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“We simply realized that we would be vaccinated in the first weeks. In the best of cases, we will have the level of 60-70 percent of those vaccinated, which allows us to speak of herd immunity, around the summer, that is , in June-July ”, said the head of state after the meeting of the European Council on Thursday.
According to G. Nausėda, this means that until then, European countries will have to continue to apply various restrictions.
“In the first months, we will have to apply all or part of the restrictions, the measures that we have put in place to stop the spread of the virus, so we need to have a unified strategy, speak with one voice and think the same about all the areas: communication, logistics and deregulation. Although, of course, we understand that the situation in different countries is different, the algorithms must be similar, “he said.
According to the president, European leaders agreed that “the logistics chain for the distribution of vaccines to countries must be designed so that no one is the last to be at the table.”
Lithuanian Delegate European Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius said earlier this week that the first coronavirus vaccines could reach Member States in three to four weeks.
According to the Acting Minister of Health, Aurelijus Veryga, first of all, doctors and people at risk will be vaccinated in Lithuania.
According to him, if enough vaccines arrive in the country, a large number of people could be vaccinated in February or March of next year.
The coronavirus vaccines developed by pharmaceutical companies are currently being tested by the European Medicines Agency.
It previously announced that it would hold a special meeting no later than December 29 to decide whether to grant a conditional marketing authorization for the vaccine being developed by BioNTech and Pfizer.
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