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On Wednesday, A. Dulkys was approved as the Chief of State Operations for Emergency Situations.
After the government meeting, A. Dulkys recalled that Lithuania has entered into agreements with six pharmaceutical companies that produce a vaccine against the coronavirus.
According to the minister, the state budget for next year will allocate 65 million. 80 million euros. for other uses related to the coronavirus: security measures, tests, logistics.
According to A. Dulkus, the previous government did not provide funds for this in the budget. According to the minister, Lithuania will acquire more than 7 million. doses of coronavirus vaccines.
Lithuania has already decided to buy vaccines from six companies: Moderna, AstraZeneca, Janssen Pharmaceutica NV, Sanofi and GSK, BioNTech and Pfizer and CureVac.
The Seimas National Defense and Security Committee presented on Wednesday that the first party to reach Lithuania should be up to 10,000. units, the vaccines would be delivered to Lithuania from December 25 to 26, so everything would be ready for acceptance.
A. Dulkys claimed that he personally has no information on the reasons for the changes in the quantities of vaccines shipped to the states.
“It is very likely that the whole of Europe does not know the real reasons and I would not like to interpret them. We are waiting for information. In any case, the good news is that there are indeed contracts in force and really 2021. Over time we will really have enough <...> vaccines, which will definitely be enough, “said A. Dulkys.
According to the minister, the main question remains the supply of vaccines: whether they will be distributed in the same small quantities or in large quantities, but less frequently.
“Here we are still waiting for answers, today unfortunately I do not have an answer,” said A. Dulkys.
A. Dulkys hopes that the next day the Government can form a council of external experts, and on another day it will be possible to consider the definitive plan for managing the coronavirus.
“Now we have seen our first actions, which were operational. Kovido the plan will cover all our actions, all of 2021 in detail until the end ”, said the Minister of Health.
Speaking of the stricter restrictions on quarantine, A. Dulkys pointed out that the Cabinet of Ministers recognizes that during those two days it has not been possible to find formulations and solutions that satisfy all parties.
Therefore, at this stage, it is important that everyone participates in good faith and does not seek exceptions. Because people looking for exceptions will always find them. Today, we would like us to consciously come together to see dying people, ”said A. Dulkys.
When journalists asked the Minister for his opinion on alcohol restrictions, A. Dulkys admitted that he finds it difficult to speak and answer such questions when he has “contact with information about how people die” every working hour.
Again close to 3.5 thousand. cases
Last day 3418 new cases of coronavirus were confirmed, 44 people died from COVID-19, the Department of Statistics said on Wednesday.
1,622 people recovered on the last day. Since the start of the pandemic, COVID-19 has infected 99,000 people in the country. 869 people, 43 thousand. 379 people were recovered.
A total of 863 people died from coronavirus in Lithuania and 440 people died from other causes.
More than 2.3 thousand patients are treated in hospitals. COVID-19 patients, of which 184 were in resuscitation.
Hospitals are treating 2,307 COVID-19 patients, 184 of them in resuscitation, Statistics Lithuania said Wednesday.
1256 patients need oxygen, 124 people receive artificial lung ventilation.
Currently, approximately half of the hospital beds are occupied: 8,439 of the 16,000. 668.
Of the 685 resuscitation beds, approximately two-thirds are occupied, 420. Of the 637 beds that can be operated with artificial pulmonary ventilation, 268 are occupied and of the 6,380 beds with oxygen, 2,194 are occupied.
Since the start of the pandemic, COVID-19 has infected 99,000 people in the country. 869 people, 55 thousand. 143 – still sick, 43 thousand. 379 – recovered.
A total of 907 people died from coronavirus in Lithuania and 440 people died from other causes.
On Sunday night, the government unanimously approved the new restrictions, which took effect at midnight on Wednesday. Among the new restrictions is a ban on leaving the house unless you have to work, bury something or buy food. The operation of non-food stores will also be prohibited, with the exception of online sales. The quarantine runs until January 31.
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