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“Vaccination volumes have been declining for a few weeks, but this is happening all over Lithuania. Without our lottery in the city, they could have decreased even faster,” said Agnė Pavelčikienė, advisor to the mayor of Marijampolė, vaccination coordinator for BNS .
According to her, without the lottery, there would have been a fifth fewer people vaccinated in recent weeks.
“We asked people if they encouraged the lottery to come, they answered yes, because until then it was delayed, they planned to get vaccinated in the fall or later. Of course, we expected more activity, there is nothing to hide, but that’s fine, “explained the mayor’s advisor.
According to data provided by the BNS of the Department of Statistics, more than a thousand people from Marijampolė received the first dose in the first week of mass vaccination, while last week more than 500 people started the lottery.
Across the country, more than 100,000 people received the first vaccine in the first week of mass vaccination. people, the second, about half, a little more than 54 thousand. population.
Comparing the first days of this week and last week, vaccination rates have also decreased.
From towels to balloon rides
The municipality has decided to hold a raffle for people who have been vaccinated with the first dose from June 7 to encourage people to get more vaccinated.
Each week, dozens of vaccinated lottery winners are chosen by lottery to receive various prizes: balloon flights, water trampoline entertainment, massages, store checks, movie tickets, season ticket subscriptions, towels, work clothes.
Marijampolė residents have already been awarded twice, and a final draw is scheduled to be held at the beginning of July, in which all residents who have been vaccinated and have not received a gift during this award-giving period will participate. .
“The main prize will be an electric scooter,” said A. Pavelčikienė.
This is not the first campaign organized by Marijampolė to promote vaccination. Even before the mass vaccination, the municipality invited the elderly and their accompanying relatives to get vaccinated.
The mayor’s advisor said the municipality plans to carry out similar campaigns in the future.
“We will talk, but starting this month we are thinking of doing outpatient vaccines, because we see that the current order is losing its meaning and is running out. Maybe we will combine it with the holidays, ”he explained.
According to A. Pavelčikienė, about a fifth of those vaccinated this week were children, but vaccination centers have recently been dominated by middle-aged people.
Marijampolė currently has more than 43% vaccinated. population. An average of two new COVID-19 cases have been detected here in the last week.
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