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The head of the government, Ingrida Šimonytė, said today that, for the moment, Lithuania can only transfer AstraZeneca vaccines to third countries, as agreements concluded with other vaccine manufacturers do not yet provide such freedom of action. When Delfi asked Minister A. Dulkis if he would support the vaccination of all illegal immigrants who flow into Lithuania, so that it is not necessary to throw away the vaccines in vain, he said that this is already being done.
“It just came to our knowledge then [migrantai] the vaccination has already started, I can’t name where now, but the vaccination has already started. “
When asked to clarify whether this is not an individual initiative of the municipalities themselves, he said that the process has already begun and is actually being done.
“Of course those recyclable vaccines are unfortunate, but apparently we won’t be able to avoid this process entirely. We really have a lot of vaccines and sometimes we can’t redistribute them much. In fact, vaccination centers were expecting a larger influx. If you know they were Vaccines are stored in central refrigerated warehouses before being refrigerated, they can be stored for six, a few more months.
But if they were thawed and prepared for use at the vaccination center, then only a month has passed and here, in particular, the last few weeks, when vaccination rates have fallen dramatically, they have pushed some vaccination centers to such situations “.
Vaccines for coronavirus
Speaking about whether the tests should charge more in some cases for those who don’t want to get vaccinated, he said it’s probably very important in this case to understand that the goal is universal health and fighting a pandemic.
“It means that there can be no language that someone has to get back at someone now, and so on. But we realize that there are testing algorithms and the state has taken care of the testing. They were bought with taxpayer money because there was a time when we simply could not offer a vaccine to all Lithuanian citizens. And in December, January, February, and even March, there were certainly very small amounts of them.
Right now, when we actually have enough vaccines to supply all Lithuanian citizens, the cost of testing is known to take on a different meaning. I think yes, there may be situations where the state has to pay for testing because it has a certain interest in itself, but we are already really discussing those options, if there should be, there should be, and in which cases they should pay for testing. themselves. “
According to A. Dulkis, tests are more expensive than vaccines, but he adds that it is not the price, in fact, that is important.
“It just came to our attention then. Vaccines protect us from risks and help our health, and testing is only a temporary means of reducing risks. But they don’t solve health problems.”
Commenting on Remigijus Šimašius’s idea that it is strange to the mayor why vaccinated people have to pay for the treatment of those who have not been vaccinated later, he said that the ongoing pandemic pushes everyone to speak up emotionally.
“It seems to me that we are a state, we have to take care of the citizens of our state and yes, there were pandemic waves when we had neither vaccines nor tests, there was a time when we did not have vaccines but we did have tests, now we have vaccines and tests. <...>. This means that we must review our behavior, our organizational problems, so that vaccination is promoted but not revenge ”.
He believes that the pandemic is now not vaccinated but not vaccinated.
“Those vaccinated have really shown that they do not have the same status, that they contribute to the public goods of the state and that they want to see a different one in the fall and next winter.”
When asked by the minister if it would be possible to start considering vaccinating people vaccinated in December-March to avoid the launch of the vaccine, he replied that there seems to be a movement before that date.
“Manufacturers also work with their research, experts, scientists, the work of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and Lithuanian experts also work. It seems that it has been decided that perhaps not everyone, but in some cases really you need to have the opportunity for a booster shot. So far, it is difficult to say when there might be a massive booster, as now there is a slight lack of evidence and knowledge. But it is only a matter of time, “said the minister.
A. Dulkys said that the first of those booster vaccines could be received by a certain group of people or patients who, for some specific reason, need to repeat the vaccination. He also said that it is becoming increasingly clear that the pandemic is becoming a problem for the unvaccinated and that the tougher measures being introduced could be truly uneven.
“Those who get vaccinated really deserve to have other conditions.”
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