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He commented on Thursday about the possibility of freer use of coronavirus vaccine residues.
According to the minister, unused and lost vaccine waste is small and this can be avoided by changing the work organization of vaccination centers.
He also claimed on the Oponentai program broadcast by Lietuvos ryto TV on Thursday that most of these centers were not lost at all, and some cases are simply accidents, such as a broken vaccine bottle.
“We communicate with the vaccination centers, we are interested, some situations are due to the specificities of the work organization, which can really be avoided, and to a large extent there are no such cases. Organizing the life-tailing process for so small, several dozen doses in three months from the non-use of half a million doses would bring even more confusion, ”said A. Dulkys.
The minister argued that publicly available examples, such as live queues to search for vaccines in Israel, were carried out only after countries began mass vaccinating the population.
“Live tails are used when there is a mass vaccination. When mass vaccination begins, the problem will be solved en masse, “said the minister.
Former Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga, a “peasant” from the previous government, said that reporting at least one case of missed doses of the vaccine during his leadership would have “raised doubts about mistrust.”
He called on authorities to allow greater freedom to use vaccines at the end of the day.
“I do not agree with the minister that this should be considered normal, even if a small number of vaccines are being discarded. Is it possible to look more flexibly at the procedures and allow those doses? If something did not come, at the end of the day I use it, I think it would be possible, “said A. Veryga on the show.
“I think it would be possible to prevent abuse, but a single dose cannot be ruled out, because that dose can protect a particular person from infection, complications or death,” said the former minister.
The mayor of the capital, Remigijus Šimašius, has addressed the Ministry of Health with a request to allow a freer use of vaccine waste so that it is not necessary to throw away doses. Depending on the municipality, this may be relevant to increase vaccination coverage.
In response to this request, Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė urged the institutions not to look for ways to make their work easier.
“Vaccines are now prioritized for older people and those who are most at risk of occupying hospital wards. I understand that a balance must be struck if those balances increase, but now priorities should remain where they are, and institutions should not try to make it easier for themselves on the grounds that they cannot find older people. maybe they don’t want to, “I. Šimonytė told reporters at the Seimas.
Cities have eliminated several dozen doses of the vaccine during the vaccination period, while in other municipalities these are isolated cases.
According to the latest data published by the Department of Statistics, Lithuania has received more than 642.3 thousand. doses of vaccine, consuming almost 495.4 thousand.
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