaneously, Sunday, at 8 pm in the morning.
Health Minister Arūnas Dulkys and Health Ministry Chancellor Jurgita Grebenkovienė promise to provide more detailed information on vaccination at a press conference on Saturday.
The BioNTech and Pfizer vaccine is the first and so far the only one authorized in the European Union (EU), and the European Commission authorized its distribution on Monday, when it was recommended by the European Medicines Agency.
The vaccine is expected to reach all EU countries that have purchased it on Saturday, and vaccination is scheduled to start simultaneously on Sunday.
After the vaccination of doctors working in healthcare institutions in Lithuania, in the second stage, vaccines will be administered to employees and patients of medical institutions providing supportive care and nursing services.
Earlier it was announced that the first shipment should reach Lithuania in almost 10 thousand. vaccines, but the Lithuanian authorities stated that information on future volumes was constantly changing. A. Dulkys hopes that if the vaccine supply is not interrupted, it will be possible to vaccinate several thousand doctors and people at risk each week.
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